03 Feb Painting of the Week 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...Continue reading
26 Jan Painting of the Week Painting of the Week – Working Force January 26, 2023 By Laurellee Motion Sometimes I get off track while I'm painting, like yesterday. When that happens, I can look at my best paintings, like ”Working...Continue reading
13 Oct Painting of the Week Painting of the Week – Gallant Spirits October 13, 2022 By Laurellee Using Gray Gallant Spirits (no longer available) brings back memories of a planned fall photo shoot near Kindred, North Dakota. The su...Continue reading
09 Jun Painting of the Week Painting of the Week – Hold the Reins June 9, 2022 By Laurellee Changing your Viewpoint This piece is part of several efforts I made to create a certain painting. This part fascinated me as well as ...Continue reading
17 May Painting of the Week Painting of the Week – Riders May 17, 2022 By Laurellee Replace Details with Colored Shapes Instead of waiting patiently in line for a desert ride in Arizona, as usual, I went gaga with my c...Continue reading
14 Oct Painting of the Week Painting of the Week – Heading for the Hills October 14, 2021 By Laurellee Telling a Story I stood with my camera on a 10 foot square deck surrounded on three sides by horses in Medora. In front of me was a bi...Continue reading
30 Sep Painting of the Week Painting of the Week – Friendly Maintenance September 30, 2021 By Laurellee Dry Brush Texture Have you ever seen a horse get shoed? It’s hard to relate to having a shoe nailed into your hoof but this horse didn...Continue reading
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...Continue reading
30 Mar Painting of the Week 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 ...Continue reading
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...Continue reading