Watercolor 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...

13 Jan

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Painting of the Week – Mountains at Dusk (in progress)

January 13, 2023
By Laurellee

Importance I have fallen in love with the mountain ranges around Coachella Valley, California. Almost any time of day you can turn and...

05 Jan

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Painting of the Week – Palm Tree Study

January 5, 2023
By Laurellee

Warming Up Palm Trees are planted mostly as a decorative item and come in many varieties. Their tall height breaks up the landscape as...

30 Dec

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Painting of the Week – Plein Aire Painting

December 30, 2022
By Laurellee

Happy New Year! Dear Friends, Happy New Year! A new start is always a blessing and we are almost to 2023. Wednesday, I painted with ...

01 Dec

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Paintings of the Week – Before Breakfast & After Dinner

November 21, 2022
By Laurellee

Studying Light Direction Driving towards our destination for a meeting in Maine, I spotted this beautiful Bed & Breakfast. Paul sl...

10 Nov

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Painting of the Week – Tango

November 10, 2022
By Laurellee

Adding More Staring at Tango for 2 weeks over my fireplace convinced me to make some changes. Knowing how much work was involved to ta...

27 Oct

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Painting of the Week – Pumpkin Spice

October 27, 2022
By Laurellee

Unite with Related Colors and Shapes Happy Halloween! In “Pumpkin Spice”, there are several varieties of Pumpkins to explore, includin...

29 Sep

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Painting of the Week – Perennial Perimeter

September 29, 2022
By Laurellee

Transitions Like “Through a Looking Glass”, these perennials remind me of how I loved looking deep into the background of a mirror as ...

15 Sep

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Painting of the Week – Summer Rain

September 15, 2022
By Laurellee

Light Direction Don’t’ you love a rainstorm? The air changes right before a storm and the humidity comes up. The sounds change as the ...

01 Sep

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Painting of the Week – State Theatre

September 1, 2022
By Laurellee

Geometric and Organic Shapes This large watercolor of Downtown Sioux Falls, South Dakota was created for Avera Health. It reminds me o...

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