Down the Stairs and Follow the Path..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

                                      This is an unframed painting of a scene in France.

                                                                  12” x 16”

                                                  Watercolor on Arches CP Paper
                                                              $350 plus S/h

                                   Prints are also available through Fine Art America.

                                          Rae teaches workshops in both Europe and the USA.

       She also conducts online workshops called Dancing Brushes With Rae Andrews

                         For more information please contact her through her website 
                                       
                                                                  raeandrews.com

                                                                Thanks for visiting..

Castelnaud Charm, France..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I seem to be finally getting to the end of this series of fun images. Maybe a few more in the future, don't know. I so love painting them, I hope you are not bored with these images of my travels.

11" x 14" unframed
$350 plus S/H

Prints are also available through Fine Art America
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/castelnaud-charm-france-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae conducts workshops in Europe and the USA.. For more info please contact her through this blog or via her website..
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                                                              Thanks for visiting..

French Village Life..Watercolor..Texas Artist...Rae Andrews

Another URBAN SKETCH using deliberate distortion. I hope you are liking these whimsical images.

This image is 11' x 14' unframed
$350 plus S/H
Watercolor on Fabriano CP Paper

Prints of this image are available through Fine Art America..

Rae conducts workshops in Europe as well as some parts of the USA.

Contact Rae through this blog or her website for more info

raeandrews.com

Thanks for visiting

Street Scene Charm.. Watercolor...Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

 This little scene is from Saint Martin De Vers in France. 
I just wandered around the little village and found some lovely little vignettes to paint later in my studio. 
One could get a whole gallery of paintings out of this village.

This image is 11' x 14" unframed and on Fabriano CP Paper
$350 plus S/H


Prints are available through Fine Art America
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/street-scene-charm-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae conducts workshops in both Europe and the USA.. For more info please contact her through this blog or via her website
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Castelnaud, France..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

 This scene is of Castelnaud in France, a place full of vignettes for the artist to sketch. We visited a great castle here, and saw some random shows put on by the staff in period costume, great fun. 

This image is presented unframed.

11" x 14"

$350 plus S/H

Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America..

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/castelnaud-france-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae teaches workshops in Europe as well as some areas of the USA.. For more info please contact her through this blog or via her website
                                                               raeandrews.com

                                                             Thanks for visiting..

Convent Entrance, France..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

 Another urban sketch, this time in France at le Vieux Couvent. I teach here sometimes, and just love the place. Hope to return there in 2022.

This image is 11' x 16' unframed.

$400 plus S/H

Watercolor on Fabriano CP Paper.

Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/convent-entrance-france-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae conducts workshops in Europe as well as the USA.. For further info, please contact her through this blog or her website

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                                                    Thanks for visiting.. 

Little Hamlet, France..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I hope you are not getting tired of seeing these URBAN SKETCHES. I do so love painting them, and this series is quite large.

This image is a scene from a village in France.. I again used a slight deliberate distortion in some of the buildings, for character.

Image size is 11" x 14" (unframed)
Fabriano CP Watercolor Paper
$350 plus S/H

Prints of this image are available through Fine Art America

Rae conducts workshops in both Europe and the USA.. For more info contact her through this blog or her website.

                                                              raeandrews.com

                                                             Thanks for visiting..

Rooftops..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

 I began this series a while back and have not had a chance to post the images. There is a lot!

I love working on these URBAN SKETCHES, they are so much fun.

This scene is of rooftops in Saint Cirq Lapoppe France.

Image size is 11' x 14" unframed
$350 plus S/H

Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America..
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/rooftops-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Rae teaches workshops in Europe and the USA.
For more information please contact her through this blog or through her website,
raeandrews.com

Thanks for visiting

Saint Cirq Lapopie Stairwell..watercolor...Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

This small watercolor is on a Crescent Watercolor board.

It is presented unframed

8” x 10”

$150 plus S/H

Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America..

Thanks for visiting..

Rae teaches workshops in Europe and the United States. She works in all mediums.

