Recent Posts Tagged With 'summer'

• Chili Hills Mail Boxes

  Posted on Tuesday November 24th, 2009 at 19:52 in California, watercolor, summer, ink, watercolour, lincoln, banderas, mail boxes

  This is the final painting done at a paint out in late July during the morning hours of a hot summer day. There were six of us painting--four doing oils, one watercolor and me with my ink and watercolor. I am happy with the way this turned out and w...

• A Spring Oak

  Posted on Saturday July 25th, 2009 at 08:00 in watercolor, summer, ink, watercolour, banderas, oak tree

  This huge oak tree basks in the sunlight after a late spring rain storm. The air was clear, the temperature was still cool but this oak looked like it was reborn. Huge, colorful and fresh, this majestic wonder of nature is saying "bring on the summe...

• Colorful Growth

  Posted on Thursday March 19th, 2009 at 09:15 in flowers, watercolor, summer, ink, pots, watercolour, banderas, urns

  This image shows warm season flowers sprouting out of large pots or urns in a garden. I decided to post this because many of us are ready for the greening up of spring and the warmth of summer days. The blue and white urn was painted much more brilli...

• Summer Beach Shadows

  Posted on Wednesday January 21st, 2009 at 09:00 in painting, beach, illustration, hawaii, watercolor, summer, trees, rocks, ocean, palms, watercolour, banderas

  A simple little summer scene shows palm trees, beach, rocks and ocean somewhere in Hawaii. The tree trunks are very interesting because they all seem to sway and lean to their own liking making a nice pattern to peer through to the ocean. The palm b...

• A Lone Hot Air Balloon

  Posted on Friday November 28th, 2008 at 18:50 in watercolor, summer, ink, hot air balloon, watercolour, shadows, sky, banderas

  A hot air balloon soars quietly above the countryside above some hills in California. The sun is low in the western sky and bits of sunshine bathe the top of the hills. These balloons are very quiet except for the blasts of air that blows upward into...

• Summer Flowers

  Posted on Saturday August 23rd, 2008 at 09:00 in painting, flowers, California, watercolor, summer, ink, pots, watercolour, urns

  This colorful painting of pots and various types of flowers is shown on a typical hot summer day in the middle of California. In full bloom, the flowers produce their own beautiful color to go with the nice colors of the pots or urns. August temperat...

• Yellow Sky At Day's End

  Posted on Friday June 13th, 2008 at 10:10 in watercolor, summer, yellow, palms, watercolour, sky, india inks

  This is a simple illustration using one color with black. Unfortunately, I did not do this on watercolor paper. The yellow sky has different tonal values to add interest. The trees were done in solid black with no tones. The ocean in the lower part ...