Blog - Ellen Jean Diederich Studios

05 May

Painting of the Week – Protective Council

May 5, 2021
By Laurellee

Papa, Baby, Mama These bison are resting in the sunshine, but Mom still keeps a watchful eye open. Animals also look to their parents ...

29 Apr

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Spring Update

April 29, 2021
By Laurellee

Painting Flowers Is there anything that says spring more that Tulips, Jonquils, Crocus, Hyacinths & Daffodils? When those colorful...

22 Apr

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Tethered

April 22, 2021
By Laurellee

Allow yourself to make tough changes for improvement I can hardly believe it – Tethered was accepted into the American Watercolor Soci...

13 Apr

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Bee Box Blooms

April 13, 2021
By Laurellee

Painting Subjects that Trigger Memories One year on the farm in Staples, MN, my mother bought a book about harvesting honey, and not m...

08 Apr

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Off to Work

April 8, 2021
By Laurellee

Value Groupings Make Interesting Shapes A couple of years ago, I was teaching a workshop in Bismarck. I drove from my host's home down...

30 Mar

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Painting of the Week – Fashion Academy

April 1, 2021
By Laurellee

A Fun Idea At the Fashion Academy there was much confusion as these chickens practiced their first runway move. One is even going the ...

24 Mar

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Painting of the Week – Santa Fe Way

March 24, 2021
By Laurellee

Painting Beautiful Greens Sometimes I get haunted by a scene. Such was the case with Santa Fe Way painted in 2019. I visited this site...

18 Mar

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Guardian Angel

March 18, 2021
By Laurellee

Color Contrast This painting is another from a visually inspiring trip to Spain in 2000. Since terracotta roofs and tile line the stre...

11 Mar

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Sunstruck

March 11, 2021
By Laurellee

Geometric and Organic Shapes Finding this window box in South Carolina was a must paint for me. This is a warm dominant painting (Red,...

03 Mar

Painting of the Week

Painting Tip this Week – Alien Invasion

March 4, 2021
By Laurellee

Funny Shapes & Symmetry If you got the giggles looking at this photograph, you are not alone. I dreamt about these beautiful untri...

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