Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. Two days ago I taught an online workshop where we painted rocks and explored the different settings where they are found. I did this painting in the last 90 minutes of the workshop and the other artists worked along with me creating their own version. I would like to thank all the artists who took the workshop and express the pride I felt when each one showed their painting. When painting rocks, it is important to consider that each

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. We keep getting more snow in Denver so I decided to talk about this painting of downtown. I was lucky when I took the reference photo's because it was a wet snow that stuck to everything and, for some reason, there were these orange cones and barrels, maybe to keep people from wandering onto the light rail tracks. I actually rode on one of the light rail cars for a few blocks so that I could look out the windows and see all this from

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. Cities are a fun place to sketch and paint because of the tall buildings, traffic, pedestrians, and interesting colors. This is 17th Street in Downtown Denver on a busy afternoon. In Downtown Denver some of the older brick buildings have been preserved and they provide interesting shapes surrounded by the tall metal and glass skyscrapers. This is actually an etching that I hand colored with watercolor. I started with pencil sketches a

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Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. This is another painting in my series of full sheet, 22x30 inches, watercolors inspired by all the plein air paintings I have done at Denver Botanic Gardens. For this ongoing series, I decided to paint my own borders and then make the borders part of the painting. For a complicated painting like this, I start with very little drawing and develop the composition as I go along while keeping my original idea in mind. I started with the l

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. We have had several snowstorms in Denver so I decided to talk about this painting of Downtown on 15th Street. I really like painting cityscapes especially after a snowstorm. So many details are buried under the snow and simplifying is easier. People here in Denver can look at this painting and say "I know exactly where that is" and they have no idea how many little changes I made. My plan is to make an impression of this scene while m