This watercolor painting “Back in the saddle” is finished. 15 x 12 $1,200.00 inquiries about this painting or others may be directed to my email at debflood@debfloodart.com thank you.
Cowboys out on the trail, up in the high country. They stopped for a break and a bite to eat, and now must get back in the saddle and move out before it gets too late in the day. One rides a Paint, the other an Appaloosa and the other, who is in places unknown, rides a Buckskin.
DebbieDebbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
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©Copyright 2009 by Debbie Flood. See original post here.
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Last week, Friday to be specific, I started another watercolor. This one is “Best seat in the house”. I have a few updates in progress here.
This painting is in the area of 14 x 15. I’m not sure on that size. I will have to measure it again.
This image depicts a Cowgirl atop an Appaloosa Horse, looking out over the vast valley that lay before her. The sun is starting to set behind her, which offers a wonderful glow upon her and her horse.
I had a fun surprise the other day. I learned that this Blog is ranked on Facebook as being in the Top 50 Artist Networked Blogs! This Blog is number 38 in the list! Take a look on Facebook
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DebbieDebbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
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Enchanted
Enchanted is finally finished all bar the framing which will be happening tomorrow. This is one of the pieces I will be taking to the East Coast Arabian Spectacular show here in Australia this coming week.
Enchanted is a watercolour 13″ x 19″ painted in my favourite charcoal grey colour. Expressions of interest are being taken prior to the show. You can email me:� catherin@animalarthouse.com
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©Copyright 2009 by Catherin McMillan. See original post here.
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I’ve been working on this Western themed Watercolor since last weekend. I have three installments here of the progress so far. The image size is 15 x 12 inches. The image above is where I left off today, the third installment. I worked mostly on the clouds and the rocks in the foreground. I also added in a little color to the man on the far left.
This is the second installment of working on this painting. I worked up the rocks and dirt, and horses.I also worked on the man in the center of the painting.
This is the first installment. I started with getting the sky and clouds placed and the base colors. Then I worked on getting the colors adjusted on the horses and the ground and the clothing on the man in the middle. This is all base, underpainting.
Debbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
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“American honey” 12 x 13 Watercolor $1,200.00 Inquiries may come to my email at debflood@debfloodart.com thank you.
Happy March! It’s typical March weather here. Heavy winds, rain, snow, rain, but it still has a Spring feel to it. I finished ‘American honey’. This painting will be saved out for Western Exhibit venues. I’m getting very anxious for the Sedona 2011 Gallery exhibit. A few more artists have been added to the roster. Some really, really nice stuff! I’m so honored to be invited to participate in this exhibit. I’ve started another Western scene watercolor. I’ve posted the start of that on my facebook fan page.
Have a great creative day!Debbie
Debbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
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This is a commission painting. 8 x 10 Watercolor. “Greener grass”.
If you would like to have a painting done of your child and horse, send me an email at debflood@debfloodart.com I look forward to hearing from you.
Debbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
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“Hold the storm at bay” 10 x 15 Watercolor, $1,200.00 inquiries may come to my email at debflood@debfloodart.com thanks.
I finally finished this painting and got it photographed. We’ve been having a lot of rain and cloudy days here in Maine and that makes for bad lighting for photographing in the studio. But I’m able to paint just fine!
Debbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
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I started this watercolor a few days ago. This is “American honey” 12 x 13 watercolor. This is an ‘ in progress’ image. I’m really having a lot of fun creating and working on this one.
DebbieDebbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
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This is a new Watercolor. ‘Apple butter’ 12 x 15, $1,200.00 inquiries may come to my email at debflood@debfloodart.com
I started this painting over the weekend and it just seemed to flow off the brush. It was one of those, fun easy paintings. I’ve posted some close up images here so you can see the details.
Debbie
Debbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
http://www.debfloodart.com
©Copyright 2009 by Debbie Flood. See original post here.
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“Aiming For The Target” watercolor on paper 13 x 18″
This watercolor was finished this week, along with this small casein on board of the Jack Russell Terrier and her favourite outside toy, that is a bit chewed up and raggedy. I will have these two new paintings on my website,
“Play With Me” casein on board 5 x 5″
The past week , for the most part, has been sunny and warm.What a joy! The snow is melting and even though it is February I am thinking of my gardens and what needs to be moved, transplanted and pruned!
Speaking about moving……..I am moving my studio out of my loft and into our walkout basement room that will afford me more room to work in, and direct access to the outside and gardens. I am thinking that this summer, I will be able to take my easel out and paint in the back patio near my arbor and gardens! I will miss my window on our world on the farm…my studio window where I can see all the fields, the barn and our horses. But the trade off will be I will be able to actually stand up anywhere in the new studio!!!… and can step back and look at a painting I am working on with out having to worry about falling down the spiral staircase! I am excited!
New studio…..New paintings!! 
©Copyright 2009 by Kathi Peters. See original post here.
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Hi, This has been an interesting week. The kids are home on school vacation. And as I said Monday, Tuesday was a full day and I didn’t get to the studio. Yesterday was a pull my hair out day…ha ha. I took some video of my studio and some paintings. The idea was to post them on my Facebook fan page. Well, needless to say, I was most all day, video taping and then fighting with facebook and the computer to load them up. Which didn’t happen. Facebook had other ideas.
