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...

I am in Phoenix attending a business workshop and seeing this painting has me wishing I was painting in Denver Botanic Gardens where the...

I am in Steamboat Springs Colorado teaching a watercolor workshop on painting flowers. I used to live in Steamboat and it has been like...

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...

Because of the holiday I decided to talk about painting the color green. If you enjoy painting landscapes, understanding as much as you...

Winter in Denver has me dreaming of a painting trip to Venice. This watercolor painting depicts one of the small canals where laundry...

This painting of the mission with the aspens trees is in a quaint little town just outside of Taos. This site is one of our favorite...

Years ago in the early days of the Art Students League of Denver, the director and some of the instructors traveled to Southern France...

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS COLORADO WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP August 15, 16, & 17, 2019 Join me for my Steamboat Watercolor Workshop in August 2019! ...

Winter is perfect for setting up something special in my studio like these white orchids. My plan was to offset the orchids with a dark...

When my studio was on South Pearl Street in Denver, I did a small watercolor painting of this scene then recently I did this larger...

I talk to people all the time who struggle with their paintings and often it is because they don't understand the proper use of color...

I am completing a book of Drawings and Paintings of Denver and this is one of the pages. The book will be full of images and history of...

To paint loose expressive watercolors, confident strokes are needed and who better to study than John Singer Sargent. The man was a...

This is a painting of the Couse House from my Taos workshop in May. By the way, there are still two spaces available for this years Taos...

​ ​Dennis Pendleton will teach both the beginner and seasoned artist how to convey movement in their work at this year's 5-day watercolor...

The watercolor brushstroke is important because it gives your painting your own signature and style. For example, brushstrokes can be...

Thanks to all of you who followed these emails, took classes, workshops, bought paintings, took private lessons, and kept in touch. I...

If you have an artist in your life, giving them the gift of art is always a good idea! Dennis Pendleton offers Watercolor Workshops and...

Here are ten reasons I like working in watercolor. 1. Non Toxic: you are using water not oil and there is no odor 2. Very Portable: ...

Previously we talked about why and how to start collecting. Now the question is, "Can I afford to collect art?" It doesn't have to be...

Now you have some ideas about how fun it can be to collect art. So, "How do I get started collecting?" Alway purchase original artwork...

As someone who has been an artist for my entire life and taught art classes for 30 years, I often get the question, "Why should I collet...

Check out my new gallery of paintings done at my various Watercolor Classes & Workshops throughout the year. View my Class Demo...