Cheerful and Colorful Paintings

Cheerful and Colorful Paintings in Oil, Acrylic, Mixed Media and Collage
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Saturday, October 12, 2013

Sea Turtle Nests 13092, a Watercolor Illustration with Pen and Ink for the Book of Poems, Dreams of the Turtle King by Denise Bossarte, Illustrations by Nancy Standlee

Sea Turtle Nests 13092
Watercolor 11x10, Bockingford Rough 140 lb. paper
Namiki Falcon pen and Noodler's Lexington Gray Ink

I have done a lot of research for the illustrations for the book of poems, Dreams of the Turtle King, and I found a video of these turtles hatching and making their way to the sea and it was awesome to watch. I would like to observe that in person someday. Today I think I will finish up two illustrations and the project. I do have others that I haven't downloaded and posted but the actual painting is nearly finished. What a learning experience this has been and so glad I said yes.  One thing I've learned from a favorite instructor, Robert Burridge, "The answer is always YES." (If you have to ask, the answer is always yes.. in such as, does this painting need more red, Yes.. do you think I need to stop, Yes..and when people ask you to do a project..say yes and figure the how out later..the answer is always, Yes..)

All of these watercolors will be for sale on my Daily Paintworks site HERE soon. They are now in Houston being professionally scanned and when they are returned, I will mat them in 14x11 mats and place in clear bags before mailing and the new owner can select a standard size frame. 

Yesterday I ordered Vistaprint postcards to give out with the book cover image of the Sea Turtle. I can't wait to get my cards and begin to pass them out. This is the cover image: 

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Dreams of the Turtle King blog http://www.dreamsoftheturtleking.com/

Denise Bossarte
Found Worlds Photography
Dreams of the Turtle King: Poems Inspired by South Florida Beaches by Denise Ippensen Bossarte

Dreams:
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Friday, October 11, 2013

Orphans 13096, Sofa Cushions on the Beach, an Illustration for the book of poetry, Dreams of the Turtle King written by Texas Artist Denise Bossarte and Illustrations by Nancy Standlee.

Orphans 13096
11x10" watercolor paper 140 lb, with pen and ink

 Available on Daily Paintworks HERE

 This is the illustration for the poem, Orphans, from Dreams of the Turtle King, written by Denise Bossarte and illustrated by Nancy Standlee. These are sofa cushions on the beach along with other beach orphans. I recalled a maroon colored sofa we had when I was a child and what might have become of those cushions. The beach poems definitely are causing some thinking on my part and remembering some times from long ago.

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Denise Bossarte
Found Worlds Photography
Dreams of the Turtle King: Poems Inspired by South Florida Beaches by Denise Ippensen Bossarte

Dreams:
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Monday, October 7, 2013

Painting with the Peeps, Beach Walker 13099 and Chair Precision for Dreams of the Turtle King by Texas Contemporary Painter Nancy Standlee


Beach Walker: Virginia Beach 13099
10x8 on Ampersand Gessobord panel, ready for a standard frame
Oil, with Palette Knife

Beach Walker is available at Daily Paintworks, click HERE.

This was painted over the weekend while taking a long holiday with my painting peeps, Canvas by Canvas in Gun Barrel City and Payne Springs on Cedar Creek Lake. We pack lots of food and art supplies and rent a roomy house on the lake twice a year. I completed 6 images for the book of poems I'm illustrating, written by Denise Bossarte and scheduled for publication in December. The above painting was the first one I completed for the book in watercolor and it can be seen here on the blog and on Daily Paintworks.
Dreams of the Turtle King blog can be found HERE.


Chair Precision 13097
11x10 watercolor on Bockingford paper
An illustration for poem #14 from the book, Dreams of the Turtle King 

 Deep Dish Apple pie I made for the peeps with honey crisp apples and just playing it forward as Leslie Saeta had made one for us during the oil, palette knife workshop in Sandbridge.


 The dock at the lake house is now all green grass as Cedar Creek Lake is receding due to drought.


 The lake house.

 The studio on the left and we place finished paintings on the mantle and paint while looking over the lake. We can paint first thing with coffee and with Ott lights as long as we want in the evening. We bring photos or make our own set ups and this weekend we were painting for our own use but sometimes we paint Canvas by Canvas projects. We divide the meals up so responsibility is shared. Some of us even share rides and some of us bring so many art supplies we have to drive alone and can you guess which one is the lone driver? We are responsible for our own breakfast unless another member can be cajoled into providing it. The living room area is large and about 4 or 5 steps down from a large dining area off the kitchen.  We can sit outside and view the lake from the covered back patio with a large table and chairs. 
We take an afternoon break and watch artist DVD's and we have decided we like to have our bigger meal at lunch and have wine and snacks, appetizers and leftovers in the evening. I don't think we watched the "news" once and no wifi... only our cell phones. Now I could use some wifi and missed my Facebook friends. Some had to have a wifi break on Saturday to go download some apps they had learned about and found a local business with wifi and sat in the parking lot just so they could download some favorite art apps. When 7 people are gathered someone always has a new app to share. One that I use and love that they enjoyed was Accuview and I shared Paper 53.

We are so much creatures of habit and Barbara and I have been sharing this side of the room since the beginning overlooking the front yard but who takes time to look around when busy painting so having a lake view is not a priority for us. We bring tables, easels, oil, acrylic and watercolor paints, our journals and on and on. If someone has left something at home one of the others is sure to have it and will share. We celebrate birthdays and have parties and gifts and this time it was Connie's. 

Other paintings will be posted soon that were painted at the lake house. If you can make a date with girl friends for a painting holiday, share stories and food and paint the weekend away. 


