Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. It has been a few years since I painted a portrait so I decided to use myself as a model. I put on all my favorite things for plein air painting, Levi jacket, red plaid shirt, and Panama hat. I had a friend take some pictures of me in my front yard so that I would be in the sunlight and I used those for reference. The drawing took forever as I sight measured my features and the patterns on the shirt and jacket. I actually left most of