Posts by Laurellee

03 Feb

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Starting a Painting

• February 3, 2023
• By Laurellee

Connecting the Subject to the Background To get color into a watercolor, you add it in the first layer. Part of the goal is to get the...

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26 Jan

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Working Force

• January 26, 2023
• By Laurellee

Motion Sometimes I get off track while I'm painting, like yesterday. When that happens, I can look at my best paintings, like ”Working...

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19 Jan

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Roadside Stop

• February 3, 2023
• By Laurellee

What’s Important The big beautiful Colorado tree on the left haunted me to paint Roadside Stop. It has an amazing sphere-like shape. S...

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13 Jan

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Mountains at Dusk (in progress)

• January 13, 2023
• By Laurellee

Importance I have fallen in love with the mountain ranges around Coachella Valley, California. Almost any time of day you can turn and...

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05 Jan

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Palm Tree Study

• January 5, 2023
• By Laurellee

Warming Up Palm Trees are planted mostly as a decorative item and come in many varieties. Their tall height breaks up the landscape as...

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30 Dec

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Plein Aire Painting

• December 30, 2022
• By Laurellee

Happy New Year! Dear Friends, Happy New Year! A new start is always a blessing and we are almost to 2023. Wednesday, I painted with ...

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15 Dec

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Late Fall

• December 15, 2022
• By Laurellee

Reworking a Piece After an early snowfall, colorful leaves are often still on the trees and the snow remains only in the shady spots. ...

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08 Dec

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Quiet Elegance

• December 8, 2022
• By Laurellee

Underlying Shapes Staring at this new painting “Quiet Elegance” tonight, I felt peace. There is something so welcoming about it. Then ...

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01 Dec

Painting of the Week

Paintings of the Week – Before Breakfast & After Dinner

• November 21, 2022
• By Laurellee

Studying Light Direction Driving towards our destination for a meeting in Maine, I spotted this beautiful Bed & Breakfast. Paul sl...

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17 Nov

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Not A Mural

• November 17, 2022
• By Laurellee

Contrast For Staples High School, I painted my impression of “Stairway to Heaven” over the lockers on the third floor when I was a sen...

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