Virtual Paintout - Bulgaria Backroad

During April, the website The Virtual Paintout has chosen the country Bulgaria as our painting location. One visits the city virtually using Google Maps' little yellow man to view city scenes from the streets. You travel around until you see something to paint or draw.  Here's the painting I did from this Google map location: 

It's 4x6 inches - Ink and watercolor. "Bulgaria Backroads"

Unframed - it is available for $25.00 plus $5.00 shipping and handling. 

Virtual Paintout - Valparaiso, Chile

This month, the website Virtual Paintout has chosen Valparaiso, Chile as our painting location. One visits the city virtually using Google Maps' little yellow man to view city scenes from the streets. You travel around until you see something to paint or draw. I was introduced to this painting opportunity by my friend Mike Bergen , another artist that participates in virtual paintouts. It's pretty cool that Google has given artists permission to use Street View for painting references - Thanks Google! Here's the painting I did from this Google map location: 

It's 4x6 inches - watercolor with pastel on paper. "Abrazo, Valparaiso, Chile"

Unframed - it is available for $25.00 plus $5.00 shipping and handling. 

Strawberry Leaf Original Watercolor painting

This is a luscious original watercolor, painted on a small 4x4 inch canvas with 1 1/2 inch gallery wrapped sides. The painted image continues over and around the edge, making this immediately ready to hang or prop up on a small easel or shelf. Because this painting can be viewed from multiple directions there is not a hanger attached. A sawtooth hanger will be included so when you decide which orientation you prefer you can attach it yourself. It can still be hung without the sawtooth hanger by the wooden canvas backing, so you may decide to not attach the hanger, leaving your options open! The canvas has been primed to smooth out the canvas texture which make a wonderful surface for the watercolor paint to dance, leaving lots of juicy, colorful, painterly marks. Once finished this painting has been sprayed with an acrylic  varnish to protect the surface. There is a slight glossy sheen. It still is somewhat fragile though, so be aware and try not to scratch or get the surface wet. This is the second in a series of small watercolors of this size and technique. The price for this original painting is $70.00 + $8.00 shipping and handling within the US.

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Mary Morning

This sweet little watercolor is an original painting on 100% cotton archival watercolor paper and it comes in an aniline dyed green wooden frame with a museum rag archival mat separating the painting from the glass front. On the back is a saw tooth hanger for immediate display. The actual painting measures 2x4" and the frame is 5x7". sold