My Watercolor Journey

I have always been more attracted to watercolor paintings than any other medium and vowed to learn how to paint when we moved to Vermont…in 2004.  Life and work got in the way and finally in the fall of 2015 I picked up a brush for the first time since MORE

Between the holidays, work and the weight of the results of the election weighing heavy on my mind, I haven’t painted for probably a month.  I find this often happens when I don’t have any inspiration for a subject to paint. Last night I decided to get back at it. MORE

I got a great reference photo of an afternoon showshoe excursion in a field near our house last January.  I painted EXACTLY what was in the photo.  Something just wasn’t right. I figured that the two trees in the distance weren’t adding anything to the composition and in fact, were MORE

After taking a class from Gary Eckhart in March 2016, I painted a barn scene that I was pretty proud of with less than 6 months painting under my belt! My dear friend Serena’s farm is right across the street from this barn I painted.  Serena loved the painting and MORE

If find it helpful to watch YouTube videos on watercolor instruction.  Yesterday I landed upon a tutorial by a woman from Maine, Jennifer Branch.  She uses a big brush and her style is impressionistic – two skills I am working on.  I was inspired and did a couple of quick paintings. MORE

I took a picture of the morning fog against the mountains – a sight I will never tire of.  Last night I decided to try to recreate the scene in a painting.  I decided not to add the fence and it looked so plain that I added a stream and MORE

Day one of beginner painting classes with Lisa Beach.  With 13 other brave souls we put paint to paper.  Some in the class had painted before.  A few, like me, hadn’t picked up a paint brush since 2nd grade.  While we all came to the class with our own expectations MORE