Possum Kingdom Lake

9x12

Watercolor Paintings

 

 

 

Author, Emily March, contacted me about painting several

paintings of the area at Possum Kingdom Lake called

Hell's Gate.  A large cliff area on the lake.

She is writing a series of books using this area as the location

of the stories in her series of books.

She had seen two other paintings I had done of Hell's Gate in

a blog post several years ago.

This was an exciting experience and my paintings will

be on the book cover!

 

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Wednesday Watercolor Classes

Simply Watercolor!

Wednesday Watercolor Classes

The Upstairs Art Gallery  Arlington, Texas

We painted wet into wet washes for the background around

the white geese,  simple wet washes into the bodies leaving

the white of the paper for the highlights and finishing with

the beak, eyes and webbed feet, a few grass strokes and that was it.

Our project for the day was bright, colorful and loose.

Inspired by an artist on Pinterest.

Everyone did a fantastic job.  I hope to have pictures of

student work next week to post.

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Vinice Laundry 2

"VENICE LAUNDRY 2"

Batik with watercolor and Acrylic

Painted on Rice Paper and adhered to Canvas

10"x 10"

by

Margie Whittington

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Sketch Book Entries

Giraffe

4x4

pencil sketch in Sketch Book

Emu

4x4

Windmill

4x4

Watercolor Sketch

4x4

The Charles M. Russell exhibit at the Amon Carter Museum in

Fort Worth, Texas inspired me to start sketching in my

my Drawing Journal again.  Russell was a tremendous watercolor artist.

The show has some of his sketch books, brushes and paints on display as

well as his paintings.

He also worked in oil and did bronzes.

Great Show!

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"Colorful Leaves"



COLORFUL  LEAVES

Acrylic on Canvas

10" x 10"

by

Margie Whittington

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Here's TEX...

"TEX"

Portrait of a Dog

11"x14"

Acrylic on Canvas

If you are interested in having a portrait of

your pet please contact me....

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"POPPIES"

"POPPIES"

11" x 15"

Watercolor and Webbing on Paper

(spray webbing added for texture)

"FALL  FOLIAGE"

9" x 12"

Watercolor and Webbing on Paper

"AUTUMN"

7" x 10"

Watercolor and Webbing on Paper

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Ribbon Embroidered Pillow, Croched Blanket and A Baby Bootee!

RIBBON EMBROIDERED HEART PILLOW

 A Christmas gift last December for my granddaughter, Ella.

I made this crazy quilt with ribbon embroidered flowers

on pretty white and off white fabrics including

silk, taffeta and satin. Of course I made all the

flowers PINK!  Ella has it hanging on her bed post.

A good friend had a baby girl in December.  I finished

a crocheted  baby quilt for the new arrival.   I also painted

a 5"x5" pink baby bootee with her name and birth date.

I'm working on some ribbon embroidered angel sachets

and will post them when I am finished. 

Also, I am crocheting a white baby blanket for the next

friends baby or grand baby.  I am getting smarter in

my old age.  I will finish off the white blanket with a

border of blue or pink whichever I need.  

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"PORTRAIT OF A TEXAS HOME"

"A  TEXAS  HOME"

Pen and Ink Drawing

8"x10"

by

Margie Whittington

I have been working on this pen and ink drawing of a client's home

during the snow days here in Fort Worth. This is the house they

moved out of last year.  Now I am going to start on the pen and ink

drawing of the house they are living in now. 
The family has a collection

of pen and ink drawings of all the houses

they have lived in through the years.

If you would like a portrait of your home, pet, child
or a special person please contact me for

information and pricing...

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"THESE SHOES WERE MADE FOR WALKIN"

In our first watercolor class at the Upstairs Gallery in Arlington, Texas

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a pair of little boy's Oxford Dress Shoes.

Martha Sue, one of the owners of the gallery kept her son's shoes from

when he was a small boy and has them on a shelf in the art room.

Our watercolor project for the class was to paint the

navy blue and white Oxford shoes.

I had taken a photo and shared with the class.
Here is my painting of the shoes and

each class member interpreted the shoes in their own way.

Below are the result of our Wed. afternoon watercolor class.  I apologize

for not getting pictures of the morning class's work.  Their paintings were

just as creative as the ones pictured below.

"AUSTIN'S OXFORDS"

8" X 10"

Watercolor

by

Margie Whittington

The Upstairs Gallery

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Afternoon Watercolor Class

1-5-11

The Afternoon Class

Sally

Christine

Francie

Sam

Cathy

Janie

Charlie

Claire

Marilyn

Leslie

Patty painted the Oxford shoes in the morning class

and stayed over for the afternoon class and painted Mary Jane shoes.

