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Vandela Rose

11 Friday Aug 2017

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As mentioned in my last post, I was up in NJ training art instructors for a new paint and sip studio earlier this week, and when I travel, I like to bring along a watercolor palette so that I have something to do while I’m in my hotel room or the airport. I pack my watercolors (dried, not tubed) and brushes and a small pad of paper, and just bring an empty water bottle and fill it at the airport once I’m through security. Then voila, I can paint on the go! Here’s a little rose painting I did on this last trip:

 

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Vandela Rose 6″ x 8″ watercolor on paper

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Monet’s Garden

06 Tuesday Jun 2017

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Part of the river cruise that I took last month included a day trip to Giverny and Monet’s garden. Everything was lush and gorgeous and we got good weather and it was pure, unadulterated heaven. In an effort to not be totally derivative by just recreating his waterlily paintings, I opted to paint some of the flowers I photographed instead. There were so many different kinds of tulips I lost count. Here are 2 quick paintings I did based off of a couple, one fairly delicate and one big and bold:

Monet's Garden tulip painting

Monet’s Tulip 8″ x 6″ watercolor on paper

Orange Tulip

A Tulip For Jolee 12″ x 12″ acrylic on canvas

 

A Rose By Any Other Name

14 Sunday May 2017

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This is an old one, and I have no idea what I did with the original, which sucks, because I’d like to frame it and hang it in my home now. But it’s still one of my favorites. I did it probably around 2004 or so, and hadn’t painted with watercolors in years, so I kind of surprised myself when it was finished and it actually turned out well.

Rose

Peace Rose 8″ x 10″ watercolor 

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Passau II

19 Thursday Jan 2017

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Okay, last one of the new watercolor paintings from my trip down the Danube last summer. This one is the view of Passau from the river. A charming city!

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Vienna II

18 Wednesday Jan 2017

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I swear, I’ll stop with all the paintings from my trip down the Danube last summer soon. It’s just that there were so many good options and I couldn’t stop. I loved this building with the rounded front that houses Griensteidl Cafe:

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Budapest In the Day

15 Sunday Jan 2017

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After doing 2 paintings of Budapest at Night, I thought I’d like to take a stab at painting from some pics of Budapest during the day. On the Buda side is the St. Matthias Cathedral, which has a wonderful courtyard of sorts. This is a painting of the steps leading to that courtyard.

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Budapest at Night 2.0

14 Saturday Jan 2017

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Apparently, I wasn’t done with creating watercolor paintings from my trip down the Danube last summer. I just keep going and going! I’m like the Energizer Bunny of Danube paintings. While I liked the first painting I did of Budapest at night, I decided to rework it. Here’s the result.

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Vienna, Austria

05 Thursday Jan 2017

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At this rate, you’re never going to need to travel down the Danube yourself, because I’ll have posted millions of paintings from my trip last summer. Here’s another, this time from Vienna. I’m not sure what this building, but like most of Vienna, it’s ornamented to the max:

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Regensburg

01 Sunday Jan 2017

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Here’s another watercolor study based off of a photo from my trip down the Danube last summer. This one is from Regensburg, Germany – my favorite stop on the trip.

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