Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. Washington Park here in Denver is one of my favorite places for plein air painting. This bridge along the jogging and walking trail is a familiar sight and one I have painted several times. On the days when the canal is full of water it shows reflections from the bridge and that is what interested me on this occasion. Comfort is important when painting outside and there was shade to the right of the trail so that is where I chose my v

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. When I decided to paint my harmonica instructors portrait it was obvious to me that I couldn't get everything I wanted in one image so this is what I came up with. His name is Nic Clark and he is a young star teaching at Swallow Hill here in Denver and playing and recording with different bands around the country. Anytime Nic has a harmonica in his hands he is happy and more than anything I wanted to capture that happiness in this pai

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. This is a plein air painting I did on a ranch in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Steamboat was a ranching and mining town before it was a ski area and many of the working ranches still remain. This shed with the red trailer out front was an irresistible subject. I started with the cerulean blue sky then moved onto the green hills. Using three different values of olive green I painted the closest hill then added cerulean blue to cool off

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. This is another painting I did of Rods garden in Taos New Mexico. Like I mentioned last Sunday, his garden was set up for painting with adobe walls as backdrops for the flowers. This was like an artist's dream because everything was right there and I really didn't add or subtract anything. The depth was created by the overlapping walls and the few dark trees behind the walls. I painted the flowers just the way they were and concentrat