

Figure This Out
As an artist, can you tell me how tall this figure is? I painted this standing model and her portrait as a demonstration for my Go...
Aug 18, 2019


Turn On The Light
Autumn and Indian Summer in the mountains are exciting times for an artist. The sunlight is gorgeous as it comes through the trees and...
Aug 11, 2019


Painting A Dream
Today was the last day of my Botanic Gardens Watercolor Workshop and I would like to thank everyone who came out to paint with me. The...
Aug 11, 2019


Can You Smell The Flowers?
I spotted these hollyhocks while wandering through Denver Botanic Gardens and decided to use them to frame the left side of my...
Aug 11, 2019


Capturing Sunlight
This painting was done several years ago in Steamboat Springs Colorado and looking at it again brings back some wonderful memories. The...
Jul 28, 2019


Watercolor Days at Meiningers
This Saturday is "WatercolorDays" at Meiningers Art Supply on South Broadway in Denver. There will be classes, new watercolor supplies,...
Jul 28, 2019


Plein Air Painting at Botanic Gardens
I just spent the last three days teaching a watercolor class in Denver Botanic Gardens and I am throughly delighted with the results. ...
Jul 28, 2019


Introduction to Watercolor Basics Class at Meiningers in Denver
INTRODUCTION TO WATERCOLOR BASICS with Dennis Pendleton SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1-4pm Join me at Meiningers Art Supply during Watercolor Days...
Jul 12, 2019


Van Gogh's Favorite Color
Did you know that Vincent Van Gogh's favorite color was yellow? Because watercolors are often painted from light to dark, yellow is...
Jul 7, 2019


Inspired By A Master
The email that I sent out last week inspired a number of comments and questions so I decided to continue the discussion on doing large...
Jul 6, 2019


Summer In The Garden
Botanic Gardens in Denver is gorgeous right now and subject matter for painting is in abundance. I have a Watercolor Workshop scheduled...
Jun 22, 2019


A Favorite Painting
This is a favorite painting of mine which I have kept in my own collection. It is from a painting trip to Venice a few years ago and it...
Jun 22, 2019


Painting On Location
Plein air painting remains one of my favorite things to do and this painting was done as a demonstration at one of my plein air workshops....
Jun 22, 2019


Colors of Taos
The Taos Watercolor workshop for 2019 is over and I am back in Denver. Thank you to the artists who took the workshop and made it such a...
May 26, 2019


High Desert Painting
I am at the Mabel Dodge Luhan House for the first night of my Taos Watercolor Workshop. Tomorrow we begin five days of plein air...
May 26, 2019


Colors of Taos
Next weekend I leave for Taos New Mexico where I will be teaching my annual watercolor workshop. This is a painting of the entrance to...
May 26, 2019


Beautiful Day In The Gardens
Today was the third and final day of my May Botanic Gardens Workshop. I will have another workshop each month this summer and you can...
May 26, 2019


Spring Is Here!
As I looked through an opening in the foliage at Denver Botanic Gardens I was struck with this composition. The blossoming tree with the...
May 26, 2019


Denver Botanic Gardens Watercolor Workshop
I just had my Denver Botanic Gardens Watercolor Workshop on Friday, Saturday Sunday, May 3-5, 2019, and it was a beautiful weekend,...
May 5, 2019


Another Word For Rainbow
Did you know that the word iris means rainbow? What a perfect analogy. The iris displays in Denver Botanic gardens are spectacular in...
Apr 21, 2019


Loosen Up!
Painting on location in Botanic Gardens is a time to have fun, loosen up, and compose with rich and dramatic colors. This is a painting...
Apr 14, 2019


Excitement With Color
I am in Phoenix attending a business workshop and seeing this painting has me wishing I was painting in Denver Botanic Gardens where the...
Apr 14, 2019


Excitement With Flowers
I am in Steamboat Springs Colorado teaching a watercolor workshop on painting flowers. I used to live in Steamboat and it has been like...
Apr 14, 2019


Move Your Studio Outdoors
This is a painting I did as a demonstration in my workshop at Botanic Gardens last summer. It is always fun and challenging to organize...
Mar 24, 2019



































