I’ve been under the weather, as they say, so these were done to relax and to practice elements of the landscape.

These are 5x7s and 6x9s, The first three are painted on Bee paper, which is 140# 100% cotton watercolor paper, which I think some watercolor artists use as practice paper, but I really enjoy working on it. The fourth one is on Arches 140# CP.

They are painted from my imagination, hence the flaws, especially in composition! I sort of “went with the flow,” watching what was happening on the paper spontaneously and trying to develop something out of that, which sometimes got me in a spot that I then could not get out of very well.

It will be fun as well as instructive if you can find those places and point them out, especially if you think any can or should be a candidate to make a bigger painting from.

I think these exercises where we critique each other’s efforts are so helpful, not only for the artist who painted them, but also for training the eye of the person who is critiquing and also increasing one’s knowledge base. It is sort of learning what works and doesn’t work via someone else’s efforts. Critiquing makes us give artwork more than a cursory glance, doesn’t it? It also makes the forum rather like a workshop than a gallery of paintings, don't you think?

Riding the Wind

-Tried to give a feel of the wind in a tree

Evening Falls on the Marshland

- Trying to get that glow of sunset and reflection

Falling Waters

-Practicing trees, rocks w/o scraping lol, and the thrust of water falling. This one is more of a sketch.

In the Shadow of a Mighty Rock within a Weary Land

Inspired by a line in an old hymn. ( No scrapes…lol ) Is there such a thing as a Portrait of a Rock?

I have a thing about rocks 😉