Ken's Hat

Recently we were in Cloudcroft, and Ken took his hat off and laid it on a post, so he could work on the pick up. The light was great, and most of the time, my camera is very close to me, so I took a picture of it. This is transparent watercolor, but gouache in the background. I really like the looks of the gouache used like this, and I love the white!! That is one of my favorite things about watercolor.

Tulips and Stripes

A couple of years ago, I sent in slides for this book, and never heard back from them. I accidentally found my name on the Internet along with this book, so I looked further and even emailed them, and found out that they had included this painting in it. I ordered it, and all my contact information in the book was wrong for some reason. I just figured they tried to notify me, and used the wrong email addresses.

Cloudcroft NM Sketches

We got to come to Cloudcroft for a couple days, It is so cool here, and the sky is always so pretty. I would never have dreamed I would be 'blogging' from a camper! Oh well..It is fun anyway. These are a couple of the sketches I have done, just for fun. I really love sketch books, and don't really sketch enough.

The wooden bear greets you, and the neighbor has all kinds of stuff growing, even squash growing in flower pots! The flowers are some he has setting in his 'yard.'

Just a note: the dragon fly, and the flower by the bear happens to be from a rubber stamp.

I thought it might add an interesting touch to the bear.

Birthday Flowers

This is a fairly new painting. It has been in one show, in Lubbock. We got our daughter these flowers for her birthday, and took them and put them in her house on her table for a surprise. She has a white tiled table with white chairs, and the back of that one was so pretty, I just had to try to paint it. The back ground is taken from a piece of fabric. I am always looking for pretty fabric since I quilt, but I also buy it for good back ground designs. I think the digital photo picked up on the background a little more than it really is. The flowers were not quite this big but I wanted to exaggerate them!

Little Windmills

"Little Windmills"

11"x15"

These were painted with a very pale underpainting of yellows and oranges. I love white flowers, and enjoy 'trying' to paint them. After I got it finished, it reminded me of a bunch of little windmills, so that is where the name came from.

2009 Yoakum County Art Show

This past week we had our Yoakum County Art Show, and this little miniature painting, won a first place. The idea came from being in a little shop in Lubbock, TX that is now closed. She had all kinds of chairs with flowers in them. Some had the seats taken out and flowers planted down in a formed pot, made from wire, moss and potting soil. They are really neat sitting on the patio or porch. The chair on my porch, is the one my daughter made for me last year. It needs some brighter colored flowers! I have a problem with wind, and some of the brighter ones didn't make it!

So be on the look out for old chairs! See what you can do with what you find!

The Sunflower that I posted earlier won a 1st place also.

Watercolor Wyoming Watercolor Show

Best Friends

by Suzy 'Pal' Powell

This is the other painting that was accepted into the Wyoming Show that will be held in Wyoming in September. I wasn't really expecting this to get in since i haven't done that many portraits. I hope to do some more in the future, and plan on taking some more workshops to learn as much as I can.