april Iowa early morning

Daily watercolor painting #242

3x3 on cold press

Today' s painting goal was to recall a recent image.

april shadows

Daily watercolor painting #241

3x3 on cold press

TOday's painting goal was to recall a recent image. thanks for stopping by!

road through iowa hills in april

Daily painting #240

3x3 on cold press

Today's painting goal was to recall from memory a recent april image.

night and day

Daily watercolor painting #239

6x8 on hotpress

Today's painting goal was to use 2 hues and a theme that could be expanded by inverting the painting, thus night and day.

April 26 Iowa

Daily watercolor painting #238

3x3 on card stock

Today's painting goal was to recall typical Iowa in April images, the bright green surrounding the distinct shapes of calves' ears.

cold April day in Iowa

Daily watercolor painting #237

3x3 on coldpress

Today's painting goal was to recall a typical scene that might be viewed on a cold April day in Iowa.

unknown

Daily watercolor painting #236

3x3 on coldpress

Today's painting goal was very simple-use bright green and browns seen this week of Iowa's April fields. THe result was a surprise because of the way the colors acted after they were left to blend with the water.

some good books

Daily watercolor painting #235

3x3 on cold press

Today's painting goal was an attempt to simplify the lines and color in a still life composition of some books.

Pennsylvania democratic primary voters

Daily watercolor painting #234

3x6 on coldpress

Today's painting goal was a memory exercise - try to recall interesting photograph image seen on the New York Times Caucus political blog, of Pennsylvania voters today. I admit to referring a couple times to the photograph for values contrasts for the painting.

2 viewpoints of a flying kite

Daily watercolor painting #233

3x3 on coldpress

Today's painting goal was to expand an idea about geometric forms to a narrative of a kite flyer. As the painting progressed, the possibility of creating 2 viewpoints for this whimsical theme became the goal.

King Kong

Daily watercolor painting #232

3x3 on coldpress

Today's painting goal was to recall an image of great visual contrasts from the movie King Kong.

April in Loess Hills

Daily watercolor painting #231
3x3 on coldpress
Today's painting goal was to record an impression of April in western Iowa's Loess Hills.

April landscape

Daily watercolor painting #230

3x6 on cold press

Today's painting goal was to recall recent images of vibrant landscape contrasts in April.

roadside ditch in April ll

Daily watercolor painting #229
3x3 on coldpress
TOday's painting goal was to continue the theme of the April roadside ditch in rural Iowa.

April roadside ditches

Daily watercolor painting #228

3x3 on coldpress

Today's painting goal was to recall recent images of the sharp visual contrasts of roadside ditches this spring.

swirling particles

Daily watercolor painting #227

3x3 on coldpress

Today's painting goal was to experiment with extra water and create a visually pleasing composition.

Navajo country

Daily watercolor painting #226

3x3 on cold press

Today's painting goal was to recall an image seen on last night's Independent Lens tv program about Jock Soto, world reknown New York City ballet dancer, and his native Navajo heritage.

complements of yellow and purple

Daily watercolor painting #225
3x3 on coldpress
Today's painting goal was to use complementary colors, yellow and purple, optical theory and gradation technique.

winding road

Daily watercolor painting #224

3x3 on coldpress

Today's painting goal was to follow the idea of an open road.

a view of the mill

Daily watercolor painting #223

3x3 on coldpress

Today's painting goal was to use a waterscape and then came the idea for the old building in as the foreground and the boat as the middle ground.

daisy

Daily watercolor painting #222

3x3 on coldress

Today's painting goal was to come up with a simple narrative. This was a cheery thought.

Summer 2007 Moorhead, Iowa

Daily watercolor painting #221

3x6 on coldpress

Today's painting goal was to reference a photograph by Ruth Pickle of main street Moorhead , Iowa on a summer day 2007.

shapes and contrasts

Daily watercolor painting #220

3x3 on coldpress

Today's painting goal was to record the first color image I imagined for today's painting.

geopolitical goodwill

Daily watercolor painting #219

6x6 on arches coldpress

TOday's painting goal was to create an illustration of a global goodwill theme in the climate of heightened human rights awareness around the world. Today, as the Olympic torch is being carried 85,000 miles towards Beijing, large groups of protesters are bringing attention to CHina's role in Tibet and Sudan.

asian woman at work in the field

Daily watercolor painting #218

6x6 on arches coldpress paper

Today's painting goal was to imagine a narrative with a woman of asian descent. I remembered the hats of asian farmers and that became a starting point for the design. For the overall composition, attention was given to balance of hues and forms.

painted gourds by the north window

Daily watercolor painting #217

3x8 on arches coldpress

Today's painting goal was to create from memory a painting around the idea of a basket with gourds by a window.

learning

Daily watercolor painting #216

3x8 on coldpress

Today's painting goal was to illustrate an idea that conveyed optimism as a tribute to the legacy of MArtin Luther King Jr. Elements of foreground, middle ground and background and color theory to convey spatial depth were utilized and a child tells the narrative.

Darfur child

Daily watercolor painting #215

9x12 on arches coldpress

Today's painting goal was to record a response to the humanitarian issue of displaced persons in Darfur. Orange is a color that is used by supporter and outreach networks for Darfur.

Tomorrow marks 40 years since the assasination of Martin Luther King Jr. so I included a 2007 watercolor portrait which I referenced from several magazine photos.

early april Loess Hills

Daily watercolor painting #214

3x4 on cold press

Today's painting goal was to record a current impression of the Loess Hills.

Kentucky Obama HQ opening

Daily watercolor painting #213

3x4 on coldpress

Today's painting goal was to use an Obama blog photo for reference of a Kentucky Obama HQ opening rally to paint interesting foreground lighting elements and spatial depth of large crowd.