Tree Study, 4x6 watercolor painting

Tree Study

4x6 watercolor / India Ink painting

on 140 lb. Fabriano cold press paper

Last Saturday I attended a class with watercolor artist John Erwin, who uses India Ink in his watercolor paintings.  The workshop was lots of fun, and I really like his technique.  Since my painting time was very limited today, I worked on a small tree study.

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Reflections, 10x10 oil painting

Reflections

10x10 oil painting

on Raymar cotton panel

This painting is from a photo of a still life setup that I took at Scottsdale Artists' School, while taking a class from Joni Falk a few years ago. I'm donating this painting to the Mesa Arts Center's annual 10x10 Exhibit that's held each year on October 10.  All paintings sell for $100.

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Red Cactus Flower, 7x5 oil painting

Red Cactus Flower

7x5 oil painting

on linen panel

This is another painting I've done for the upcoming fund-raiser for Gilbert Visual Art League in Gilbert, AZ on November 15. This is our annual 5x7 sale, where GVAL members donate the paintings and they are all sold for $25.00 each. Last year we had over 200 5x7 paintings for sale.The sale will be outdoors on the lawn at Postino's Restaurant in Old Town Gilbert. If you live in the area, come on out and see us!

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Red, White and Blue; 16x12 oil painting

Red, White and Blue

16x12 oil painting

on stretched canvas

I've been spending my painting time this summer working on floral paintings.  When I took a class from Hedi Moran this past May at Scottsdale Artists' School, I had the chance to take photos of all the beautiful still-life setups they had, with fresh flowers.  I painted this from one of the photos I took.  This painting is available at SteviePaints, my store on Etsy.

Poinsettia Study, 10x8 oil painting

Poinsettia Study

10x8 oil painting on canvas panel

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I bought a little poinsettia to give some Christmas color to our house, and it's a great study for painting.

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Afternoon Shadows, 10x10 oil painting on deep-edge canvas

This painting is being donated to the Mesa Arts Center annual 10x10 exhibit and sale, which will occur on October 10, 2013 at the Mesa Arts Center in Mesa, Arizona.  This is the third year I've entered this show.  Since it's an event in Mesa, I chose a scene from a photo I took one late afternoon at Rancho de Tia Rosa, a wonderful Mexican restaurant in Mesa.  Tia Rosa not only has outstanding food, but the architecture is beautiful.  This painting is not for sale here, but it will be for sale at the show.  The price for all paintings at the show is $100.

Afternoon Shadows,

10x10 oil painting on deep-edge canvas

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Red Rock Sunset, 6x8 oil painting

During the past year I've taken a few classes from Dick Heichberger, a master landscape painter.  He really focuses on the use of transparent color, and that "less is more".  I painted this in one of his classes from a photo I had taken in Sedona.

Red Rock Sunset

6x8 oil painting on Raymar cotton panel

Not framed

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The Red Door, 6x6 oil painting on Raymar canvas panel

Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in Oceanside, California is the "King of the Missions". Named for King Louis IX of France, this was a former Spanish mission.  It iis still a working mission today, cared for by the people of the parish.  The Red Door is one of the many doors leading to the interior of the main building.  This mission has two asistencias, or sub-missions, associated with it.  Since the California missions were set up to be a day's travel between them, I often wondered how someone got from Oceanside to San Gabriel in one day (a distance of 89 miles).  I did some research, and I found there were ranches that provided lodging for travelers in-between.  The two asistencias (stations) for Mission San Luis Rey are Las Flores, near San Clemente and San Antonio de Pala, near Pala Mesa.  Some of these asistencias are still standing, and I plan to go back and visit them, as I visit all 21 of the California missions.

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