Just received video of demo from Sunday. On YouTube--Robert Bowden Watercolor Demonstration at PCA. 

Today and next few days are gray, cold rainy not good for plein air. As soon as it clears and warms I will return to river site to finish commission looking towards city skyline.

Plein Air Painting Competition

May 5 – 6, 2011 • Registration - $30 On May 5th and 6th, Smith-Gilbert Gardens is hosting its 3rd plein air painting competition. Artists will spend two days painting among the flowers, trees, shrubs, sculpture, water feature, historic home... the Gardens provide endless inspiration. A reception for the artists will be held…

Just had a demo for Pgh. Watercolor Society. Most stayed conscious .

Class tomorrow for Pitt Osher at Carnegie Museum. Always hand out a step by step to students.

Outstanding exhibition at Carnegie Museum--watercolors by Andrey Avinoff, who was curator of Carnegie Museum of Natural History from 1930 to 1945. 

Plein Air Artists of Riverside Sixth Annual Nine Day Paint Out was exciting!  Each day forty-eight painters painted at a different location in Riverside.  The theme, WATER.  Sooo, it rained most every day! Ha Ha!!

The paint-out followed by a two month exhibit at the Riverside Arts Project Gallery now through April.

Click on Groups, scroll to PAAR on group page or click …

I did a watercolor demonstration tonight at the Paulding County Art Center in Dallas, Georgia. We had a nice turnout of about 20 members and I gave the watercolor I did over as a door prize.…

There seems to be always a story to tell, and tonight was no exception.  I arrived in Rosslare this evening with my spirits waning, as a heavy blanket of cloud was making sure that the "Extra special Full moon" , wasn't going to be seen! Apparently the Moon is the closest to the earth tonight for 18…

We're gearing up for a great year of painting!  If you're an Oregon painter, consider becoming a member and painting with us!  Membership is $30 per year - and this year only sign up and get two years for the price of one.  Check out our members blog and website:  Plein Air Painters of Oregon …

Join me July 29 and 30th for this special "Wine and Sunshine", workshop. We'll do still-life wine, paint sunshine and go over some marketing tips for artists. Go to www.iPaintoutdoors.com for…

I was honored to receive the Best Use of Color award at the end of the nine day paint out with  Plein Air Artists of Riverside (PAAR), on 3/4/11.  My 12x12 pastel, "Rocks and Weeds,II", can be seen on the PAAR website at http://paar.weebly.com/. also here on this site.

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My Web Site    www. davidfreedman.net.au

I have recently retired from life as a busy provincial General Surgeon in Victoria Australia. Although I have always been interested in painting and drawing I have not had any training .Anything I might have learnt so far has been the result of many attempts and repeated  failures. I have been an occasional weekend painter but now look forward to having time ,and importantly,  a sense of peace, with which to pursue my hobby. Hopefully to…

Spring is sprung

and the grass is riz,

I don't know,

where my brush is-

An hour ago 

I gave it a clean-

and tidied away, since

hasn't been seen......

I stand now at my easel

ready to faint,

with no brush in my hand,

and only a tissue- to paint!

My Process Demo  http://randysaffle.blogspot.com…

I painted this while I was in Venice last year. I had just finished one painting and was deciding when to stop for the day when the sky turned pink and I just had to try and paint another.



It was literally painted in the last few minutes of the day…

One of the joys of painting on location in February is the weather!  Puffy white clouds with rain on the horizon.

I used a cool color scheme to give the feeling of mystery.  The tree reflection has an interesting opening that caught my attention.  

I named this painting…