01 Jun Painting of the Week Painting of the Week – Contour Drawing June 2, 2023 By Laurellee Seeing the shapes A good painting starts with a plan. A photograph may have something you want to paint, but you can usually improve...Continue reading
16 May Painting of the Week Painting of the Week – Daisy Doodles May 16, 2023 By Laurellee Revisiting an Early Subject One of my early paintings, in fact it is hanging in my garage today, is an oil painting of daisies painted...Continue reading
11 May Painting of the Week Painting of the Week – Summer Breeze May 11, 2023 By Laurellee Seeing a Painting Differently Summer Breeze is now on display at the Alabama Watercolor Society National 82nd National Annual Juried E...Continue reading
04 May Painting of the Week Painting of the Week – Animal House – A Tri-College Manifestation May 4, 2023 By Laurellee Historical Roots This painting revisits a former theme developed during a very creative period in my art. It started during a chicken...Continue reading
27 Apr Painting of the Week Painting of the Week – Painting a Dairy April 27, 2023 By Laurellee Taking a Tour These sketches are from an eye-opening tour that Paul and I took viewing the windmills in Kinderdijk, Netherlands on the...Continue reading
20 Apr Painting of the Week Painting of the Week – Study of a Saddled Horse April 21, 2023 By Laurellee Warm up Paintings Artists can warm up their paint brushes. It’s good to get the right mix of water to paint, your timing down, and adj...Continue reading
13 Apr Painting of the Week Painting of the Week – Date Palms April 13, 2023 By Laurellee Retouching Plein Air Painting an area more than once helps you learn more about your subject. “Date Palms” was painted on location at ...Continue reading
06 Apr Painting of the Week Painting of the Week – Fall Scenery (in progress) April 7, 2023 By Laurellee Is It Done? Many times my students ask me how to tell when a painting is done. Here is one that I’m stuck on. It could be done. Someti...Continue reading
31 Mar Painting of the Week Painting of the Week – In the Beauty March 31, 2023 By Laurellee Pattern In the Beauty features these beautiful flowering trees. Apparently these are called pear trees, but they do not bear fruit. Fo...Continue reading
23 Mar Painting of the Week Painting of the Week – Commissioned Art March 23, 2023 By Laurellee Creating a Challenging Sketch I was commissioned to create a painting of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd sanctuary in Moorhea...Continue reading