Joan opted to paint a lovely landscape!

The classes homework was to paint one of their children's or

grandchildren's or husband's or friend's pair of shoes.  I wonder

who will do their homework this week.  Will  let you know next Wednesday.

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Day Two, Graham Plein Air Watercolor Workshop & Side Trip

DAY  TWO
 PLEIN  AIR  WATERCOLOR  WORKSHOP

Graham, Texas

Bluebonnets and Lake Graham Shoreline

  

Here we are standing in the Bluebonnets

Left to right...

Sandra, Debi, Suzy, Beth, Joann, Rose, Louisa, Margie

The bluebonnets were beautiful along the roadside on the Lake Road.

This is the scene I chose for my first demo of the morning.

The second demo of the morning was a veiw of Bluebonnets

up close and as they recede into the distance.

We had a picnic lunch under a shade tree by the shore of

Lake Graham.  The only thing missing was a hammock

to take an afternoon nap with the cool breeze of the

lake blowing gently.  But, alas, we got back to painting.

My third demo of the day in the afternoon was a scene of a tree branch

reflecting in a pool of water on the lake shore.

There was a painting everywhere you looked on this

glorious day of painting.

Be sure and check on our Third Day of the

workshop.  The weather was cold, windy and rainy

so we painted in the nice warm Post Office Museum in town.

SIDE TRIP

Debi, one of the ladies in the paint group lived

on the other side of the lake and invited us to come

see the water flooding her pasture where the spillway is on

her property.  We also saw her herd of goats.

There was a baby goat just born the night before. 

The little baby goat was so cute and

very wobbly on its little legs.  Mama was very protective.

Ginger, Debi's dog wanted to be in a picture. See photos below.

Such a nice ending to a wonderful day!

This is a flooded pasture.  The spillway is under water

to the right of the road where it goes into the water and

picks up again on the other side.

When dry, this is a pasture area.

Less than a day old baby goat.

Toooo Cute!!!!

A Gathering of Goats at Lake Graham! 

Ginger says Bye, Bye for now,

Come back soon!

One Final note.  Beth, Debi and I ate at the Wildcatter Restaurant Wednesday

evening.  Great food, great scenery looking over the Brazos River valley

and great company. 

Watercolor Plein Air Workshop, Graham, Texas

GRAHAM, TEXAS

April 2010

Red and Linda Foster's Guest House

This cozy cottage is where I stayed

during a 2 1/2 day workshop for the

Graham Art Guild

Linda Foster decorated this

house built in the 1940s just

like it might have been in that time period.

The kitchen had red checked curtains and

red  accents.  Roosters and hens were

in the boarder and the motif of the

kitchen.  The old wooden washboard and

sink had been refurbished as had the

entire house and everything was

sparkling clean.

My stay was very comfortable and quiet.

The only noise came from the birds chirping

in the morning that woke me up.

Day One of the Workshop

Tuesday, April 20,2010

Our painting group met at the Post Office Museum.

We traveled just a few blocks off Main Street to

a pretty bed and breakfast with lots of subject matter

 to paint.  Here are the ladies in our group...

back row, Louisa, Susie, Rose, Sandra

front row, Debbie and Joann

Beth was in charge of the workshop and took very good

care of me during my stay. Monday evening, she provided her

homemade chicken soup for my dinner, delicious!

Tuesday, we all went to a tea room on the square for a salad lunch.

After getting set up with our paints and papers, I did a watercolor demo

of some purple flowers growing by a white picket fence in front of

the house.

Everyone  painted either on

paper or in sketch books their own subject.

I did another demo before we broke for lunch

of an iris.

After lunch we came back to the Victorian House

and painted in the backyard area.

I did this sponge tree and one other demo of a bench

with flowers and picket fence in background.  Sorry, didn't

get a photo of the painting. 

We finished our first day and all went home to

get rested up for Day Two!

This is Red and Linda Foster's House,

 next to the Guest House where I stayed.

A beautiful home with flower gardens full of

purple and yellow iris.

A friend, Cindy and her husband, Danny took me out for dinner to

Sanderson's Restaurant, a well known gathering place

in Graham owned by Joann Sanderson who happens to be

an artist and a member of the Art Guild.

Come back soon to see the bluebonnets we painted on the second day

of our plein air paint out in Graham, Texas.