Mary B Spires Watercolor & Art Stuff

6" x 6" Transparent Watercolor I'm in Ohio this week, visiting my family.  My brother is in Chemo.....we lost our older brother, father & mother with cancer.  It is in the family.  I had breast cancer 25 years ago.....I was lucky.  We are having a family get together on the 4th....everyone will be there, except my great granddaughter Gigi.  She visiting her grandfather in Florida.  We will miss that little smiling face.   I got to paint yesterday with my friends at Donna Noices watercolor class at Robert Warrens Art Loft.....this was painted from a photograph taken in Steamboat Springs.

Dreams is posting a small watercolor sketch daily.  She will be giving it to one lucky follower!  Sign up for her blog post to be in the drawing!  With all the travel this summer, I'm doing little pen & watercolor in my journal. Today I decided to try one from her posting ....join her in France via little videos and photos

6"x6" Transparent Watercolor Dick & I visited the Yampa Valley  Garden on Saturday and all the spring flowers were in bloom.  I had visited the gardens when we were here about 3 years ago, but it was fall.  Spring has sprung in the Rockies!   

6" x 6" Transparent Watercolor This was painted from an old photograph I took at my mother in laws house.....this plant was on a trellis outside her back porch .....it provided wonderful shade. 

Angels' Trumpet - Jill Macfarlane a friend and Florida artist ...... posted on Facebook.... Angels' Trumpets belongs to the nightshade family and is highly toxic.  Keep the plant away from young children and pets, and gardeners should wear gloves to prevent contact with the plant's sap!

6" x 6" Transparent Watercolor I have no idea what this flower is called (if someone out there knows please let me know)....the first time I saw one was at Renoir house in the south of France.  They are huge... about 8-10 inches long.  We just returned from Hawii and I have to say it was "wonderful".....we drove "the road to Hana", which is  the road into the rain forest.  Long winding road but it was worth the eight hour trip up and back. 

Woody 11" x 15" Transparent Watercolor on Watercolor Paper This painting will be in the Society of Decorative Painters Magazine Winter Issue later on this year.  There will be step by step photographs, plus step by step instructions with a drawing. If you're not a member you may want to join for lots of fun projects.  We also have a National Convention, plus several regional mini conventions.  I usually teach at the mini convention in Columbus, Ohio. I can't believe I haven't posted in over a month....it's been a little crazy with teaching, plus  I've been spending a lot of time at the Beach Art Center.....It's the busy time of year for us with all the snowbirds taking classes plus all our fund raisers activities are scheduled at this time. We launch our new marketing branding plan this month with Facebook.