Cosmos Flowers by the Sea - a Video Watercolor Demonstration

I love the sea. I love flowers. I love painting with watercolors. So what could be better than a commission to do a large watercolor painting of flowers by the sea?

In the quaint town of Ogunquit Maine, there is a walkway called the Marginal Way along which you can stroll and view the Atlantic ocean surging in to crash upon the rocks. I've done many paintings of the surf along the Marginal Way. In this painting, the sea takes a back seat and a garden full of pink cosmos flowers with little blue butterflies flitting among them is the center of interest. Sit back and listen to Kendra Springer's lovely music as I paint these pretty flowers by the sea.

Japanese Maple Leaves Autumn Watercolor Painting

To continue my Autumn Collection, here is a painting using Japanese Maple leaves as templates. They have such a pretty design as they are, and their deep burgundy color is lovely. In this piece, I saved most of the color for the background allowing the leaves to show lighter against the deeper colors of autumn.
Below is a video so you can see how I painted this.

Hawaii Tropicals - a Seascape and Flowers Video

Aloha! Have you ever been to Hawaii? I just returned from my first trip there - a two week vacation on the island of Oahu, visiting relatives and friends and enjoying the ocean, mountains and island culture. We also took a side trip to the Big Island to see the volcanoes.

Fortunately, for me, the condo we rented on Oahu was overlooking the Ilikai Marina and we could look right down on the boats in the marina below, Waikiki Beach to the left and Ala Moana Park  to the right as well as a beautiful view of Honolulu.

Almost every morning, I sat on the lanai (which was an 11th floor balcony) and painted. Other times I brought my small palette, paints and brushes with me to paint on site. I took over 800 photographs to use for future reference. The12 paintings I did on site appear in the video below along with some of my photos.

Koi in a Lily Pond VI - watercolor painting

"Koi in a Lily Pond VI" - for sale in my Original Art Shop

This painting of koi fish in a waterlily pond is a 14"x20" watercolor using only three primary colors with most of the color mixes happening wet-into-wet on the paper. I made a video that you can see below in which I talk a bit about my technique and the composition.

Delray Beach Florida Watercolor Seascape Painting Video Demonstration

 

This piece was inspired by a photograph one of my watercolor students brought to me from her recent trip to Florida.

But it was also inspired by the weather here. Winter is getting mighty long with 3 ft of snow still on the ground and my driveway a solid sheet of ice. It would be nice to go somewhere warm!

So let's take a trip, if you will, to a sun-kissed beach where the dawn tints the sky with a rosy hue, the temperatures are warm and the sound of the crashing waves cures the winter blues!

Barred Owl and the Midnight Sky Original Watercolor ACEO

Today is owl day since I've posted two owls today. Perhaps it's the frigid cold nights we have been having that are making me think of owls out there hunting in the dark.
The barred owl is one I hear often when the weather is warmer and the windows are open at night. It has a distinctive series of hoots that end with a downward AW sound.
This large owl is also distinctive because of its deep brown eyes. Most owls have yellow eyes.
I've painted this owl against a midnight sky full of stars. You can see the sky part of the painting in the video demo below.

The original is sold, but you can get a print of it in my Fine Art Prints shop here: Barred Owl print.