by KLR | Mar 5, 2010 | Botanical Art, My Travels, Works on Vellum, Works-in-progress
I was trying to post more than once a week, but when the deadlines are looming and the stress is building over making the deadlines, sitting at the computer is tough! Here is the progress over the last week or so. I took a painting hiatus to work on the...
by KLR | Feb 23, 2010 | Botanical Art, My Travels, Works on Vellum
Gotcha! Can you find the real beans?!! I just had to take a photo of the art with some real beans on it! As I was designing the remaining groups to paint, I kept surprising myself with how the real beans seemed to look like the painted beans. Without...
by KLR | Feb 22, 2010 | My Travels
Olive leaves, olive leaves and more olive leaves. This painting is really taking me back. It’s hard to forget the effect of hundreds of olive trees. The wind catches the delicate silver leaves and the air seems to be magically shimmering with...
by KLR | Feb 11, 2010 | My Travels
From a botanical standpoint, Tuscany in September was all about olives, lemons and grapes. They were everywhere! They were the subject of the three main location study/drawings that I did while in Italy last September. Now I am supposed to have a painting done...
by KLR | Jan 30, 2010 | Tales from TuckerWoods Farm, Works-in-progress
[nggallery id=1] After a refreshing January thaw, winter came back with a vengeance! From in the 50’s and pouring rain on Monday, to snow squalls and falling temperatures on Thursday. Friday dawned beautifully blue and sunny, but with biting wind gusts up to...
