"Once in a Blue Moon" watercolor class demo

Watercolor on Arches 300# paper.  Demo from class at Venus Studios Art Supply.  All demos on sale for $99.   http://dianemorganfineart.com/works/1561111/once-in-a-blue-moon

Point Happy Wash watercolor demo

This was my one-hour demo at this weekend's 25th Annual Coachella Valley Watercolor Society show. Thank you to the 60-70 watercolor enthusiasts who came to watch and show support.  Quite the challenge to finish a painting in one hour!   Watercolor 14 x 20" on 300# Arches cold press.
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The Desert Sun watercolor sunset class demo

Our local newspaper is called The Desert Sun.  Thought that was a fitting title for this piece. Watercolor 10" x 14" on Arches 300# cold press.  I've painted this scene many times.  It's fun how it always manages to come out differently each time.
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"Into the Sunset" one-hour demo

This is a one-hour demo done today for a local art group. I've done this scene before, but each time it's a little different.   Lovely lunch first, then demo. Watercolor, 19" x 13. " The group meets often at their clubhouse for classes and demos.   Great group.  One lady is a board member of the Gibsons Art School in British Columbia.  She wants me to teach a 5-day workshop summer of 2014.  I'm so excited.  It's a beautiful area and a great school. I'm honored to be invited.    http://gibsonsartschool.net/
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Battle of the Brushes.....oil vs water

Which painting will win the battle....the oil or the watercolor?   Oil is still a work-in-progress.

WIP oil demo at Eldorado Polo Club

Painted today at the Eldorado Polo Club matches.  My gallery is a sponsor so we had a front row table for lunch.  The gallery had a large display for several of the artists' work as a promo to get people to come to the gallery.  It was fun to be able to watch the matches while painting.  I made pretty good progress in about 4 hours.  Not sure how many, or if, I'm going to add the tree silhouettes as shown in the reference photo.  Just going to let the painting percolate for a few days and see what it says to me.  "Eldorado Sunset" oil on canvas, 20" x 16"

New Olympic Sport - Watercolor Demo

I submit art demo-ing as a new Olympic Sport.  It requires lots of stamina, agility and quick movement.
This was my demo for the Coachella Valley Watercolor Society annual show this weekend.  I completed this landscape in about 45 minutes.  I did have a pre-painted version of the clouds ready for when I reached that stage, so I could paint in the trees without having to wait for the clouds to dry.

"In All its Glory"  13 x 19" watercolor on 300# Arches hot press.  ( I ran out of cold press which is what I normally use.  Was a little worried how the hot press would handle, but it worked out okay)

Etude #4 Sunset Reflections daily painting

I just love the sunsets here. Can't paint them enough. "Sunset Reflections" 5"x 7" oil on Raymar panel. Available at Daily Paintworks
Also available as a free online puzzle

Evening Sun

Here's the latest landscape. As you can see I took a little license from the reference photo. It's so much fun to just play and make things up....a little vacation from the very detailed drawings of my watercolors and working so tightly from a reference photo. For this I painted the entire canvas orange first and let it set overnight. I learned in a workshop with Elin Pendleton that a quick color wash before starting an oil eliminates having those annoying white spots showing through if you've not covered the canvas with enough paint. I really wanted the orange to show through as one would want the white to show through on a watercolor. Many of the daily painters do this with their quick studies that are so effective. Also, while the paint was still wet I was able to take a toothpick and a palette knife and scrap off areas to let the orange become an edge or a flower. "Evening Sun" 8 x 10" oil on canvas.

Another Day Another Sunset

Another little 8" x 10" oil on canvas. I actually finished this one yesterday, making two for the day. Who knows what today will bring. I forgot how much fun it is to do a daily painting. You can't wait to get up and get going knowing that you will actually finish a painting that day. There are many, many daily painters now.....thanks to Duane Keiser who started it all. He even now sells little 2 x 3" pieces that he calls oddments. He's up to number 237 of those and you have to preorder sight unseen to get one. The price of those is now up to $175 each. I believe I paid $125 for mine back at number 69. You can see those at his blog. Carol Marine is another big daily painting seller. You can see her daily's on her blog. Hers sell on eBay for over $200 each. That's a pretty nice little side income, I'd say. She also does larger work and teaches many workshops. Artists are pretty busy people.

Desert Sunset

Two years ago I did a painting a day for 4 months. It was really quite energizing, though kept me from larger pieces. Those small 6 x 8" oils were some of my best sellers. I'm trying to do a few of them for the upcoming Indian Wells Arts Festival.
This one is 8" x 10" and just fell off the brushes. It was really fun to do something loose and quick. Let's see how disciplined I can be for the next 10 days.

Golden Sunset

Fresh off the easel. I started this last year, but quit before I finished the mountains. I wasn't sure what to do with them. Still wasn't sure, but did them today anyhow. It's oil on gallery-wrap canvas 30" x 36" $1990 free shipping.

Sunset Serenade

It was so much fun to just whip something off in less than a day after working on the zinnia for weeks and weeks. This is a repeat of the image that was used on the Desert Symphony program cover for this season. The original was 6 x 8" and had sold before I even entered the contest. I decided to try it again in 16 x 20" size with a little more subdued coloring. This is the view from my patio. Desert sunsets, cactus and hummingbirds seem to be selling well this year here. I'm building up my inventory for the Indian Wells Arts Festival coming up April 1,2,3.

California Commute

This is a 16" x 20" watercolor on Arches cold press. I did a 6" x 8" version of this last year for a small image show. It sold right away and the reproductions have been selling. I decided to do a full-size version for several upcoming landscape competitions....and, so that there would be better detail for future reproductions. It was a fun piece to paint.