“Mums on the Table - 6.5″ x 10″ (approx.) - watercolor

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Being in Southern California, even with occasional cold days, my chrysanthemums don’t know when to stop blooming. They start around late October but there are always some stragglers that manage to put out a few more blooms unless I […]

“Communicating Pairs” 9″ x 7 3/4″
Watercolor and mixed media on board
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For Illustration Friday on the theme of “Communication.”

“Lone Eucalyptus” - 6.25″ x 11″ - watercolor on 140# paper
I wouldn’t have thought that a limited color scheme would grow on me, but it has. This is a place that I like to paint often - a wild arroyo area not far from our home. I especially like the tall solo […]

“Loose flowers - watercolor on paper - approx 7″ x 11″
This was yesterday’s study in our watercolor class. The objective was to paint the still life arrangement using a split complement color scheme. I did … using a red violet, a red orange and green. But the only mixable background color ended up being […]

Spring Tulips - 5.5″ x 9.25″ - original watercolor
My dear husband surprised me with a beautiful pot of tulips for Valentine’s Day. Now that he is participating so much with me in my art activities, he has developed an quite an eye for things I would like to paint. I have always loved […]

This is the fourth statue drawing from the Getty - another bronze by Maillol. For this one, I was facing away from the sun rather than looking into it, so the highlights are somewhat different. It was drawn using black charcoal and white chalk, as was the other Maillol a few days ago.
A propos of […]

“Scheherazade” 6.5″ x 7.25″
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This illustration is doing double duty for “Gravity” for Illustration Friday. Read on and you’ll understand the gravity of Scheherazade’s situation.
Scheherazade was a […]

Torso after Maillol - 9 x 12 charcoal on toned paper
In the sculpture garden of the West Pavilion are several Maillol bronze nudes, two of which I had time to draw. In many ways this was more challenging than the interior marble sculptures because of the dazzling bright sunlight and the dark reflectivity […]

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“Teahouse in Twilight” 9 x 12 watercolor in Raffine sketchbook.
It should come as no surprise to regular readers of this blog that I’m a very big fan of the California watercolorists of the 20s, 30s and 40s. The colors they used, the free use of color, line, shape and value and the […]

“Juno” 9 x 12 drawing on toned paper - charcoal and white chalk
Here’s another in my figure drawing expedition from Friday at the Getty. This is also based on a work by Joseph Nollekens was drawn from the same low sitting angle as yesterday’s Venus. Because this statue was much closer to me, I […]