Plein air watercolor painting of the hills around Terni, Italy

Plein air watercolor painting   7  inches x 10.5 inches    SOLD

I painted this plein air watercolor painting, sitting at the monastery at La Romita looking down on the valley near Terni, Italy. Depending on the time of day, the distant mountains would turn completely different colors. Sometimes they were a pinkish-purple color at late afternoon, but in the morning, when I did this particular painting of Italy , they were a beautiful, cool blue…

This artwork was created with:
Paper: Saunders Waterford Watercolor Paper
Medium: DaVinci Watercolors

Plein air watercolor landscape painting of the countryside around Gettysburg, PA

Watercolor painting 9 inches x 6.5 inches    $150

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I found that visiting Gettysburg was a life changing experience. The horror of the battles that occurred there is astounding. But the strange thing is that the countryside where one of the Civil War’s most grisly confrontations happened is very serene and bucolic. And it looks very much now the way it looked before the war. How could something so horrible happen in such a place…or in any place for that matter?

While we sat out on Seminary Ridge to have a picnic, I painted the watercolor painting above of the rolling hills. The view is very similar to the pastel landscape “Tranquil Fields” which I painted in my studio and posted recently. Again, it is amazing how different a scene looks using another medium.

Plein air watercolor painting of a tree and summer fields.

Watercolor painting 4.75 inches x 7.75 inches   SOLD

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I spent a wonderful vacation weekend with my daughter and grandson and didn’t get any painting done. So I thought I would post this plein air watercolor landscape that I painted last year at this time. Its my favorite subject–the fields and farms around Saline, Michigan. This is another piece that I painted on yupo, a plastic-like paper that causes watercolor to pool on the surface instead of seaping in. It really helps me to loosen up and forget about the itty bitty details.