color Archives - Ellen Jean Diederich Studios

03 Feb

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...

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

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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...

25 Feb

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Painting of the Week – Siesta

March 4, 2021
By Laurellee

Rhythm This is one of my favorite paintings! It was painted from a photograph taken of Marbella, Spain. The light reflected off the ti...

16 Feb

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Painting of the Week – Choices

March 4, 2021
By Laurellee

Center of Interest This painting portrays a story. The man is focused on the wine and I don’t think his gal wants another glass. The s...

03 Feb

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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...

30 Dec

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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...

16 Dec

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Painting of the Week – Cozy Christmas

February 7, 2022
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...

25 Nov

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Painting of the Week – Autumn Essentials

November 25, 2020
By Laurellee

Bountiful Color Contrasts This painting, Autumn Essentials, is about bounty. The leaves are just turning color and there is a healthy ...

26 Aug

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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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