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.
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.
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
The following watercolor painting video is courtesy of Bob Davies. Thanks for sharing this lesson Bob! You can learn more about Bob and view more of his watercolor videos by following this link.
The following is a two part video lesson of how to paint trees using watercolours. The first video talks about how to mix greens and also covers how to produce realistic summer and evergreen tree shapes.
The second video tutorial shows 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…
Painting Watercolour Trees – Painting Summer Trees (Part A)
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. Read more
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! Read more
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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