New painting, "So Glad You're Here"

I just finished this painting today in David Rankin's workshop at Artists' Showplace.  I like the looseness, the flow of color and the "pop."

SWS Paint-out in East Texas

About 40 from Southwester Watercolor Society (25 of us were painters) descended on Greenville and Sulphur Springs, Texas this weekend.   Here are two plein air paintings I did Saturday morning.

This one sold at the reception that evening!

I followed it with this painting, a different view from the same spot on the square . . . both done before lunch.

Over the weekend I also did some ink and watercolor sketches.  They are on my other blog: www.herbreedsketchbook.blogspot.com.

Still Waters

I just finished a small painting, Still Waters.  It's a study for a series of larger paintings on the 23rd Psalm I'm doing for a church project.

Me, Doing My Thing!

A few weeks ago, I was challenged to do (another) self portrait.  I think I got a good likeness, but need to warm up the colors some.  Maybe next time.

Red Bike in the Aspens

I just finished this . . . a funny combination: a red bike in an aspen grove.  Working to get good darks, I painted negatively to bring out the light aspen trunks.  I used some aspen tree photo references, but it was mostly from my imagination.

Pour and Negatively Paint

Recently I did this small painting as an exchange with another watercolor painter.  Much of the background was masked, poured and the middle and foreground was negatively painted.

Three new paintings

Last week in Richards Stephens' workshop I did three quarter-sheet paintings.  Here they are: