“Solace at Sinawava.”  In November 2008 Emmy award winning producer Phil Tuckett and a film crew from Dixie State College shot one of my outdoor watercolor classes as we shot footage [...]

The river and the foreground received a lot of time and attention since this is where we can really see the detail in nature. Painting this large does pose some problems for the watercolorist. I [...]

I begin this painting by painting the sky using a wet-in-wet technique. Then move quickly to broad loose washes of color on the remainder of the painting. No detail at this point, just loose [...]

Since the shadow areas on the cliff face are critical to the painting, I move into this area and begin to establish forms using darker glazes of blues and purples.

I begin to work up the foliage on the distant cliffs now. I cut in the foliage against the shadows using negative painting on the edges, and letting the pigments mingle naturally for the leaves [...]

Moving to the foreground I establish some very dark areas. I do not have to worry about negative painting here since my paint is darker than anything behind it. Now I can begin to move back and [...]