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 these first two I did watching an instructional video.  The first one is kind of smeary, and I like the composition but it's pretty muddled. Remember: brown happens.    Another "simply painting" instructional video painting. I'm a bit more pleased with this, but I really wanted to see how I'd do on my own. This one is from a photo I took at Lake Tahoe.  I'm pretty pleased with it.  I have a long way to go, and it's not exactly in the watercolor "tradition" I think, but I think it's the best watercolor I've done.   ...

I've discovered I should NEVER use the blogger app.  It's awful. It wiped out my entire post, just because I clicked away to look at something on another page. I love landscapes.  As a trail runner in New Mexico, there's a never-ending availability of subjects.  This week, I was trying to draw landscapes with water using pen & ink. Scene #1 (above): Lake Catherine, an alpine lake about 9500 feet above sea level in the Santa Fe mountains. What I like about this drawing: I like the overall composition, even though there's not real foreground.  I think it's pretty clear as to the depth. I think the trees look like trees, and the rocks look like rocks. What I'm not certain about: if I've done a good job representing the water. Scene #2: Sandy Harbor on the shore of Lake Tahoe. What I like about this: I like the rocks and the scraggly pine.  I fell in love with these scraggly pines up there. What I don't like: the last thing I d...

Last  night we saw "comedy of errors" on the shores of Lake Tahoe. I love seeing the artistic vision of directors for Shakespearean plays. This one took place during Carnival.  On a related note, Derwent watercolor pencils rock. This also has micron pen.  I saw the play after having Crab and Shrimp Louie at the outdoor restaurant. Later the moon came up, and glimmered on the lake throughout the play.