Trip to Bermuda

I did this watercolor pencil and ink sketch on Horse Shoe Bay Beach in Bermuda on October 18, 2013. I finally got to see clear blue water on a beautiful beach; a life-long wish! It's much prettier than depicted here.

Collage of Paintings

Collage of most of my 30 days of painting!

Day 30 - Retrospective

State St. (old work in progress)

Marblehead, Mass.

8 x 10

Colored Pencil

This has been a challenging and productive month! I have learned a lot and hopefully have developed some new habits to take with me into my future art projects. This piece is one I started in 2006, and never finished, because I was so intimidated by using colored pencils. I needed something to finish out the month. I couldn't just NOT post something for Day 30! I have quite a few pieces I want to go back and touch up or just finish. October will be a good month for doing just that, as well as taking time out for some traveling.

Day 29 - Sailing

Sailing

6 x 9

Watercolor

I couldn't get through this month without at least one boat, as I do live in Annapolis where sailing is big. It's not my favorite subject, but I gave it a try. I need one more painting to make it to 30, but it will have to be late.

Day 28 - Sunflower

Sunflower

9 x 12

Watercolor and colored pencil

The colors don't show true on this one. I am too tired to try and get it right in Photoshop. I got a lot of watercolor "blooms" on the petals, so I just embraced that for fun. I am finding it difficult to get really good dark, dark colors with watercolor. So I used colored pencils for the background because I wanted a good contrast. Its getting late, so I will have to post my last two projects tomorrow.