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

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. My annual watercolor Workshop in Taos New Mexico is rapidly approaching and this old adobe casa is a subject that I have painted year after year. It is located next to the famous Saint Francis Mission and each year it is in a further state of decay. Sadly the last time I was there it was so far gone that it was no longer an interesting subject. It was sad to see the rubble that was once a favorite painting subject. I am glad that I ha

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. After my watercolor workshop in the French castle, I spent four days in Nice with a friend. We spent a lot of time exploring and I found this house nestled in a cliff garden located in a little town further up the coast. It was like nothing I had ever seen before with plants as big as trees, unexpected colors, trees that looked like giant birds nests and quintessential French architecture. Whoever lives there obviously took a lot of p