Blog - Ellen Jean Diederich Studios

28 Oct

Painting of the Week – Golden Reserve

October 28, 2020
By Laurellee

Using Complimentary Color Backgrounds On a road trip to Chicago I called Paul saying, “I just drove by herd of cows with long horns an...

22 Oct

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Autumn Harvest

October 26, 2020
By Laurellee

Carried Away with Color It was fun driving through a whirlwind of color last week with all the fall foliage. To fulfill my Arts Partne...

14 Oct

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Wishing Well

October 14, 2020
By Laurellee

Arranging Shapes to Create Movement Seeing this 2003 Watercolor made me pause and think of wishing you all well. I hope you and your f...

07 Oct

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Forest Archway

October 7, 2020
By Laurellee

Balancing a Color Palette Every weekend at the lake I walk up Pelican Point Road to and from the “Magic Hill”. I call it that because ...

30 Sep

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Brittany Loves Biking

September 30, 2020
By Laurellee

Connecting the Subject to the Background When I was in college, I took a portrait painting class from Jack Youngquist, a masterful art...

24 Sep

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Last Summer Rays

September 24, 2020
By Laurellee

The Story of a Painting Memories often come back when you are painting.This painting is about simpler times, the feeling of the sun's ...

16 Sep

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Pink Rider

September 16, 2020
By Laurellee

Building Transparent Layers with Watercolor Perhaps you know the joy of introducing someone young to one of your favorite activities! ...

09 Sep

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Crabapple Trees

September 9, 2020
By Laurellee

Backlighting Provides Beautiful Color The beauty of fall is just starting. This photo was taken on one of my morning walks at the la...

02 Sep

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Single Peony

September 2, 2020
By Laurellee

Bigger Shapes have an Impact This painting was created after Paul and I enjoyed a memorable road trip along the coast of California fr...

26 Aug

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Trolley Rides, Hang On!

August 26, 2020
By Laurellee

Change the Intensity in your Color for your Center of Interest I thought I’d spice things up with an old San Francisco painting. This ...

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