A Little Bit of Progress

"Glass Study" - sip

This still needs a lot more work, but we're getting there.  Happy Friday and thank you for stopping by.

Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts Annual Exhibition

"Crystal Skyline"
16.5" x 12"
(watercolor on paper)

"Crystal Skyline" has been juried into the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 103rd Annual Exhibition.  This is always a beautiful show and I feel lucky to have had my work accepted.  The exhibit is up from June 13th until July 26th.  So if you are in the area of Mystic, CT this summer, please check out the show . . . and visiting Mystic is always a treat!

Thank you for visiting.

Still More Work To Do

Thought I'd share my progress.  Also, below are some pictures from my last 5-week watercolor class at Workshop13 in Ware.  I had a great time with "my ladies" -- and I think you'll agree they did a fabulous job painting glass.  It's a difficult subject and they handled it beautifully!

My next class will be about painting on aquabord and we begin on Tuesday, April 15th.  What better way to spend tax day, eh?  :)  

The following painting will be the subject of my upcoming aquabord class.  I'm already getting excited!  Thank you for stopping by.

Glass Continued

I've been buy working on some other projects, but managed to get in some time on "Crystal Skyline."  I hope to have it done by tomorrow.  Hope you all are well!   Thank you for taking a peek.

Crystal Skyline - wip

Crystal Skyline - work in progress

Just thought I'd show my progress.  Hope you're having a great weekend!

More Painting

work in progress
watercolor on paper
16.5" x 12.25"

I took lots of pictures when I was preparing for the workshop I'm doing now and decided to work on a larger painting of glass.  I think it's safe to say that once this is finished it will satisfy my interest in glass for a while.  :)  I get completely lost . . . I don't know how Carrie Waller does it! 

Oh . . . and my dad came up with the title for my last painting.  I emailed him the finished image and then called and asked what he thought would be a good name.  He started to talk it through and after only a few seconds said:  "Late Afternoon." I immediately knew that was it because as I was painting, I kept thinking that it looked more and more like late afternoon light. So thank you, Dad!  :)

More Glass - wip

work in progress
11" x 6.75"
watercolor on paper

I hope you all had a lovely weekend. I do love this bottle. I began this painting last week. Does anyone else out there HATE masking fluid? I felt I needed it for the wallpaper background, but what a pain. I avoid using it at all costs. And besides, I always take it off too soon because I get impatient and am a terrible judge of values. So even though I THINK I have the values figured out right, they usually never are and I have to rework them anyway and by then applying the masking fluid was a big waste of time anyway. Oh boy . . . good thing I love to paint.  :)

Thanks for stopping by.  :)

Finished!

"In A Row"
8" x 6"
watercolor on paper

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Well, I finished my first painting of the new year and I'm very excited!  :) It feels good to "break the seal" -- ha!  Onto the next, I guess. Stay tuned and thank you for dropping by.  

Early Morning Bottles

"Early Morning Bottles"
4.25" x 8.8"
watercolor on paper

(what this painting could look like framed)

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I did a larger painting of this window last year, but I wanted to play with the composition.  So I painted this little version of it . . . I hope you like it.

Below are a few progress shots.

Thank you for stopping by.  Have a great day!