I am honored to share that I recently won an Expertise award in the Best Painting & Drawing Teachers in Denver category by Expertise.com....

My name is Dennis Pendleton, and I teach watercolor classes in Denver, Colorado. I love teaching Watercolor Classes and Watercolor...

Plein air painting, painting outdoors on location, is one of my favorite things and I did this painting during a workshop in Tuscany...

I am happy to announce that my blog was just chosen as one of the top 40 watercolor blogs on the Worldwide Web. This came as a...

Painting on location is one of my favorite things to do. I came across this scene in the Elk River Valley in Steamboat Springs Colorado....

The west coast of Mexico is a wonderful place to paint with rock formations jutting out of the water and areas where the jungle comes...

As I sit here in my studio posting this blog it is 5 degrees outside and I am dreaming of spring when flowers will bloom and the days...

Barges On The Seine, Paris Watercolor SOLD This is the view from the walking bridge in Paris that connects the left bank with the right...

Cityscapes are one of my favorite subjects and this is a painting of 17th Street in Downtown Denver. It is actually a mixed media...

Driving between Steamboat Springs and Aspen Colorado you cross Gore Pass and that is where I spotted the cattle grazing in the shade of...

I have always been a big Ray Charles fan and when I was an art student at The Ohio State University I saw him live several times when he...

Ever since art school at The Ohio State University I have been fascinated by the ancient cave paintings in Southern France and Spain. ...

This is the cafe in Arles where Vincent Van Gogh did his famous painting “Night Cafe.” I looked it up when I was in Provence and it is...

The Brown Palace in downtown Denver serves high tea every afternoon and it is an exciting place to sketch. The antique furniture, large...

What a beautiful house.

When we get a snowstorm in Denver that sticks to the trees, lamp posts, and everything else, I grab my camera and sketch book and head...

I am currently teaching a workshop at the Art Students League of Denver titled “Paint Venice with Dennis” and each evening we work on...

I did this painting as a demonstration for the Louisville Art Center in Louisville Colorado in preparation for a still life workshop that...

First, welcome to the students in my new Introduction To Painting In Watercolor Class at the Art Students League of Denver. You are...

Every Spring I teach a watercolor workshop in Taos New Mexico and this painting was done at one of our favorite painting locations. It...

This portrait was painted during the last meeting of my portrait workshop at the Art Students League of Denver. The model was a...

Starting on September 12 I am teaching a class titled “Paint Venice With Dennis” at the Art Students League of Denver. It will give me a...

I am currently teaching a watercolor portrait class at the Art Students League of Denver and this is a painting that I did as a...

Last Sunday, July 31, my Urban Sketchers Workshop met inside the market in Larimar Square in downtown Denver. The market is a wonderful...