Paris Cafe - #51 - Original Watercolor Painting

Here is another Paris street scene. This one includes a cafe on Isle de la Cite.

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New England Cove - Step-by-Step

I took some photos while I painted my latest weekly watercolor painting, New England Cove.  Here they are, starting with the rather poor photo I took many years ago that served as a reference for this painting.  You can click on any of the images for a larger version.

First, a simple pencil drawing, then the basic sky and water washes.  After this, some grass and roof color, followed by the dark background trees to frame the setting.  The dark tree wash looks odd in the photo because it was still wet when I photographed it, and the wet surface reflected the flash onto the image.  It was actually just a dark, fairly uniform wash.

Then I went to work on some of the shoreline and boat features, and then some of the details.

Finally, I darkened the foreground water, added rigging to the sailboat, and enhanced some of the color here and there, and signed the painting.

I hope you found this "demo" interesting.  Some day I'll figure out how to capture a video of one of my painting efforts; until then, these stills will have to suffice, unless you can make it to one of my live demos, which I announce on my website http://www.jimoberst.com.

New England Cove - #50 - Original Watercolor Painting

This is yet another painting of the New England waterfront. It's based on a very old photo I took many years ago of a calm seaside scene in the northeast.  I'll be posting step-by-step images of how I painted this scene shortly on this blog.

If you're interested in purchasing this 7.5" x 11" painting, or any other of my weekly watercolor landscape paintings for $100 including shipping, or if you'd like to see more of my paintings, please visit my Weekly Watercolor website.

Brush Strokes Painting of the Month

My painting Big Ol' Barn won Painting of the Month honors at the December 10 Brush Strokes meeting.  This watercolor is a nearly-half-sheet painting based on Weekly Watercolor #41, Mega Barn.  I sometimes paint larger versions of my more successful weekly watercolor paintings, and occasionally also go in the other direction.

Portland Head Light - #49 - Original Watercolor Painting

This week, another painting from Maine - this time of the Portland Head Light, a favorite of photographers and painters.

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Working Boat - #48 - Original Watercolor Painting

Here is a painting of a scene I came upon this summer in Rockland, Maine... a working boat tied up at the wharf, waiting to put out to sea for its next job.

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The Louvre - #47 - Original Watercolor Painting

This is a view of the west wing of the Louvre in Paris, seen from the other side of the Seine river.

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Gambrel Roof Barn - #46 - Original Watercolor Painting

Here is a pleasant farm scene with a gambrel roof barn that is still servicable, but has seen better days.

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Rouen Cathedral - #45 - Original Watercolor Painting

During our recent trip to France, we visited the city of Rouen. The outside of the cathedral there has many beautiful towers, spires, and carvings. This is an impression of the cathedral from a street leading to it, with the sun behind the cathedral.

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A Far View - #44 - Original Watercolor Painting

This painting is based on Split Rock Lighthouse in Minnesota, on the shore of Lake Superior. The cliff represents the actual setting, but I've transformed the lighthouse itself into a more interesting building than the actual one..

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North Shore Kauai - #43 - Original Watercolor Painting

This is a painting of a beach on the north shore of Kauai, Hawaii.  It's a beautiful area, very sparsely inhabited.

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Honfleur Harbor - #42 - Original Watercolor Painting

Here's another view of Honfleur Harbor in Normandy, France, with sailboats docked in the foreground and the old stone gatehouse in the background.

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Mega Barn - #41 - Original Watercolor Painting

I saw this huge barn during a recent trip to Ohio, the land of many farms.  I was fascinated by how large it was, and decided to paint this scene when I returned to my studio.

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Paris Evening - #40 - Original Watercolor Painting

Yet another painting of the beautiful city of Paris. Here, standing in the evening on one of the many bridges over the Seine, we see a tour boat and several other bridges, with the city skyline in the background.

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On Golden Pond - #39 - Original Watercolor Painting

Here is simple, restful scene of a small lake or pond reflecting the beautiful golden colors of autumn.

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Isle de la Cite - #38 - Original Watercolor Painting

Here is another scene from Paris.  This is one of the bridges connecting Isle de la Cite to greater Paris.

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Plein Air Paradise - #37 - Original Watercolor Painting

A recent vacation trip in France along the Seine river ended in Honfleur, a beautiful seacoast town in Normandy. While walking around the harbor there, I happened upon a group of plein air watercolor painters, led by artist Timothy J. Clark, from whom I had recently taken a workshop. So after saying hello, I took a photo of him at his easel, and recently painted this from that photo.

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Peggy's Cove - #36 - Original Watercolor Painting

I recently toured the Maine coast and Canada's maritime provinces, enjoying the incredible scenery and gathering reference material for painting.  There were many beautiful little harbors.  This is the first painting from the Maritimes - of legendary Peggy's Cove just outside of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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No Hurry - #35 - Original Watercolor Painting

This is a plein air painting done at Owl's Head harbor in Maine, near Rockland.  This is a beautiful area, like much of the Maine coast.  It began as a study of a rock formation there, and later in my studio I added the fisherman to provide more interest.

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Sailboats - #32, 33, & 34 - Original Watercolor Paintings

I've been away most of August, so here are three "catch-up" paintings. I love to paint sailboats, because of the beautiful shape of their hulls, and the gorgeous reflections that they often cast onto the water. These three paintings comprise a series based on similar drawings but with different color and background treatments.

If you're interested in purchasing and of these 11" x 7.5" paintings, or any other of my weekly watercolor landscape paintings for $100 including shipping, or if you'd like to see more of my paintings, please visit my Weekly Watercolor website.