Cabin Commission

 I just finished this commission for an unknown new friend, i hope...  she contacted me on FB and got my info at Gallery4. She "got me" when she said she wanted to have a "local artist" do this gift for her parents ..  Anyway, it was really fun but a lot of sketching b/4 the fun started.  She said "cabin"  but this is more than a cabin, in my mind. 

 i spent all morning trying to get a good photo and discovered that my phone service now charges $1.99 a month to use the enhancing app on photos i take.. WTF...  

Farm, in Winter 3-29-22 Sold at Gallery4 today..

 I seem to be back in my barn mode again.  I sketched this one last week off a photo of mine.  I sketched this house off the web (it was completely different with huge porch, etc.)  I loved my background color with the orange house.  Barn needed to be aqua. Path needed to be violet,  Snow needed to be white.  . 

Rusty Hinges Gifted to Sam, just because

 Love those square canvases..  i'm hooked on using only 3 pigment , i pick out primaries and stick with them.  this one is using white, of course, and Turner's Yellow, Prussian Blue and Pyrrole (when did i buy that???) Red.  and a little natural grey..  

Gnome, Sweet Gnome Sold at gallery4

This was fun, As i was looking at Amazon gift selection for drawing names and having Amazon do the work for you at Christmas time, i saw lots of lawn ornaments with Gnomes..  i sketched these guys (drew the noses first) right on the watercolor paper and went for them with primary colors..

   i accidently dropped my brush on the paper and that is why there are those lines decorating the background.  Painted it in about an hour.. Had a red frame already, so there ya go...   
 

Doris's Barn

 This is a commission i just did for an old nursing friend.  Her daughter emailed me and requested it as a gift for Doris.  She and her hubby have lived on the same farm forever and had to tear this weathered wonderful building down.  It was so fun to paint.  Hope she likes it.  

Waterfalldown sold to family member....

 Painted this watercolor this week.  It was from a photo taken by member of my family (not sure who) and i loved the pattern of the water..  Seems folks like "outdoorsy" paintings so i plan to do more. I have a plethora of photos from trips west..  will check them out.