My wife and I recently took a ride up to Mt. Rainier here in Washington State. One of the trails you can hike is called the Longmire loop. These two trees were crossed right over the top of us. It was like a huge X marks the spot from a pirate movie. I took several pictures while we were up there, so I'll probably do a series of paintings from that trip. This is a watercolor, 11 X 15 on Strathmore 140 lbs cold press paper.

Thanks,

Jim

www.paintingsbyjim.com

Hello All,

Here is one I just finished.  It is a plein air painting. 

"Palms in the Desert"

9" x 12"

oil on canvas board.

This is a spectacular view of a sunrise at an Eastern sea port in Southern Thailand where I visited years ago. I've kept the photo intending but not resolving to paint it until now. I didn't like the harsh concrete foregrounds in the photo, so I did what every artist would do :- create our own world! I changed the foregrounds into a beachfront. I softened it a bit to simulate the half dark half light (or is it 40% dark and 60% light?) of an early morning view on the beach.

Acrylic on canvas panel 11"x14"

I am working on another big one, hoping to get it posted before cutoff date.

Sandi 

Thanks Judith,

Your "Palms in the desert" is also very stunning!

Jim

www.paintingsbyjim.com

This is a Tropical Reef that I painted for a client who is a skindiver.

watercolor on Arches paper 38 x 42 inches

Your comments and suggestions are welcome as usual

Hi Frank!  Nice watercolor, good job on the sealife, I like the coral.

Lynda

Thank you Lynda..

I hope to see more of your work.. 

The coral is from a reef about 3 hours by car and a 300 yard swim from my house. My diving buddy took several underwater  pictures for reference for me..

This is a plein air painting looking down the shore at LaJolla, California. 

"Near LaJolla"

Oil on Board

9" x 12"

Hello Everyone,

I submitted this before but after I did someone mentioned that the mountains in the back were not receding.  So, I grayed them to fix the problem and I think it works better now.  Hope you like the new version.

Judith

Dear Lisa:

Hope you had a nice vacation and come back refreshed.I got a question re contest: I submitted an entry on 06/22 in kind of hurry. Since then I had time to refine it a bit. How can I delete the first and insert a new one (same pic)? I clicked "edit" on top left and "delete" at "message attached" but nothing happened.

Sandi

Hi Everyone,

I'm new to Artist Forums.  Here is a pastel painting I recently finished of the seacoast in Oregon. It is from a photograph I took 2 years ago while making a trip down the 101.   It is titled "Outgoing Tide" and is 10x13.

Joan

Lisa:

Never mind, I already figured it out. I tried again and it worked!

Sandi

Hi Joan

your painting looked a little bit dark on my screen. I copied it and brightened it about 12%.

WOW!!  I can smell the salt air..  I paint the ocean and the surf  too.  You captured the perspective of the rocks and the waves beautifully..

Well done..  

Frank 

I just finished this watercolor of a Mexican muchacha

13 x 20  Guarro paper

Comments and suggestions are always welcome

Frank

Hi Frank,

Thank you for the compliment.  I enjoyed painting it.  I have a little trouble photographing my paintings, that's why it's so dark.  I like your muchacha.

Joan