Artist Spotlite - Anita Lee

Artist: Anita Lee

Location: Originally From California, Now Living In Chapala, Jalisco Mexico

Title: “Boats on Lake Chapala”

Dimensions: 36×24

Medium: Pastel On Board

Website: http://www.anitalee.net

Comments From The Artist: I am a board member of the Ajijic Society of the Arts where we try to create and nurture a community for all mediums of the arts in the Chapala region. The membership is primarialy comprised of Americans and Canadians with a few Mexicans who are always welcome even though the meetings tend to be conducted in English.

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Artist Spotlite - Dan Young

Artist: Dan Young

Location: Big Island of Hawaii

Title: “Hawaii’s Red Road Sunrise”

Dimensions: 16×20

Medium: Oil on Birch Panel

Website: http://www.danyoungartist.com

Comments From The Artist: This Impressionist Hawaii Tropical landscape is of a rural red cinder road on the East side of the Big Island of Hawaii….. Life here is very dramatic with amazing sunrises, torrential rain, then puffy multicolored clouds drifting lazily by.  At sunset there can be turquoise water, teal and ultramarine skies with violet, scarlet and blazing yellow clouds, framed with swaying coconut palms.  This road is a true Zen experience with a canopy of mango, mahogany and waving coconut trees , pounding surf and salt water scents.  Life is grand living here just 10 miles from where lava is pouring into the ocean, creating a steam cloud that billows thousands of feet into the air.   There is a true connection with the ancient lives and current experience of all things nature.  The cycles are very present here from full moons, clouds, waves, tides.   Sunrises and sunsets are celebrated every day.

Oil Painting Technique - Painting Drips and Drops - Part #2

How to paint water drops on a horizontal surface in four easy steps. By Karin Wells

This little 8″ x 10″ painting has a lot of water drops. I like to add fun (and fast) details to a dry painting surface at the end.

I posted the largest file allowed for this so you could see better detail if you click on the above picture.

Here’s how to do it when the light source comes from the upper left:

DROP STEP 1

I use a dark color - raw umber works for me but any transparent dark will do. You are making the shape of a drop. A cast shadow will be on the lower right (i.e., Darker).

This particular view is from the side on a horizontal surface. If you had a top view, for example, you would draw it differently of course, but the principle is exactly the same.

Detail (above)

DROP STEP 2

You will be looking through the water and it creates a soft shadow on the top left and the harder, sharper cast shadow on the lower right.

More detail (above)

DROP STEP 3

Light will be reflected on the top right and will define the top of the drop.

I use Zinc White so the original color shows through. The light does NOT touch the shadow and the color of the surface shows through between the light and shadow.

DROP STEP 4

Add a highlight in the shadow area. I use Titanium White for this as I want it to be clearly defined and opaque.

Painting drips and drops is really a piece of cake, isn’t it?

Above detail from Cherries Still Life.

And bugs are fun too.

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Artist Spotlite - Marie Merritt

Artist: Marie Merritt

Location: Rutledge, TN

Title: Serenity of Spring

Dimensions: 28×22

Medium: Oil on Linen

Website: http://www.mariemerritt.com

Artist Spotlite - Sabine Vicinus

Artist: Sabine Vicinus

Dimensions: 21 x 29

Medium: Pastels

Website: http://www.seraphin-art.de/

Watercolor Instruction Videos - How to Paint Trees In Watercolor

Painting Watercolor Trees - Painting Summer Trees

One of a series of how to paint trees in watercolor. This video (in two parts) shows how to paint summer trees. This one (Part A) looks at mixing greens and how to very simply produce summer and evergreen tree shapes. 

Painting Watercolor Trees - Painting Summer Trees (Part B)

This is the second part of the tutorial showing how to paint trees in watercolor - this time summer trees. In this part, we look at a summer tree in full leaf as part of a warm, sunny landscape. Hints about using colors to create sunlight and shadows and using the trees to frame a building. Puts into practice the tips contained in Part A of Painting Summer Trees… 

Artist Spotlite - Wayne Cooper

Artist: Wayne Cooper

Dimensions: 12×16

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Board

Website: http://waynespainting.blogspot.com/

Comments By The Artist: I am just 63 years old wednesday and started painting about 6 months ago…having never painted before..( which I  think shows!) I had done years ago, some decoy carving after a course I took but don’t do it any more. The painting I will send is my 8th one and I hope my best so far. It is of a flowerpot on a mail box support from a photograph I took a month ago just down my road.

