Watercolor Conference

These past days I had the most wonderful time at the Watercolor Live conference. It's been three long days (+11 hours per day) of watching amazing watercolorists sharing their passion online.  I've been admiring a number of them for many many years. I enjoyed seeing:

• Soon Y Warren paint brilliant shadows and mouth watering cherries. I may paint the cherries as an exercise;
• Jean Pederson apply more than a dozen layers of paint on a portrait to bring out life. I'm happy to say that Jean is a Canadian;
• Linda Baker provide the most diplomatic in insightful critiques about composition;
• John Salminen paint the most beautiful reflections on wet asphalt;
• Dan Marshall created an enchanting rural scene;
• Angus McEwan show us how he applies multiple layers of paint to create a rusty lock;
• Matthew Bird demonstrate how he mounts his watercolours to an aluminum panel then varnishes it;
• Stephen Zhang mesmerize us with his stunning portrait;
• Laurin McCracken impress us with the level of patience for his realistic still life; and
• Joseph Zbukvic make his mastery of watercolour seem poetic.

I thought you might like this list of resources:  http://www.lauringallery.com/inprint.htm  

This week, I will be able to re-watch these sessions and catch all of the tips I may have missed.  I wish I could paint along some of them, but there just isn't enough hours in a week. I'm also going to get ready for the three workshops that I'm teaching next weekend.

All of the sessions provided great tips and as a result, I have already registered for Watercolor Live 2022.

In the past weeks, I worked on a colorful painting for a local couple. Working on a commission always creates lots of stress.  However, I was excited to work on this commission because I loved the reference photo that was provided to me.

Here it is. It is mounted on a 36" X 18" gallery panel.  I'm proud to be delivering it today.

Line Them Up - 36" X 18"

I'm excited to announce that I am participating in Da Artisti's next exhibition entitled "Is It Spring Yet". For this exhibit, you'll find some colorful artworks such as this:

Peaking Through - 24" X 20"

Have a great week.

Danielle

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