"Winter Light" Watercolor Painted as a Demonstration in my Class

"Winter Light"

The watercolor shown here is a demonstration painting done at one of my recent watercolor classes. This painting is done using a pouring technique and then is finished with direct painting. The students worked along with me step by step while I was painting. Pouring paint is a different approach to watercolor painting and is usually new to people in the class and can be a lot of fun.

My next class starts Jan 14 through Feb 18, 2012 at Artisans Harbor in Old Saybrook, CT. Contact me via email through my About page here on this blog or Artisans Harbor directly 860-388-9070.

Painting Watercolor Washes - Creating Mood in a Painting

Here is a recent watercolor that I have completed of a foggy, grey day at the Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse located at the mouth of the Connecticut River in Long Island Sound. There is a small pond near Katherine Hepburn's old house in the Fenwick section of town that overlooks the lighthouse and that is what I have painted here in this watercolor.

In the watercolor class that I teach at Artisans Harbor in Saybrook , CT we have been practicing washes and the painting here I started with a nice grey wash of raw sienna first and then a mix of ultramaine blue and raw umber to create the moody background. This watercolor is all framed in a double off-white mat with a thin gold frame and can be viewed at Artisans Harbor on Main St. in Old Saybrook, CT or it can be shipped. The painting price is $250.

If you have any questions about the painting please send along an email.
Thanks, PJ

Almost Finished Pink Lily Flower Watercolor Painting

I have started painting the flower centers on the pinkest flowers that are in the middle of the watercolor. This is a closeup of the flowers where I am working now. These are also my focal point in the painting. For the flower centers I  have used new gamboge yellow, cobalt blue, brown madder, burnt sienna and cad orange for the watercolor paints.

I have been sharing this painting with my watercolor class in Old Saybrook, CT every Sunday. Each week I bring it in to show the class how I am progressing on the watercolor and answer any questions on how I may have painted a particular area. This Sunday I hope to have the finished painting to show the class. If you want more information on watercolor classes send me an email.  My next post will have the finished painting so check back to see it! Thanks.