Recent Posts Tagged With 'trees'

• Off The Beaten Path

  Posted on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 18:30 in watercolor, trees, ink, watercolour, banderas

  This scene highlights the greenery of spring somewhere away from the hustle and bustle of people. Paintings like this are done quickly to experiment with shapes, color and techniques. If I make an "unfixable" error, no harm has been done. I would ra...

• A Peacham Beauty

  Posted on Monday September 14th, 2009 at 10:30 in watercolor, vermont, trees, ink, watercolour, banderas

  I painted the final version of this scene from a photo only because I had no time to do everything on site while we were visiting Peacham, Vermont, at the end of 2008. This huge tree was showing its colors as the calendar scooted to the end of Octobe...

• Tones Of Eucalyptus

  Posted on Wednesday August 12th, 2009 at 09:55 in watercolor, trees, ink, clouds, watercolour, banderas, eucalyptus

  A clearing between clumps of eucalyptus trees allows the huge clouds above the horizon to display themselves. This simple painting was done using browns and blacks only. Ink and watercolor....

• Cool Waters

  Posted on Wednesday April 15th, 2009 at 11:10 in water, watercolor, mountains, trees, ink, countryside, watercolour, banderas, reeds

  This 8" x 10" watercolor painting was done because I like the elements of this countryside--mountains, trees, reeds and water. This is 99% watercolor and naturally I had to grab my pens to add some ink. It's almost a pure watercolor painting. The ti...

• Pacific Ocean Lookout

  Posted on Tuesday April 7th, 2009 at 16:50 in California, watercolor, trees, ink, watercolour, lighthouse, landmarks, banderas, pacific ocean

  My painting shows a spectacular view of a lighthouse structure somewhere on the bluffs in California overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The colorful banks, ocean waters and greens of the the trees make this a lively painting for ocean or lighthouse love...

• 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...

• Warm California Hills

  Posted on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 at 09:00 in painting, Color, farm, California, watercolor, trees, ink, visual arts, watercolour, banderas, brown hills

  Here is another scene for those who are already tired of winter. Colorful farm buildings with rolling brown hills make for a nice setting in the back country of central California. In the spring months, these rolling hills are beautiful carpets of gr...

• First Snowfall

  Posted on Saturday December 13th, 2008 at 09:25 in painting, drawing, illustration, California, watercolor, trees, ink, visual arts, lake tahoe, snow, watercolour

  A painting for the winter was done quickly and shows a scene of the Lake Tahoe area after its first snowfall of the season in a normal year. The view is from under a snow-covered tree looking down toward the lake. I must have felt rambunctious to do...

• Trees Still Dropping Leaves

  Posted on Tuesday December 9th, 2008 at 08:40 in drawing, Color, illustration, California, watercolor, trees, ink, thanksgiving, Autumn, leaves, watercolour, auburn

  I drew this while sitting on a comfy chair on a pleasant day before Thanksgiving in my mom's front yard. Surprisingly, there are still lots of leaves on these trees some of which are still very green. Seems like the leaves are staying on the trees l...

• California Mission

  Posted on Sunday November 9th, 2008 at 08:15 in painting, drawing, California, watercolor, trees, visual arts, watercolour, missions, san antonia padua

  The old missions of California are spread all over the state. This mission, San Antonio de Padua is located in southern part of the state several miles inland from the ocean. The countryside can be dry but very picturesque with a beautiful variety o...

• Color and Shapes Experiment

  Posted on Monday July 28th, 2008 at 08:20 in Color, watercolor, trees, ink, grove, watercolour, shapes, note cards

  This image shows another experiment and an exercise in using colors and sharp shapes. I began the painting by merely painting onto 140# watercolor paper with lots of color and very wet. The color shapes looked like they could be a grove of trees so m...

• Sago Palms

  Posted on Friday February 29th, 2008 at 11:00 in watercolor, trees, ink, watercolour, sago palms

  This little cluster of Sago Palms looks out of place at this plant farm. For some reason, these palms were planted here and provide more beauty than function. I tried to use the simplest of strokes in this artwork and the palm leaves ended up looking...

• Winter Trees

  Posted on Wednesday December 19th, 2007 at 10:00 in winter, watercolor, trees, ink, snow, watercolour

  The look of this scene is nothing but COLD. This is a winter scene as the sun sets in the evening. With snow on the ground the last place you need to be is out in this environment. The bare trees show it is dead of winter. On days like this it's nic...

• Lush Forest

  Posted on Monday November 26th, 2007 at 19:45 in watercolor, trees, drawings, watercolour

  Totally imaginary painting of a lush forest scene. I looked at several forest photos and came of with this wet, loose rendition of my own. While the actual painting is really of "nothing", the image reduced down and put onto note cards is very attrac...

• Extreme Environment

  Posted on Saturday October 13th, 2007 at 09:15 in extreme, trees, ink, drawings, line art, rapidograph

  This healthy tree has survived the heat, cold, wind, rain, snow and altitude and somehow still seems to live forever. This drawing shows the extreme environments in which living things survive. I drew this several years ago and gave the original away...