Barbara Durbin Watercolors

This couple has been interjected into a scene I photographed in Honfluer, France while on vacation. These two are the focus of the painting but only a small portion of the larger scene not shown.
I have discovered that I don't enjoy architectural drawing and love people. It has been quite the learning experience for me.

ANDY SMITH, watercolors ~ Lititz, PA

Untitled swan... 22"x20"
In between my miniature paintings I always
have a large one going.    I loved the warm
light and dramatic shadows on this one.

If you go to my blog on 1/28 I show some
ideas for displaying miniatures...

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Tomatoes on the Vine - Acrylic representational impressionistic palette knife still life painting by Pennsylvania Painter Pat Koscienski

"Tomatoes on the Vine"
8" x 10"
Acrylic on canvas

This painting was done for Lela Stankovic's paint and draw together blogspot challenge. It was done using a palette knife and acrylic paint with modelling compound. If you have any questions, or wish to purchase, contact PAT. To see more of my work, both representational and abstract, please visit my website and blogspot at:

www.patkoscienski.com

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Roses are Red... well - not really yet! WIP by Tatiana Myers.

Fist stage of color glazing on my Gardenias... for me this is always the most complicated moment.

Glazing is getting easier with every new layer of paint and first one is the always most tricky.

 So far so good, now it goes to the box to dry and I'm pulling out another small project what should be ready for color application... that one is oil only, no tempera. I wanted this one to be all about Rose, but I think it got to be all about Glass ... what is OK. I hope I can fix it.

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...to be continued.....

With questions about paintings e-mail me at TanyaOfOz@aol.com .

To see more of my works visit my web site:

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ANDY SMITH, watercolors ~ Lititz, PA

4"x 6" miniature original watercolors
2012 Winter Series #10
A Painting A Day
Another one from Gettysburg...

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Long time coming, by Amy Lindenberger

There truly seems to be something about the months at the end of the year that keep me from posting, and this time it nearly carried over to include the first month of the new year, as well! But I didn't want to see that happen, so I was determined to get a post up this month.

Nearly two years ago I did a series of posts on this blog detailing the development of an experimental piece using watercolor and colored pencil on masa paper, which I eventually titled Peony Dreams, shown at the top of this post. Recently I learned that this piece was accepted into the Colored Pencil Society of America's online exhibition, Explore This! 8. Since the painting has been sold for more than a year and a half, an online exhibition is the only kind it could be accepted into, at this point. This is my second acceptance into this international exhibition; the exhibition can be found online beginning February 1 and running through January 31 of 2013, at www.cpsa.org.

Then,  a little more than a year ago, I posted two more paintings begun using the same technique on masa paper, including the piece seen in the middle of this post. That post was titled Just the Beginnings, and I had hoped to follow up with completions on both those pieces in the following months. But life and other artistic demands intervened, and I'm only now getting back to those pieces. So the third image posted above represents the second stage of this particular painting -- a winter woods scene featuring a young beech tree. At least with this much done I'm confident I can complete it in a timely fashion, this go-round!

Magnet Machine, 16 x 20, Ron Donoughe

This is the second of the scrap yard series. This baby picks up anything, as long as it is made of steel.  It's technical name is Link Belt 5800, but I nicknamed it the Magnet Machine. Can you imagine how much fun it would be to move huge pieces of metal around with this? Probably a boy thing. I painted it from the front so the extreme foreshortening would add drama and depth to the painting. Next subject, the CAR CRUSHER!

"Myrna Loy" Contemporary Art By Donna Holdsworth

This picture is done on 11x14 canvas panel.  It is my rendition of a photograph (hopefully public domain) of Myrna Loy.  I researched public domain but didn't come up with much.  I really like this photo though, so I said a prayer for Myrna and decided to do the sketch.  Graphite, charcoal, acrylic and collage.  Link:  Donna Holdsworth Contemporary Art.  Thank you!

Sold - Laurel Lake End Of Summer by Daily Painter of Pennsylvania Mary Beth Brath

Sold

14x11" Acrylic on Canvas

Mary Beth Brath

My Laurel Lake painting was adopted on Saturday and has found a good home. This was a piece that was hanging in my January exhibit at Brath and Hughes Fine Art.

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"The Observatory" by Michael LeKites

Still a lot of work to do. Still experimenting with color and composition.  The one thing I know I am keeping is the water fall on the lower right. I've brought the lake down to the foreground, added an observatory on the mountain. That will change somewhat. I think I might like that to eventually be an ivory color. Thought I'd go with a science fiction feel here instead of a castle thing, so I want the Observatory to have a little bit better look. I'm not satisfied with the fall in the back so tomorrow I may try  more of a meandering type stream that comes out of the rocks and into a small fall. Feel free to offer criticism . The colors are a bit comic bookish right now, but that's ok since I'm still constructing things. I want the water to be crystal clear in the foreground when I'm done, so that rocks will be visible. Right now it's just color.  I do think the darker rocks in the middle work better than when they were lighter. Not sure about the outline of those though, in how they contrast with the mountains in the background. Oil on canvas, 11x14.

