Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. In my Taos workshop, we had a glorious day of painting at the famous Victor Higgins House. This is the house that Mabel Dodge and Tony Luhan built and then sold it to the artist, Victor Higgins, for $1. The sale is actually recorded on the town register. The autumn trees were as pretty as I have ever seen them and the temperature was perfect. I set up in the front yard and painted this as my demo. The setting was perfect and the o

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. I just finished a watercolor workshop in Taos, New Mexico. We headquartered at the historic Mabel Dodge Luhan House and I would like to thank everyone who attended. It is always more fun to paint with other artists and, at the end of the day, to see what everyone created. Mabel Dodge was a socialite from back east who moved to Taos with the intention of turning the town into a world class art colony. Her guest list included Georgia

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. I am in Taos, New Mexico for a workshop and this is our first day of painting. The Mabel Dodge Luhan House where we are headquartered provides so many interesting subjects that we are painting right here today. We will be setting up in front of adobe buildings, flower gardens, wooden gates, and cottonwood and aspen in fall colors. I can't load our paintings onto my computer until I return to Denver so this is a painting from a pre

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. On a painting trip several years ago, I spent a few days in the charming city of Nice on the French Riviera where I painted this scene of Old Town in Nice. This area was not "updated" so it still has narrow cobblestone streets and the original buildings which were not torn down and replaced with more modern architecture. The shopping is fun - there is an open air market with quaint restaurants and cafe's. Because of the narrow stre