Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. I chose this painting for my Sunday email because I wanted to talk about color schemes and how to use them in your paintings. A color wheel is really an important tool for an artist and, on the backside, it explains different color schemes such as complimentary, split complimentary, analogous, triad, and monochromatic. These are useful because if you use one of them the colors in your painting will work well together. For this paintin

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. One of the most exciting things I have ever done as an artist is when I was in Venice for Winter Carnival. The costumes were spectacular, many of which had been handed down from generation to generation. They were everywhere, on the bridges, in Saint Marks Square, at the opera, in gondolas, and restaurants and I was overwhelmed with the feeling of walking around in a dream.   Many of the costumes were of players from different operas

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendletone. When I moved from Columbus, Ohio to Steamboat Springs, Colorado I saw aspen trees for the...

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. In Paris, there is a walking bridge that is a perfect set up for painting. No traffic and a...