The Wine Dark Sea

The Wine Dark Sea
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$75
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Horizon Wide

Horizon Wide
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$75
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Flower Field

Flower Field
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$75
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Forest

Forest
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$75
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Wine Range

Wine Range
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$75
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Violet Front

Violet Front
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$75
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Drawn to the Moon

Drawn to the Moon
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$75
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Inlet

Here's the moment when, coming up over the earthy, sandy dunes, you first glimpse the water.

I started with one palette today and ended with a different set of colors as you will see in Perinone Mine. That was due entirely to chance. Stay tuned on My Great Day for my posting on that subject.

Inlet
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$75
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Striped Sea

If you're new to this blog, this is my little study of the day. See my Blue on Blue set at Landscape into Art and what's going on behing the scenes at My Great Day. Also, it's Sunday! Each Sunday, I post another painting and installment of The Grand Tour era.

Striped Sea
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$75
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Sunrise Dark Mountain

Sincere wishes for joy in each moment of the lengthening days.

See the Firebird at Landscape into Art.

Sunrise Dark Mountain
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$75
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Periwinkle Range

When you've finished gazing at this, you are welcome to come by Landscape into Art to see Inner Light.

Periwinkle Range
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archivally matted & backed to 8 x 10"
$75
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Provence Dream

See the painting developed from this sketch at Landscape into Art.

Provence Dream
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in., archivally matted & backed to 8 x 10
$75
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Emerald Kingdom

There's Gold in the Hills today on Landscape into Art and Kandinsky has something to say on My Great Day.

Emerald Kingdom
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in., archivally matted & backed to 8 x 10
$75
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Pale Grove

Over at Landscape into Art you can see my larger watercolor of the day Lightning Implied. Do you hear a Fugue?

Pale Grove
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in., archivally matted & backed to 8 x 10
$75
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Lemon Sky

I use most of these same colors in today's Landscape into Art post Cinnabar Sand.

Lemon Sky
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in., archivally matted & backed to 8 x 10
$75
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Plain Beachscape

Yes, this is pretty basic! Landscape into Art is showing Indian River today. And you can read what Helen has to say on My Great Day.

Plain Beachscape
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in., archivally matted & backed to 8 x 10
$75
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Pink Grove

Click on Indian Reflection to see today's Landscape into Art painting. Read what Cocteau has to say on My Great Day.

Pink Grove
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in., archival mat & backing to 8 x 10
$75
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Slender Grove

Slender Grove
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in., archivally matted & backed to 8 x 10
$75
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I've probably written this before and am sure that I'll write it again but... I love to come back to the image after I've finished painting and given the thing time to dry. I find the most unexpected things. For example, I can see a pair of rather demure legs hiding out in the grove above. One day, I would like to be able to work on a grand scale with watercolor as well as I work on the small scale.

Please come over to My Great Day blog and read my posting on First Stroke and then the postings there over the next few days. They're very relevant to my paintings and studies.

And click here to see today's painting Cold Water on Landscape into Art.

Muddy Mountain Gate

Muddy Mountain Gate
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in., archivally matted & backed to 8 x 10
$75
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I have a feeling that these studies are going to take on a life of their own. Although each is prodding along my landscape ideas, building upon the previous, I am beginning to appreciate them as little paintings in their own right. Which, of course, they are. With that in mind, I am wondering if they have to be related directly to the paintings I post each day on Landscape into Art. Probably not!

Tree Ridge Bronze Field

See Bronze Field on Landscape into Art for which this is a study.

Tree Ridge Bronze Field
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in., archivally matted & backed to 8 x 10
$75
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Copper Field (study)

In memory of Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007)

See larger painting here.

Copper Field (study)
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in., archivally matted & backed to 8 x 10
$75
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Rough Sea

Rough Sea
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
$75
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In the Dunes

In the Dunes
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in., archivally matted & backed to 8 x 10
$75
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Strait (study)

Strait (study)
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
$75
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Red Mountain Yellow Sky (study)

Red Mountain Yellow Sky (study)
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in., archivally matted & backed to 8 in. x 10 in.
$75
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Lettuce Fields

Lettuce Fields
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in., archivally matted & backed to 8 x 10
$75
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Tree Ridge Violet Sky

Tree Ridge Violet Sky
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in., archivally matted & backed to 8 x 10
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Rose Wall (study)

Again, I developed this sketch from the center. I pulled a continuous stroke of Quinacridone Rose across from left to right and then worked outward.

Rose Wall (study)
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in., archivally matted & backed to 8 x 10
$75
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Approaching Red (study)

This entire image developed from one horizontal brush stroke of Alizarin Crimson from left to right. I built everything else off that first stroke.

Approaching Red (study)
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in., archivally matted & backed to 8 x 10
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