laura's watercolors

Ok. Not there yet ... but I do love the subject. Back to the drawing table ... I am thinking maybe going bigger--this is 6x8--might help:...

Beginning to explore some winter subjects. I have several lovely photos of birds in snow that I took in my yard. I have to work on a few ...

Been picking up things on my bike ride-- leaves, pine cones. Beginning to try to draw them.

Another street view. Tried for fewer brushstrokes ... If you look up Alvaro Castagnet's watercolors, you'll see his horizon line, ...

Took a workshop last week. The second day we went out to paint some Cape May streets a la Alvaro. Normally I'd spend a good hour draw...

Working on an 11x15 magnolia painting trying to apply Birgit O'Connor's method. But it seems I skipped over one of the early importa...

Finished, for now. I cannot work on this any longer! I might darken the stamen shadows, but I already overworked them and the stamens, so ...

... from one of Birgit O'Connor's online classes. Struggling a bit with this one--confused by my own drawing! I do like her class...

The neutral tint is much more forgiving than color!

These are fun and relaxing to do: not much drawing, one color ... Should have been more careful and kept the path of the water lighter. ...

Spent time this weekend setting up a palette for next week's Alvaro Castagnet workshop and made a color chart as several of the colors h...

That's a lot of green paint!

A small sketch, about 8x10, so not very detailed. But I think I might scale it up ... after practicing overhanging branches and dappled sha...

A subject I normally wouldn't tackle: feathery light-colored things in front of dark things. I think if I did it again I'd try to ...

Started out well but 1) I overworked the shutters, exacerbated by going back before the paint was dry! Should have just put in a wash and le...

Getting there ... One thing I am learning about myself is that I'm a lazy and sloppy painter! I do not change my water or clean my pal...

Sorry all I have to post are wip! Having one of those weeks: can't seem to finish anything (the house is half clean, the garden half wee...

Working on the magnolia painting that attracted me to Birgit's online classes ... It's difficult for me to be patient and wait for ...

 Finally got these downloaded; now to use them for practice!

Lots of work + chores = less ability to focus to paint. I have started a couple of little beach scenes, but have been too distracted to wor...