Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. This is another painting from my weekend workshop at Denver Botanic Gardens. I painted it with the students watching along with onlookers who were wandering the gardens. I would like to thank everyone who took the Botanic Gardens Workshops this summer. It always amazes me how we can all be painting in the same area of the gardens and yet all our paintings are different and interesting in their own way. This painting gives me the oppor

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. I was teaching a private lesson when my student showed up with a photo that she had taken in Maine. It was an interesting picture so we worked on it together and this is my painting. We were both delighted with her painting and it was a fun and informative lesson. Working one on one gave us the opportunity to talk about all the colors, values, edges, composition, etc. We started with a very light cerulean blue for the sky and when tha

I have just returned from my Watercolor Workshop in Steamboat Springs, Colorado and this painting was my demonstration on the last day. I would like to thank everyone who took the workshop and made it such a fun experience. The weather was perfect everyday and, on this day, we were painting in an aspen forest at a camp in Strawberry Park. This particular aspen grove gets plenty of sunlight because there aren't any large evergreen trees to block out the sun and, consequently,