Author Archives: Leeann
Kino Bay Sunset & Tree Silhouette in Pastel
During the month of March, I was blessed to have my Aunt Nell (an artist) visit. She is a very talented oil painting artist but she wanted to learn to do pastels so she asked me to show her. She … Continue reading
Quick Pastel Landscape
I did this quick pastel landscape on a 6″ x 9″ sheet (1/2 sheet) of Velour paper with soft pastels. I was showing my cousin how to do the sky. I added the mountains at the bottom and thought it … Continue reading
Bird of Paradise
Here’s a pastel that I did back in January…..it just took me a while to post it. This one was really fun. I did it with my Aunt, she did one and I did one, and we had a really good … Continue reading
Dogs, Dogs, Dogs….
Lately, I’ve really enjoyed drawing Dogs. I have a couple of different Walter Foster “Dogs” books (one very old and one new) and I also have a couple of live models, ZZ and Frita. ZZ is a very energetic 5 year old Golden … Continue reading
Draw something mythical
First of all, I can’t believe it’s been 2 months since I last posted…. I will try to post more often. After all, I have been drawing daily, I just haven’t been posting regularly. I have never considered myself an … Continue reading
Zion National Park – “The Three Patriarchs”
This watercolor sketch was created from a photo I took in Zion National Park. This is called “The Three Patriarchs”, named for Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Reverend Frederick Fisher named this place in the early 1900’s. I took the photo … Continue reading
Never assume your painting will be unworthy of putting in the sketchbook
Soooo, this next watercolor sketch was one I did quickly on the night of August 14, 2011 after visiting Zion National Park. I wanted to do something to practice and keep my daily art streak alive but I figured it … Continue reading
Bryce Canyon Plein Air Watercolor Sketch
I had the opportunity to visit Bryce Canyon National Park in August. While there, I was able to sit and do a plein air watercolor sketch (my FIRST live sketch in nature) at Sunrise Point on August 12, 2011. I used … Continue reading
My Koi Watercolor Color Chart
One of my artistic goals is to do more plein air sketching. Most of my sketching is with pencil but I have recently seen so many beautiful watercolor sketches that I decided I would give it a try. At first, I bought … Continue reading
“Recent” Drawing Exercises from “Artistic Fitness”
I titled this “Recent” because the oldest is almost two months old…. I am trying to catch up on some posts and there are lots of things I want to post….so this will be a shotgun post of several days of drawings over … Continue reading
