"Sunny Flowers" oil on canvas 16 x 20"

Finally finished the painting from August's paint nite at ROC's Firehouse Grille.  Oil on canvas 16 x 20"  SOLD
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Watercolor class at Inter Valley Health Plan

Always a fun group at the Thursday classes.  They accomplished a lot in just two hours!
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$99 demo sale "Sunflower Bouquet" watercolor

"Sunflower Bouquet" watercolor on Arches cold press.  Unframed.  Unmatted.  $99 demo sale.
http://dianemorganfineart.com/works/2079466/sunflower-bouquet

"Sunny Shadows" in 99 Bucks Sale

"SunnyShadows"  watercolor.  One of dozens of my demos from watercolor classes this season that are on sale for $99.  Many originally $475.  99 bucks sale for the month of May only.
http://dianemorganpaints.com/works/1456640/sunny-shadows
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"Sunny Shadows" watercolor

"Sunny Shadows"  14" x 10"  watercolor on Arches 300# cold press.  Demo from last Saturday's class.
Available at  http://dianemorganpaints.com/works/1226431/sunny-shadows

Sunflower watercolor demo at Trilogy art club

Had 22 students this morning at a watercolor club that meets every Tuesday. They started early and kept going even after I left.  Hard-working group that loves to learn.  This is two hour's worth of demo.  I keep starting new pieces with each of these classes.  Have no idea when I'll get to finish any of them.  Being busy is a good problem :-}   
Class schedule at www.dianemorganpaints.com 

Fear of a blank canvas

Has anyone every been frightened by one of these....a blank canvas?  Can be pretty intimidating at times.  How about when you've got a group of people standing behind you waiting for you to create a masterpiece!
This will eventually become a bouquet of sunflowers.  Very work-in-progress at the moment.

Sunflowers class demo

I taught a class today.  I just love it when I get paid to paint and get to go home with a painting, too :-} Plus, they are all such nice ladies.  Only 5 made it out of 10 expected, but I get paid the same no matter what so it was a real treat to only have 5 students...much more one-on-one time. 

"Mostly Sunny" daily painting

Oddly enough, the day I post "Mostly Sunny" it's actually cloudy here today. It's always sunny here. I just had to do one more sunflower. Well, there will probably be more in the future. I actually ran out of 6"x 8" canvases, so this is an 8"x 10" What a wonderful relief to have a big box from Dick Blick arrive yesterday filled with 50 new canvases ready to paint. This is oil on gallery-wrap canvas. Available at Daily Paintworks

Gratitude daily painting

I found an envelope in the street awhile ago filled with my neighbor's income tax papers. It had fallen off the roof of her car as she was on the way to the accountant. She was rather panicked, needless to say, and was so grateful I had found them that she sent me this lovely bouquet of flowers. Now, I'm the grateful one. "Gratitude" oil on canvas 8" x 10" available at Daily Paintworks

Sunkissed daily painting

Okay, so this is my third sunflower in 10 days. I'm in the mood. Plus, the first one sold so maybe more will follow. Went back to the watercolor piece I had started in one of my demos and decided to finish it yesterday. Getting back to watercolor was like being with an old friend. Felt good. I was afraid for a minute that I might have forgotten how. So nice not to have to wear latex gloves or breathe paint fumes while painting as I do with my oils. "Sunkissed" watercolor on #300 Arches cold press, 9x9" available at Daily Paintworks

Sunworshippers daily painting

Some paintings are a breeze to paint. This was not one of them. Took forever. Some people just suggest a flower petal with one stroke. Me, I've gotta do it the hard way....outline the shape, put on base color, create the shadow, blend, highlight, rework, blend some more. One of these days I'll learn to paint faster. "Sunworshippers" 8 x 6" oil on gallery-wrap canvas available at Daily Paintworks.

Sunshine and Sweets daily painting

"Sunshine Sisters" today's daily painting. Took a break yesterday to go to the La Jolla Arts Festival. Great to see so many artist friends who also exhibit at the Indian Wells Arts Festival. Wonderful ocean breezes and a slight sunburn made it a great day. Got home in time to finish the sunflowers. "Sunshine Sisters" oil on canvas 10" x 8" SOLD and "The Happy Doughnut" 6" x 8" oil on canvas available at Daily Paintworks auction

Another sale in 4 days and the gallery isn't really open yet

"Sunny Flowers" watercolor, 27" x 20" The man who bought the hydrangeas loved the sunflowers so much he sent a photo of it to his friend in Florida. Mr. Florida bought it immediately. Looks like the new location for IncredibleArtist.com gallery is going to be great!

Now Appearing at Starbucks

"Sunny Flowers" is at the El Paseo Starbucks (the Rodeo Drive of Palm Desert, CA)

"Heaven is a '57" is at the Sunrise/Ramon Starbucks in Palm Springs

Watch for an exciting new location coming in September!

Sunflower Duet

This is a little larger than my usual daily painting size. I have been itching to do some larger canvases and the sunflowers just called to me. This 8" x 10" oil on gallery wrap-canvas is available for $250 on my website http://www.dianemorganpaints.com/ SOLD