A new one on my board. I haven’t liked a thing I’ve done lately until yesterday.

Watercolor on Fabriano cold press, 14 x 20

Hi there. The painting I’ve been struggling with is finished and signed. “It’s the bees’ knees,” watercolor on Fabriano coldpress paper. 14 x 20

Here are assorted swirls and splashes. I’d love some comment or suggestion. Thank you.

Half sheet watercolor on Fabriano cold press.

So, I had lotsa words all lined up in my head. Good words gone.

But, I am painting, if not writing much.

So here’s yesterday in Florida.

Watercolor on Bee paper. QoR, DS

It’s its its are officially sending me round the bend.

Apostrophes unite!

And here’s a new one. Snails’ race.

Day 2

First schmear, DS iridescent ruby

Gray scale image.

First schmear with Daniel Smith iridescent ruby watercolor, 20 by 14. Fabriano artistico cold press block.

Just because.

Presently, cobalt teal, yellows

I think I’m channeling Pittsburgh

And here’s my Christmas offering. I started out to paint a colorful Christmas tree, but my brush got away from me and the tree turned into a gator. So, here is my third Florida Christmas Day painting. Watercolor and inktense pencils on Fabriano cold press.

North Carolina treeline from a previous life

The flowers that bloom

Posting oldies till I can shoot some newer ones. Keep your brushes wet. Red, my treeing walker coonhound rescue.

Eye of the storm

This is a shot at sunset on Lake Lowery, Florida and below is a watercolor-in-progress, i.e. What I did to it.

Still doing a lot of doctor stuff here. Pain is currently winning, so I am sharing a couple from a few years ago. Oldies but goodies. #watercolor #worldwatercolorgroup

Spring springing

And Tom’s studio

I just entered a 10 x 10 art sale at View Arts, Old Forge, NY. This is where part of my heart will always live. When I was a kid I helped Mirnie Kashiwa and friends hang the first of many annual art shows at what would become the Central Adirondack Art Gallery, hosting shows after shows until it gained national prestige.

This month, a fundraiser called 10 by 10 is being held there. We artists send paintings measuring ten by ten inches and View Arts (new name) sells them for a hundred smackers. We artists accept $50 and donate the other $50 to View Arts. I am delighted to have sent six little guys. Please make a trek to Old Forge in May and scoop up a few. Many thanks.

I sign Keim now, having almost divorced the St. Louis part. Look for me, please?

Part one: Washing and scraping

Part two: Is it finished?

Happy for any comments, good or bad. Thanks.

A week ago I had the immense pleasure of attending a weekly live model drawing session near me in Orlando. Above is the last of 15 drawings in two hours. Practice, practice practice. I was rusty but like this last one. Five-minute ink drawing.

This is the same pose but 20 minutes, next to last drawing before I wore out. I love the extreme foreshortening the pose required.

These next three were finding my way. Just below is just a quick gesture sketch. Below it are one with some color and one with the torso made too long, but I like the expression on the lively young model’s face.

Source: It Goes Bump