Watercolor landscape 7.5x7.5 Arches

Landscape week with many reference pictures to look at we created a place from imagination,  thinking in terms of foreground middleground and background.

"Rock On"  demo painting for this weeks class which I will be submitting to an upcoming juried show, it was amazing to see the different interpretations, everyone's piece was as individual as they are.

Week 1 of this springs painting class, "Veggie Soup" 
Watercolor on Arches 140, I'm thinking about a dark background, there is just not enough punch for me. Girls did well, its more complicated than I like to start the season out with because I have many who don't paint until they get back to class after a long winter but the cabbages in the grocery were just so beautiful I thought they needed to be in a still life.

"Backyard Chicks"  watercolor on Arches 140 lb.
A painting of my son and daughter in law's chickens which I raised as baby chicks for them.  Sadly the two gold ones are gone now but Zulo the black chicken is still queen of the roost.  She now has 2 new chick sisters.  I painted this while on duty at The Gallery at Patriot Place last month.

"Silver"  watercolor 8x8
On display at The Next Door Gallery in Mansfield MA

"Country Cabbage"
I recently purchased this long narrow watercolor pad approximately 6x12 its fun because it forces a different perspective,  it made this cabbage more dramatic for sure.