Michael LeKites Art Blog

Winter's Majesty - acrylic impressionistic palette knife representational landscape by Pennsylvania Painter Pat Koscienski

Winter's Majesty
14" x 11"
Acrylic on board
Palette Knife

This painting was done for Gary Keimig's Wilderness Art Challenge. Gary took this photo of Togwotee Pass near Dubois, Wyoming. My computer monitor is showing the blue in my painting very bright and very blue. Again, I will attribute this to my camera. When getting the correct blue, my mountains "wash out". It is an acrylic painting done on board using a palette knife. If you have any questions or wish to purchase, please contact Pat. To see more of my paintings, please visit my website and blogspot at:
www.patkoscienski.com
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ANDY SMITH, watercolor ~ Lititz, PA

6"x 4" miniature original watercolors
A Painting A Day
"2012 Winter Series #9"

This little vignette is from the past weekend in
Alexandria, VA. I love walking around and looking
for things to paint. My eye naturally goes to snippets
of life, leaving my viewer to fill in the surroundings.

February watercolor classes start next week at my
studio in Lititz.  email for more info
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Watercolor - Celtic Dancer - Deb Watson

Image size 12 x 9" of a serious young dancer at a Celtic Festival - watercolor on masonite aquabord and varnished, (so it can framed without mat or glass) for sale this week on eBay.

I also put my Feb Studio News and Tips For Artists (mostly watercolor) out today, also.

For more info, visit my website at www.debwatson.org.

Watercolor in Progress by Kathy Michels

Oh this one is fun. It is always exciting when a photo shoot just happens. We happened to see this guy attracting alot of giggles and smiles. His grandkids left for a ride and he was the designated babysitter. I waited for some time for him to turn in the direction of his friends so I could get all the noses heading in the same direction. Finally it happened and I got my photo.
It's just a blast observing life and capturing those moments in paint! This watercolor is 28" x 24".

'Watercolor Study of a Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy) in the Barred Phase' by Thom Glace

Transparent Watercolor on Crescent Mat Board

Image Size: 19" x 7".

Non-Professional Photograph.

This is the largest fish study that I have attempted. Twice the size

of any of my previous studies. I had started to increase the

watercolor studies of my dragonfly species, and

enjoyed being able to define more details in the work.

Below are my 3 latest dragonfly studies that I had previously

put up on this blog- all in the larger format, but I now

have the studies  professionally shot to use on nate cards

and giclee prints.

A Note: Tomorrow, January 30th, I have been asked

by the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission to be

part of Pennsylvania's Fly Fishing Heitage.

I will be painting a live demo of the Pink (Humpback) Salmon

and showcasing my work with native fish, especially trout.

Here are the former dragonfly studies:

Adult Male Desert Whitetail in Spawning Dress

Male Checkered Setwing Dragonfly

Adult Female Desert Whitetail Dragonfly

THOM GLACE WATERCOLORS

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"Relics" by Charlotte Yealey

15x20

Acrylic and Colored Pencil

I am not sure if this painting actually shows the idea I had in my mind when I started it but it does raise a few questions for the viewer. Is the dog patiently waiting to follow someone on a bike ride or are these three relics  (the old dog and two old style bicyles) forgotten in this new age?

See more of my work at my website www.charlotteyealey.com.

"Tetons Wetland" Pastel by Tatiana Myers

" Tetons Wetland"

12 x 12"  Pastel on panel.

This is my pastel version of the same marsh I did in oil earlier in December. I have a feeling I still want to change few things about it... therefore I'm not considering my work on it finished and this is only one of few paintings of this scene. I'm going to be back to it. 

Place just has so much potential, that no reason to say ''I'm done" and just let it go.

With questions about paintings e-mail me at TanyaOfOz@aol.com .
To see more of my works visit my web site:
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Daylilies by Julie Riker

16x20 oil

This is one of two paintings that I just delivered to Brath & Hughes Gallery for their Feburary floral exhibit.  I actually started this last summer when the lilies in my yard were in their glorious bloom, but then I got busy with other projects and the painting was pushed aside for awhile.  The prospect of this exhibit prompted me to finally finish the piece.

If you like to see more of my work please visit my website www.julieriker.com

Untitled oil by Michael LeKites

Still very much a work in progress. I think I may lower the fall in the background so that it comes out of the mountain instead of coming from the top. Quite a bit to do still. Oil on canvas, 11x14.

Michael LeKites Art blog

"A Boy and his Gadget" by Taryn Day

oil on panel
6"x6"

What scene is more common than this, a boy ignoring all the world in favor of his beloved gadget? 
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Awake and Painting Blog
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