Zooey's in Watercolor

This is a watercolor painting of Zooey's in Corvallis. I don't know exactly what they sell but I liked the colorful building which sits next to the Whiteside Theatre. I will include this image in my Corvallis collection.
Lately I have been making one or two paintings a week, usually alternating between watercolor and oil.

Weatherford Hall, OSU

This is Weatherford Hall at OSU in Corvallis. I am now developing a series of watercolor paintings representing the historical buildings on campus. I hope to end up with a set of 5 for notecards, etc.

White Xmas

Not a sketch or a painting yet, however kind of cool anyway.

Happy Holidays

The Whiteside Theatre in Watercolor

This is the fifth watercolor in a series on local landmarks.  My plan is to package all five as a set of notecards.  This is the famous Whiteside Theatre in Corvallis.  It is presently awaiting renovation.

Benton County Courthouse - Watercolor

Today I finally made a watercolor of our courthouse.  This will be one of a series of paintings/cards representing the historical architecture of Benton County, Oregon. As usual I took some liberties with the perspective, however the basic italian architectural style is still intact.   It was built in 1889 and is the oldest in Oregon still serving its original purpose.  

Disciples House in Watercolor

I decided to try the original Disciples House drawing as a watercolor,  again in the Charles Reid style.

Depot Bay Oil Painting

I am continuing my series on Depot Bay with an oil painting of the bridge which crosses the world's shortest river (at least according to people at Depot Bay).

 

Laura in Watercolor

I completed the watercolor version of our model, Laura.   I will be doing more watercolor images in the near future in order to perfect this medium.  It is definitely faster than oil, however it usually has a mind of its own.  I do like the looseness of the medium.

Painting Updates

I often have paintings that I feel need further work.  These two fell into that category. The 1930 Model A Ford Coupe was actually a preliminary study that I stopped working on and started over on a new canvas using much more color.  I like this muted version much better (20X24).  The PIX Theatre was originally done with ink and oil wash.  I decided to paint over it in a more traditional oil painting method (9X12).