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Dreams of the Turtle King blog http://www.dreamsoftheturtleking.com/


Denise Bossarte
Found Worlds Photography
Dreams of the Turtle King: Poems Inspired by South Florida Beaches by Denise Ippensen Bossarte


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Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Painting Plein Air in Oil in Virginia and Watercolor Beach Painting, Dreams of the Turtle King, Flip Flop Farmer 13090

 Flip Flop Farmer 13090
12x12 on Ampersand Gessobord


This was painted on our last day in the Leslie Saeta plein air, oil, palette knife workshop in Sandbridge VA but we were in the Pungo community. They were so kind to let us hang out there and even watched our "stuff" while we got a pizza for lunch and returned to finish up the day. I had posted this without success with the beach house wifi and then came home and gave it a few hot licks and will post again.  Then I've giving my readers a blog break for a few days and taking one myself. This has been a busy and fun 30 days of painting and posting each day. 


Buffet 13091
Watercolor 140 lb paper pen and ink 
11x10 to be matted in a 14x11 size

 I am in the process of painting 24 watercolor illustrations for a book of poems, Dreams of the Turtle King, by Denise Bossarte and all the poems will be about the beach. The book should be ready for publication in December. Buffet is all about seagulls and I think of them in the air more than in the water but here they are having lunch. All of these images will be available from my Daily Paintworks gallery and here is the link: http://www.dailypaintworks.com/Artists/nancy-standlee-1131

Here is a link to the blog we've created for the book. Click HERE. http://dreamsoftheturtleking.blogspot.com/ 

Please like our Facebook page Dreams of the Turtle King 

The poems are written by:
Denise Bossarte
Found Worlds Photography
Dreams of the Turtle King: Poems Inspired by South Florida Beaches 
by Denise Ippensen Bossarte


Original fine art and affordable prints can be found at:
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

End of the Leslie Saeta 30/30 Challenge, Collage of Paintings Completed, and Hedi Moran in GA in November, and Dreams of the Turtle King Watercolor Beach Paintings and Illustrations by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

Collage of Paintings in September for the Leslie Saeta 30/30 Challenge
There are not 30 paintings listed as on some days I worked on one painting and posted progress in stages. Thanks for hanging in there with me for the 30 days.

I've prepared two flip books from these images and here are the links to those:

http://www.flipsnack.com/F6BFE59A9F7/fdcmyp3n

http://www.flipsnack.com/F6BFE59A9F7/fdclbis5

If you are interested in taking a Hedi Moran Floral Oil workshop the registration closes on Friday and then it will be determined if the class makes or not. Here is the link for more information. 
http://www.quinlanartscenter.org/hedi-moran.html

 I am in the process of painting 24 watercolor illustrations for a book of poems, Dreams of the Turtle King, by Denise Bossarte and all the poems will be about the beach. The book should be ready for publication in December. Here is Bulldozer Treads 13089 and all of these images will be available from my Daily Paintworks gallery and here is the link: http://www.dailypaintworks.com/Artists/nancy-standlee-1131

Here is a link to the blog we've created for the book. Click HERE. http://dreamsoftheturtleking.blogspot.com/

Original fine art and affordable prints can be found at:
Follow me on Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/NancyStandlee/
                           http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/nancy-standlee.html
Order personalized checks, side tear checks, checkbook covers and address labels with a choice of 20 of my paintings on them.




Denise Bossarte
Found Worlds Photography
Dreams of the Turtle King: Poems Inspired by South Florida Beaches by Denise Ippensen Bossarte

Texas Daily Painter, Watercolor, Pen and Ink sketches,  Beach paintings, small paper painting, poetry book, poems, beach poems, bulldozer, beach, treads,  Artists of Texas, Nancy Standlee Fine Art, Daily Paintworks, Pinterest, Canvas by Canvas, Check Advantage, Etsy, Dreams of the Turtle King, Hedi Moran, 30/30 collage, 
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Monday, September 30, 2013

Watercolor Beach Painting, Dreams of the Turtle King 13088, Day 30 of the Leslie Saeta 30/30 challenge, ArtByte Collage Tutorial, Book of Poems, Dreams of the Turtle King by Denise Bossarte. Illustrated by Texas Contemporary Artist Nancy Standlee


Dreams of the Turtle King 13088 SOLD
11x10 watercolor, pen and ink
Bockingford Rough 140 lb paper, Nakimi Falcon pen, Lexington Gray Ink
with Metallic Pearlescent and Interference paints by MicaColor

My paintings are available on the Daily Paintworks gallery page HERE.

I have an ArtByte, an affordable collage tutorial available HERE.  

This painting is an illustration for a book of poems, Dreams of the Turtle King, written by Denise Bossarte that should be available on Amazon around first of December, 2013.  Denise is a Texas photographer and a member of Artists of Texas. 
This is the cover illustration for the book with Denise's vision of a sea turtle with an orange coral crown. I decided this sea turtle needed some glitz and I've had three sets of metallic, pearlescent, and interference paints by MicaColor that I've finally used and love the result. The instructions say you can mix with regular watercolor but I used these straight from the round palettes and in layers for an opaque look. To see and read about them, check HERE.
 It is hard to get a true photo of the shiny paints but I think when it is professionally scanned the colors will be more true. Denise is the owner of this painting.  I'm working on these each day, posting them on my Daily Paintworks Gallery and website and Facebook, sending them to Denise to be scanned, and matting in a 14x11 mat and shipping when sold, and allow 2 weeks for the painting to be mailed if you purchase.

 Last day posting on the 30/30 and I've been able to post each day. To see work by other artists who are following along with the 30/30 go to the Leslie Saeta blog. It has been a challenge to paint and post each day and she may be planning another in January so if you are interested, add it to your bucket list. 

Original fine art and affordable prints can be found at:
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contact: NancyStandlee@sbcglobal.net

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