Bird's eye view

Bird's eye view,
originally uploaded by Donn2006.

Decided to do a small painting using the new Daniel Smith Watercolor sticks that I just got.

This is ATC size on 140# watercolor paper.

Took the paint directly off the sticks and mixed several colors in a little palette. Didn't have any burnt sienna, so improvised with what I had. The are very strong colors.

Arizona Butte

Arizona Butte,
originally uploaded by Donn2006.

Here's my latest done on Yupo paper with Holbein Duo water soluble oils. Size 5 x 7. Not quite dry, but the mat lifts it far enough off the scanner glass.
This was a bit of a challenge with the oils. It's hard enough with watercolors. Next try will be acrylics.

Bottles and Jars

Bottles and Jars,
originally uploaded by Donn2006.

Here's my latest still life for Nel's on-line oil painting class. This was done with Holbein Duo watersoluble oils on 8 x 8 inch canvas paper.
I did one similar to this ATC size using watercolor pencils. The background was a bit different. This one was quite a challenge. I normally don't care to do still life's, but it was an assignment.