So today I worked on this painting. I had part of the leg wrap in front of the person’s leg and touching the ground, in previous images. The more I worked with it, the more it really didn’t look like anything and it was creating a problem. It was just too much going on in that area. So, I took it out. I like this a lot better. It’s more simple in that area, yet we can still see and know what is going on. I stopped there to let the paper dry before I go into it again and finish up the pant leg and a boot.
I also started work today on the winning 8 x 10 Graphite from my facebook fan page contest. I’ve posted that progress on the fan page.
I hope your week is going well, and you are storm free with warm temps, like here in Maine! Almost 50 here today! Come on Spring!I’m sure it is making the horse people want to get out and ride!
Hopefully, I’ll be talking with you tomorrow,DebbieDebbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
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Family Flight, Common Eider, Sea Ducks 8 x 10 Watercolor
‘Puffin flight’ Off of Eastern Egg Rock, Maine 8 x 10 Watercolor
‘Residents of Eastern Egg Rock, Puffin & Hooded Gull, 8 x 10 Watercolor
I have completed three 8 x 10 Watercolors of Seabirds. Two are of Puffins and the other of the Common Eider, Sea duck. I noticed a call to artists from the Project Puffin. They are going to have a Summer Exhibit of the art and 50% of sales goes to the Puffin Project. This project reintroduced the Puffin to Eastern Egg Rock and Seal Island off the coast of Maine. I was there in the beginning of launching this program. I was one of the founding members of a Wildlife Carving and Art Association, The Penobscot Bay Carvers and Artists Association, who carved Decoys for this project. Many of the Wildlife Carvers created Puffin decoys for this project in it’s beginning to reintroduce the Puffin to the Maine waters. So I feel very honored to have been there to watch those Decoys being carved and painted to be placed out on the small Rocky Islands off the coast of Maine.Last Summer I was fortunate enough to go out on a boat tour to Eastern Egg Rock and see the Puffins first hand! I have a lot of photographs from that trip. When I saw the call to artists, I just had to create some works for this project! I feel very connected to the Puffins who live out there.
DebbieDebbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
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©Copyright 2009 by Debbie Flood. See original post here.
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Here is more work on the Western scene “Hold the storm at bay”, Watercolor. I’ve gone in and darkened the sky more. I’ve also added some little dust devils blowing up from the wind on the ground. I also started adding dark colors to the horse’s tail to the left of the painting.
DebbieDebbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
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Winter Studio Sale
It’s that time of year again! I got bit by the spring cleaning bug and have been cleaning out my studio. This means I have a few offerings for an Ebay sale. I have listed my newest giclee reproduction of the watercolor original Power & Lightness. This is my newest Dressage reproduction. I have 3 listed with bidding starting at only $15! 
I have also listed a couple of Daily Riding Essential Paintings, an original Viszla and an ORIGINAL 10 x 8 acrylic painting. I will be popping a few other items on during the week. So be sure to visit my listing page!
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Other Studio News
Artist Retreat
On another note I am super excited to be attending an artist retreat in May. A will be spending a whole week in the beautiful Catskill Mountains working with master watercolorist Alvaro Castagnet. I am looking forward to immersing myself in this wonderful opportunity to learn from such a wonderful painter. If you are not familiar with his work and are curious to know (and see) more visit his website here.
©Copyright 2009 by Deborah O’Sullivan. See original post here.
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This is the progress so far on “Hold the storm at bay” watercolor.
I just started this watercolor February 11. I realized that I needed 12 Equine Paintings for all the exhibits this year. So, I’ve been getting busy creating new works.I’m really loving the colors I’ve got going on in this one. That late in the day summer storm approaching and the cowgirl hurrying to get the equipment off the horses before it rains.
DebbieDebbie Flood, Artist. Equine, Wildlife, and the natural world.
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I’ve finished “Winter shelter” 10 x 14 $1,200.00. Inquiries may come to my email at debflood@debfloodart.com For the moment, this painting has been entered into an Equine Art exhibit, so is not available for purchase right now. If you are interested in this painting, or having one like it done for yourself, email me and we can talk about it.
I really enjoy painting this type of imagery. It’s that emotional connection between a human and a horse that I so love to paint.
Thank you for looking & enjoying,
Debbie
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This past summer we visited some new friends in upstate New York and stayed overnight. That evening there was a full moon which we watched rise over their rolling hay pasture overlooking the old barn and farm house. It got darker and darker but we could always see their energetic American Eskimo running after large sticks. The moon, the woods and pastures, deer, and the easy company of new friends made it a night I will always remember.
5×7 watercolor original -NFS
5×7 print $10
©Copyright 2009 by Judy Johnson. See original post here.
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I worked a bit more on this last night. It is starting to throw a bit of a shape now. Originally I was thinking of making this a grey horse but things change! 
I wanted it to pop more so I changed to a more vibrant palette. At this point I am working wet on wet. I wet the areas I want to add color to, drop in the pigments and turn the paper on end letting the colors mix on paper. I keep an eye on maintaining the correct musculature when wetting the paper. Wherever the paper is wet the pigment goes. The dry paper acts like a brake and stops the pigment from going any further by beading up.. This is super fun and I never know what I am going to end up with at this point but the paintings always seem to work out! Here is an example of where I am going with this from my website. Connection
Have a great day!
Deborah 
©Copyright 2009 by Deborah O’Sullivan. See original post here.
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