Sunset Class at NBG was Saturday.

NBG January Sunset Watercolor Class Taught by Diana

HI, Yesterday's class was nice. I had 8 students and we studied painting sunsets in watercolor. We did basic washes first, then did a small sunset painting to warm up and try and last a larger sunset. They did a beautiful job as you can see from the photo and some were first time watercolor painters!!

 My dear friend, John Shire, let us use his photos of sunsets. His photography is gorgeous and the photos were taken in his backyard , which is 3 miles from my home.You can find his work at John Shire Photography.

The day of class was grey but warm and on the way home we had some heavy rain and wind storms. I really enjoyed being with everyone. A lovely day. 

 Hope you are having a great weekend. Love to you,Diana

Sunset Watercolor

Well I finished it. Just now. I'm going to frame it for tomorrow. I've got to frame the Red Lilies too.. and that's a wooden frame. Which means nails and glue and lots of fun stuff... oh you know how I feel about framing.  Tell me what you think of this one. Be honest please. When I started it I was feeling WOW.. but then to intensify the colors I had to glaze about three times on the sky and the water each separately. I also added extra colors of red and yellow to punch it even further..Talk to you soon, Have a great weekend! Diana

A Sunset in Watercolor!

A friend of mine, John Shire, is a wonderful photographer as well as super nice guy. He has allowed me to paint one of his sunsets. He took this from his backyard. I've been slathering paint and had such a wonderful time. I hope it doesn't fade as it dries.. ah we'll see. I know, why have I stopped.. I am at a stopping point and have got to warm up dinner.. but I'm excited. We'll see how it turns out. More tomorrow.. Diana,

 and thank you John!!