Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. My Taos, New Mexico Watercolor Workshop was so much fun that I decided to include another of my morning demo's. This was painted at a friend's house near the Mable Dodge Luhan House where we were headquartered for the workshop. It was a beautiful sunny morning and I wanted to keep the demo short so that everyone would have more time to paint. As usual, what seemed like a simple idea really wasn't and I found this out when I started. I

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. I just spent the last week teaching a Watercolor Workshop in Taos New Mexico and this was one of my demo's of the Mabel Dodge Luhan House where we were headquartered. It was a beautiful morning with sunlight and shadow showing off the rich colors of the adobe building and the cottonwood tree. I started with a cerulean blue wash for the sky and painted right over my drawing of the trees. This way I could leave bits of the sky showing t

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. I decided to send out flowers for Mother's Day. This is a painting I did in a friend's garden in Taos, New Mexico. Rod had an enormous garden which was the envy of all the gardeners in Taos and this was one little spot near his studio. I was attracted to the tall blue flowers that were a stunning backdrop for the white daisies. I started with the big white daisy near the center leaving unpainted white paper and framed it with cerulean

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. It has been a few years since I painted a portrait so I decided to use myself as a model. I put on all my favorite things for plein air painting, Levi jacket, red plaid shirt, and Panama hat. I had a friend take some pictures of me in my front yard so that I would be in the sunlight and I used those for reference. The drawing took forever as I sight measured my features and the patterns on the shirt and jacket. I actually left most of

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. In Denver there is a Historic Park with beautifully restored Victorian houses lined up on both sides of a greenbelt and benches with lots of shade are also provided. It is one of my favorite places for plein air painting and I take one of my workshops there every summer. This brick Victorian is one of my favorites because it has all the characteristics of Victorian architecture which are, tall windows, wrap-around porches, gingerbread

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. On a visit to Manhattan years ago, it rained while I was on 5th Avenue and I took several pictures that I painted from when I returned to Denver. Today, taxi's are still a major part of the city traffic although they no longer display the iconic checker patterns. The older cabs with the checker design were retired because of their heavy weight which made them fuel inefficient. They still have the red light on the roofs which tells if