Pear on a Branch-

This is a watercolor painting and watercolor pencil drawing that I did for the new Paint and Draw Together website. It is a great motivator, to paint from the same photo with other artists from all around the world. They then get to comment on your artwork as you can also comment on theirs.
5x7 $100

Mag Pie

This is from an online challenge called paintanddrawtogether.blogspot.com
We were given a photo and asked to paint a food magazine illustration. Hence the title of my post,  Mag (azine) Pie. This is a job I would love!  9"x 12"- $150

Breakfast Buddies

This is a quick painting I did when a friend was over for some tea. The challenge was provided by Jen Smith of Rookie Painter.  5" x 7" $150

Bag This

This is my submission for the rookiepainter. It was definitely a tricky one.
5" x 9.5" $ 100

Reflecting on Apples

Apples are one of my favorite subjects. I don't know why. This is for The Rookie Painter Challenge. I was upset about the line through the top apple. I did not realize that this paper had another drawing on the other side of it until it was too late. When the paper got wet it showed through and unfortunately dried that way too. .The other picture on the pack was an oil pastel that had stuck the next page to it so I did not notice. Lesson learned! Alas I will not submit it, but you can go look at the others if you want. N/A

Plentiful Pomegranates

It all started with reading the novel, Traveling with Pomegranates By Sue Monk Kidd and her daughter Ann Kid Taylor. Which was a very good book by the way, about a mother and daughter's traveling journey as they find there way through life together. Anyway after reading this book I saw pomegranates everywhere. When I saw that it was this month's challenge for Paint and Draw Together I knew I had to do it! 
9" x x12" $100

Extra, Extra Lemons Please

I painted this watercolor for the Paint and Draw Together Challenge. The title comes from my husband who always makes this request when we go out to eat. He loves lemons with his ice tea and one wedge just isn't going to do it, especially with refills!
4.25" x 6.5" $50

An Apple Tribute

Last week I went to pick the apples off my tree in my backyard only to discover that they had already been plucked and were nowhere to be seen! I suspect a squirrel, maybe a whole clan of squirrels. Oh well, they have to eat too and they can't go to the grocery store like I can. So when I saw this challenge on the Paint and Draw Together blog I knew I wanted to participate.
8" x 10" $ 100

How Sweet It Is

So I'm taking a break from the portraits and finished this for the Monthly Sketch Project challenge. The original photo was from Chrissy Marie. Thank you Chrissy.

I used a water pen and watercolor pencils to do this. I think it will be a good medium to take with me when I travel.

I found this to fun and difficult at the same time. But that is the way to learn right?
6.5" x 9.5" $ 50

It's Fall!

These apples were done for a painting group I belong to called Monthly Sketch Group. The reference photo was provided by Leslie Hawes. It is a rare nice crisp Fall day here in Southern California and these apples were just what I was in the mood to paint today along with the watercolor portrait I did while I waited for the layers of this one to dry. N/A