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03 Feb

Painting of the Week – Electric Light Orchestra

March 4, 2021
By Laurellee

Intensity of a Color This summer I won a set of QoR watercolors from Golden Paints as a merchandise award for my painting Grand Entran...

28 Jan

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Heading Out

January 28, 2021
By Laurellee

Roughing in a Painting With acrylic, I draw up a sketch and rough it in. However, this time my canvas didn’t have the same proportions...

21 Jan

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – In For A Ride

January 28, 2021
By Laurellee

Painting around your Whites I was hanging out with my camera taking pictures before a trail ride, while they searched for a horse for ...

13 Jan

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Silver Sands

January 13, 2021
By Laurellee

Displaying Peace Travel bans and rules have prevented us from visiting Grand Cayman, our favorite Caribbean Island haunt. In this scen...

07 Jan

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – An Unlikely Pair

January 7, 2021
By Laurellee

Making Connections These dog’s portraits were fun to paint. Clarice is the Basset and Luka is the Mini Sheepadoodle. I met these two v...

30 Dec

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Any Color As Long As It’s Black

December 30, 2020
By Laurellee

Happy New Year 🎉 It’s been a rough 2020 and I am sure all of us are hoping 2021 is so much better. Please stay safe! Simple Color Co...

23 Dec

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Sweet Dreams

December 23, 2020
By Laurellee

Painting Memories Merry Christmas Everyone! I pray you are all safe and healthy! Remember back ... 1986 ... Dayton's department store ...

16 Dec

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Cozy Christmas

December 16, 2020
By Laurellee

Projecting Warmth Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse… No mouse...

09 Dec

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Dockside

December 9, 2020
By Laurellee

Rhythmic Pattern This 1997 original was from a group of photographs I took of Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco years ago. It is a pa...

03 Dec

Painting of the Week

Painting of the Week – Origin

December 3, 2020
By Laurellee

Simple Variations are Expressive “Origin” was started during my “Painting Flowers in Watercolor Workshop” in order to emphasize the im...

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