Pears, people and a glass of wine….

 These pears look pretty good. The bowl and shadows, not great, but this paper won’t take any more paint.

This is close to being done. The towels need a little work and maybe the skin tones. And the water…and the sky…

 Cheers! 

Alan Fall 3-2026

This is a technique involving putting a thin layer of crackle paste on a canvas board, waiting for it to dry, and then applying watercolor on top of that. The first one is just that. I also painted the garlic bulbs with a thicker layer of paste, waited for it to dry, and then painted on top of that. I thought that gave it deeper dimension. I learned a lot on this first attempt and will try some more. 

I really like this alley painting. I put in the small movement of red moving up through the center of it. I was going to put more wires in it but decided that it wouldn’t add anything. 

Remember me?

Here are 3 5x7's.  Hard to keep track of them.  They are a lot of fun and I don't run out of ideas before I run out of paper.  On the other hand they are small and bigger is better.

Curious fellow

I think you guys might be right about the stems.

November 7, 2026 — Elaine O.

This gives me a peaceful, happy feeling, so I'm calling it a success...and finished. I kept going back to add a touch here and there, but I'm going to stop now. I'd rather live in this calm, relaxing moment than to fret about the tiny bits that aren't perfect.

10" x 14"

Comillas, Cantabria

Clock Tower - drawn on location

Alan. Fall 2. 2026

 I think I’m done with this 8 1/2 X 11 painting of our backyard at night done on rough watercolor paper. 

Started on this view of a back alley behind Illinois Masonic Hospital. A lot of transformers, cables, and other lines and equipment. I’ll try to do this one in kind of a loose manner. I’m think I have a good first layer so we’ll see if I can maintain the looseness. 

Jarvis beach

End of the Hot Press Book and Sara Was Right Again

 Looking out the window at the cottage. That yellowish stuff represents the curtains  If done again, I’d omit them  

Sara said put a blue wash on background buildings…. No good and too distracting…now Mars pops. Flowers in a bag ho hum. 

Greco-Roman church, Aiud, Romania - on hot pressed paper (I ran out of cold pressed 😔)