"Forest Farm, Switzerland" - Watercolor Painting Demonstration of a Farm in Switzerland

When I start a painting I am never really thinking of an art lesson, but by snapping a few digital phtographs during the process, it gives me something to use in my painting classes and watercolor workshops. I sometimes use these step by step "how to paint" series for powerpoint presentations to art groups such as I did recently for the Utah Watercolor Society and the San Antonio Watercolor Association. In this painting I am really digging into my imagination to find the image, rather than relying on any one photo or experience. It is more the sum total of all the experiences I had hiking along the Alps in Switzerland. This painting was snapped up almost immediately on completion by one of my best collectors, R. Carignan, in Maine, who has a houseful of my originals. I am grateful to all my collectors for allowing me to have all this fun, and still be able to eat!

Click on the images below for description of the painting process.  Click here for painting information.