Watercolors

I started painting watercolors in December 2013 as another artistic medium. The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (KIA) teaches several watercolor classes and I chose one taught by Don Marek, a local painter who has taught there for many years in the Winter and Spring Terms. Since then, I have attended his classes regularly and also taken some small private group lessons at his house in the Fall. Don is well known locally for his loose and often colorful painting. Since I aspire to a loose style it has been a natural fit for me, although my taste in colors is less bold. Don's website is www.donmarekwatercolors.com if you would like to check out his work. For the last two years, I have felt confident to begin selling my work primarily at the KIA Holiday Sale and was quite successful in 2017 - at least it pays for my paper, paints, and brushes.

Following are my watercolors painted to date with the most recent first.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Quick 6 x 9" Sketch of Barry's New Toy

 

Fun Sketch of a City Street

 

Another Quick Sketch - Barry and Nichole's House

 

Quick Sketch

 

Quick Sketch

 

 

 

 

Version 2

 

Version 1

 

Version 2

 

Version 1

 

Version 2

 

Version 1

 

 

Milham A Week Later After the Snowfall

 

Milham after Snow Melted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another Half Sheet - Accepted into the 2017 Carnegie Center for the Art Show

 

My First Half Sheet Painting - fun working larger!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accepted into the 2017 Carnegie Center for the Arts Show

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class Exercise

 

Class Exercise

Class Exercise 2nd Version

Class Exercise - Flat Shapes

 

 

Class Exercise

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homework

 

A Winter Scene (after Edward Wesson)

 

Another Winter Scene

 

Class Exercise

 

My Favorite Hangout in Spain - L'Espardal

 

Along the El Portet Road, Spain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class Exercise

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class Exercise - Pen/Ink Wash

 

 

 

 

Class Exercise

 

 

Class Exercise - Cadaquez, Spain

 

 

 

Class Exercise - Venice

 

Another Class Exercise - Cadaquez, Spain

 

 

 

 

Guess Where?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class Exercise

 

 

Class Exercise

 

 

 

December 2014 - I finally got round to posting some of my watercolors after running into problems getting good color images of them. They run from the most recent backwards in time to my beginning about a year ago. I haven't had much time recently to paint but am getting the urge again and have signed up for a class beginning in January 2015.

December 15, 2014

 

December 14, 2014

 

December 12, 2014

 

 

Dec 11, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And Finally - My First Effort at Watercolor