It is on a 12 X 16 canvasboard and was originally intended as just a study piece. I paint with a buddy who is a fairly accomplished painter and we almost always do the same pieces. I have never sold anything and he doesn’t sell very much but we do enjoy the camaraderie of painting together …..and some low-level competition!..lol. It is in acrylic although I hope someday to try watercolour which I really am fascinated by.

I haven’t signed or titled this painting or in fact many of the others…right now they are all stacked in the corner of my room in fact although my wife deems this one worthy of framing and putting on the wall!! I have a ‘blog-site’ where I post my pictures as they are completed for friends and family to view as many of them are thousands of miles away. I would be absolutely delighted if you would feature them sometime on your site…..I really enjoy and use your site as much as I can and have found it quite helpful in the past.

Artist Spotlite - Annette Speck

Artist: Annette Speck

Title: “My Angel” (My Daughter Stepheny)

Dimensions: 16×20

Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

Website:  http://myspace.com/happee2bme

Comments By The Artist: This is my very first portrait painting I attempted (daughter, Stepheny). I began painting with acrylics earlier this  year, and I LOVE IT! I used to draw as a child and recently felt there was something more creative inside of me. My daughter has been a blessing and an angel to me and I feel that love has shown through in this painting. I have now done some florals, seascapes, and others will be coming. I hope to make this not just a hobby but a living in doing what I love, and by selling paintings, I hope that others can also be touched by that love that I put into the creations.

Oil Painting For Beginners - Painting Drips and Drops By Karin Wells

I have a wonderful oil painting tutorial to share with you today by artist Karin Wells. Hopefully you remember Karin. I conducted an interview with her not long ago. If you did not have a chance to read that interview, I recommend you take some time to read it by clicking here and become better acquainted with Karin. She is a very talented artist and I am delighted to be featuring her work here again.

The following oil painting lesson will demonstrate Karin’s oil painting technique for creating water drips on a vertical surface. This is part 1 of a 2 part series. The second part, “How to paint water drops on a horizontal surface in four easy steps”, will be published next week.

Enjoy!

Painting Drips and Drops By Karin Wells

How to paint water drips on a vertical surface in four easy steps.

This little 8″ x 10″ painting has a lot of water drops. I add these details to a dry painting surface at the end.

I posted the largest file allowed for this so you could see better detail if you click on the above picture.

Here’s how to do it when the light source comes from the upper left:

DRIP STEP 1

I use a dark color - raw umber works for me but any transparent dark will do. You are making the shape of a drip. A drip will occur on a vertical or slanted surface. A cast shadow will be on the lower right (i.e., Darker).

DRIP STEP 2

You will be looking through the water and it creates a soft shadow on the top left and the harder, sharper cast shadow on the lower right side of the drip.

Detail (above)

DRIP STEP 3

Light will be reflected on the top right and will define the top of the drop. I use Zinc White so the original color shows through. The light does NOT touch the shadow and we want to see the untouched color of the surface between light and shadow.

DRIP STEP 4

Lastly, add a highlight in the shadow area. I use Titanium White for this as I want it to be clearly defined and opaque.

Detail (above) from Apples Still Life (below).

Apples Still Life, 8″ x 10″ Oil on Linen

Go to Part 2: “How to paint water drops on a horizontal surface in four easy steps”

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Artist Spotlite - Nicole Castro

Artist: Nicole Castro

Dimensions: 24×30

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Website:  www.nicolecastroart.com

Comments By The Artist:  The seed idea for this painting came from a vision and I found the way to express it after visiting Bok Sanctuary in Lake Wales, FL. I felt connected to nature and expansive and I hope that that feeling comes through in the piece.

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