Sunday Sketches…
This is a scan from my 8.5×11 sketchbook. The page was a field sketch from an one of our outings in a natural preserve in Minnesota. It was a bit boggy on this trip. …was pleased to find some carnivorous plants.
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28AugFlower & Floral Paintings & Sketches, Inspiration, Research Study, & Field Trips, Landscape Paintings & Sketches 1 Comment |
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20JulFlower & Floral Paintings & Sketches, Nature Paintings & Sketches, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings 1 Comment |
This is a new painting of blue irises in the beginning stage. Because of the delicacy of the hues and subtle areas of the petals, this was not started with sepia as I normally do. Instead, the under painting is worked in with ultramarine and a mixed soft green.I saw these flowers blooming during a visit to the gardens in the Minnesota Arboretum. They had such a beautiful display there, in an enormous variety of plants. Seeing them all together seemed dream like. I was drawn to painting this set of blossoms in part due to the evening light’s glow of so many varied blues in the petals and reflected light throughout.
Irises in progress, 9″x12″, watercolor on board, ©Rebecca Latham
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25Jun
I was recently on a little trip through Southern Minnesota and Iowa. Often when I’m off traveling I take along my sketchbook (or occasionally my usual painting supplies and a work-in-progress if deadlines demand that I keep working..) and work along the way, at our stops…or in the vehicle or plane.
This is a collection of some of the very quick rough color studies of landscapes along the way..
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28MayFlower & Floral Paintings & Sketches, Galleries, Exhibitions & Shows, Nature Paintings & Sketches, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings 4 Comments |
One of my new paintings, “Translucence”, was chosen to show in ”Watercolor 2010″, an exhibition at the Springfield Art Museum in Missouri. I was just notified that the painting was selected for a purchase award. I’m delighted to be a part of their show and honored to be an award recipient. Many thanks to all involved!
Translucence is a 5×7 traditional miniature painting, opaque and transparent watercolor on board.
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12FebNature Paintings & Sketches, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings 9 Comments |
This is the third floral painting I’ve completed recently. I think I should start a few more…
This is another painting that was inspired from the Minnesota Arboretum. I loved touring the grounds there.
In the evening during our last visit (last spring), there was a group of plein aire oil painters setting up to work. Some of them had half of the gardens painted on their canvases by the time I was leaving the grounds. It would have been quite an experience to have joined them.
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04FebNature Paintings & Sketches, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings 3 Comments |
This is another one of my floral pieces that were just completed – a waterlily from sunken aquatic garden at the conservatory in Saint Paul that I visit occasionally. This was a very fun piece to paint. The cupped shaped petals, glowing pink in the depths of the blossom from the sun streaming down, and intense golden center…all set off by accents of blue reflected from the clear sky. Simply beautiful. …and had to be painted.
The painting is 5×7, watercolor on board (and painted in miniature of course).
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28JanFlower & Floral Paintings & Sketches, Nature Paintings & Sketches, Paintings, Paintings in Little - Small Miniature Paintings 7 Comments |
This is one of a collection of flower paintings that were just completed. This piece was inspired from a visit to the Minnesota Arboretum while their iris gardens were in full bloom last spring. They were just beautiful (not to mention their poppies! …but that will have to be another painting…
). I had never seen so many varieties in one place – it was fantastic!This painting is 5×7, “Garden Pearl” – watercolor on board.
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