Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. In Steamboat Springs Colorado, where I do my summer workshop, there is a gorgeous Botanic Gardens and this is a painting from the lily pad pond. It was a warm sunny day and most of the pond was covered with cast shadows from nearby trees. This is a view from a walking trail that surrounds the pond. Flowers were blooming all over the lily pads and I choose these three because of their location. The dark water showed off the flowers and

Watercolor Painting by Dennis Pendleton. This is a demonstration painting from my Steamboat Springs Watercolor Workshop. As I got close to finishing it started raining and we all gathered our supplies and ran for the shelter of a barn. Unfortunately my water container spilled directly onto my painting which was resting on another painting from the day before and by the time I got to the barn the two paintings were stuck together, As I separated them the paper ripped and piec