Last day of a fabulous week with Joel Popadics!  We managed to make it through the week without rain - although it was threatening on...

Thursday - we were back at the Shelburne Farms barns in the morning- but this time it was over by the animal barns and bakery.  You can...

Well, it has been well over a month since our Watercolor adventure - and a lot has happened since then. This third day of that great...

Okay - I've decided to keep the blog going on to Day 2 of our painting adventure with Joel atop Mt Philo in Charlotte.  Beautiful views,...

Well, for the first time ever, Janet and Lauren got together for a big art event - which I hope we get to do more and more!  Janet flew...

Recently, I was asked to contribute a painting to a charity auction.  I had done this Charlottesville mountain/sky painting and everyone...

We had our last painting session - and it was bittersweet for me.  I always learn a lot and find more time to paint when I am in a class....

Well - this is a bit late getting onto the site!  We had a lovely set of paintings that Jackie had done using a layering technique of...

This was a week that we worked on some flowers in class and then our homework was this landscape from a photo we were given. I'm finding...

We practiced rocks over the week in between classes.  This is the one I started in class and finished home that is a copy of a painting I...

Our second class in Watercolor II was perfect for me as I have been trying to master the 'hump' for quite a while.  Not that I have done...

So happy to be starting a new 6 week watercolor class with Jackie Mangione - this time, my art studio partner, Fran, is taking it with...

No, not me.... Although I feel I've been away from painting way too long.  Now back at it again after a fantastic business trip to the...

This last week of class was the most fun of all.  We took a photo and painting that Jackie had done of a barn and used several new...

Flowers this week!  Not my favorite subject, but it was fun to get watery and play with different effects like layering, glazing and...

I really felt good about this assignment - for one - I learned a lot!  Using color mixing, negative space painting and now finding the...

This past week, we worked on flower still life using negative space painting. The larger one (bottom right) was what I started in class...

This week, we dabbled in using negative space (painting around the element of interest).  In the photo,the top line of birch trees were...

Having dabbled in watercolor the last few weeks (and still quite intrigued I might add), I decided I'd better tone my oil and acrylics...

I attended a watercolor workshop at John's Creek Art Center on January 6th!  What a talented artist and interesting workshop.  He...