Monday, August 31, 2009

Roses

The petals of the roses were painted with a brush loaded with three colors. The base of the brush had clear water, the middle had light red color and the tip had dark red color.
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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Roses

I painted this rose several months ago, before I took a better look at the leaves of a rose.
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Saturday, August 29, 2009

Friday, August 28, 2009

Desert Sea

I never got around to finishing this painting. Something like two or three sailboats on the sea would seem right to me.
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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Daisies

The daisy belongs to the Asteraceae family of plants. The Asteraceae family comprises more than 23,000 species.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Dandelion

The name of dandelion comes from Old French; dent-de-lion means lion's tooth in Old French.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Carrots

The first wild carrots are believed to have come from Afghanistan. Selective breeding over the years has transformed the wild carrot into a variety of modern carrots.
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Monday, August 24, 2009

Chrysanthemum

The chrysanthemum was first cultivated in China as early as the 15th century BC.
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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Bottles

This sketchbook image came to me in a dream. Lots and lots of bottles pouring out smoke.
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Saturday, August 22, 2009

Friday, August 21, 2009

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Freesia

Another small watercolor from my sketchbook. The freesia flowers grow in a one-sided spike of narrow funnel-shaped blossoms.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Bouquet

This is another painting from my sketchbook. This flower bouquet was assembled by my wife from cuttings from our backyard.
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Freesia

This painting comes from my sketchbook and was done in watercolor. Freesias originated in Africa. Freesias are a common garden plant and give off a pleasing fragrance.
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Monday, August 17, 2009

Snow

I publish this on August 17th in the middle of summer. Somehow a cold winter snow scene makes sense today.
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Sunday, August 16, 2009

Pumpkins

The pumpkin is grown all over the world. The pumpkin is prepared as a food in various different ways in the countries of the world.
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Saturday, August 15, 2009

Pumpkins

The orgin of the pumpkin is most like in Mexico, thousands of years ago.
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Friday, August 14, 2009

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Roses

The leaves of the rose are alternate and pinnatley compounded. Pinnate is a term used to describe feather-like leaf structures.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Sunflower

This painting has a significant error. The sunflowers face is various directions. Cultivated sunflowers exhibit heliotropism: the flower follows the sun across the sky and then return to face east at night. Therefore, all of the flowers should face in the same direction.
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Monday, August 10, 2009

Sunflower

The sunflower in native to the New World. The sunflower was first domesticated in Mexico about 2600 BC.
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Sunday, August 9, 2009

Hibiscus

This painting makes me think of a choir of Hibiscuses singing to the morning.
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Saturday, August 8, 2009

Narcissus

I painted this sumi-e from a photograph of Narcissus blooming during the early spring in my backyard.
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Friday, August 7, 2009