For more info contact her through this blog or via her website

RaeAndrews.com

Come Paint With Rae Andrews in France at Le Vieux Couvent July 15-25th 2019

                                         Walk on the Wild Side

                   Le Vieux Couvent  Southwest France

                                     Rae  Andrews 

               Demos will be in Watercolor and Watercolor Journaling

      Full assistance in any medium of choice if watercolor is not for you

                                                       July 15-25 2019

    

$3100 not including airfare to and from Toulouse

Medieval 17^th century convent , now an artist retreat, nestled in the village of Frayssinet in Southwest France, the painting opportunities abound. It’s quiet and charming, just the place to park your easels.

Scenic towns, villages, rivers, castles, and superb flowers and gardens await artists and photographers alike.

Cost includes:

Fabulous meals (except one dinner and two lunches), wine, single or double room accommodation with en suite in most, transportation to and from Toulouse airport, all plein air  day trips. **A  full  studio in which to paint  open 24/7  is also available to us. And of course tuition with Rae .

*** Rae will mainly demonstrate in watercolor, and how she approaches her travel journals ; as well as larger format watercolors. She will show you lots of techniques she has amassed over her 40 plus years of teaching.

 As  she also  paints and teaches in all  mediums, she encourages students bring  whichever medium they love, and she provide ‘at easel ‘ personal instruction to those students not painting in watercolor..

          

Not Included..

**Airfare to and from Toulouse is not included.

**One dinner and two lunches not included

**Art supplies and personal tipping  not included

Please contact Rae at

rae4art@aol.com and get your $600  ( made out to Rae Andrews)  by February 18^th  2019 to secure your slot. Contact Rae through this blog for address .

A little on Rae..

Rae’s playful style is a loose and spontaneous approach in whichever medium she chooses to paint.

COLOR, DESIGN AND MOVEMENT are top priorities in her works

She has painted professionally for over 40 years , owned a 400 student art school and two art galleries

Journal Entry Southwest France..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

This journal entry is of  Saint Cirq Lapopie while I was teaching at Le Vieux Couvent this past May. A fascinating medieval cliff side village 300 feet above the River Lot.

We had a wonderful day trip to this village, shopping and meandering through the winding little streets, just full of charming stores and restaurants.

I did not manage to paint there, but did take lots of photos which is where this study came from.

I will be teaching again at Le Vieux Couvent in July 2019.

It’s a wonderful place to stay and expose yourself to the peace and charm of the Southwest France region.

If you want more info please contact me through this blog, of my website 

           

   raeandrews.com

Thanks for visiting..

Journal Entry ...Watercolor...Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

This journal entry is from one of my wanders off the beaten track during my workshop at Le Vieux Couvent in France one year ago.

While students were painting the church nearby and vineyards, I did a little excursion through the brambles with my camera and found this amazingly beautiful scene to paint.

The reflections were simply beautiful. They were just reaching out from the shore and in the far distance there was a small beach of some sort..just perfection.

This is in my larger format 8” x 10” Stillman and Birn journal.

Thanks for visiting..

Rae teaches workshops in both the United States and Europe.
For more info, please contact her through this blog or through her website..

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Journal Entry..France..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Today’s journal entry is again of the area near Le Vieux Couvent in Southwest France.

This is a watercolor in a Stillman Birn journal. Love these journals.❤️

Not the best lighting to take this photo, sorry..I will replace the image with a better one soon. 

This is in my larger format Stillman Birn Beta series watercolor journal. 8” x 10”..

Thanks for visiting...

Journal Posts from Trip In France..Watercolor..Rae Andrews

Well I am finally posting a few images from my journals . I know it's been ages, sorry for my lapse in posts.

I taught a workshop this year in Southwest France in the Dordogne region, and then 6 weeks later, I taught another workshop in the French Alps.
Both were superb workshops, wonderful students and great fun!

here are some images I did during each workshop and some later in my studio at home. I hope you enjoy them as much as I love painting them.

This one is from the trip in May in the Dordogne area of southwest France. This was a day excursion for photo ops and painting.

We stayed at Le Vieux Couvent.. A simply wonderful venue and I am teaching there again (third time now) in July of 2019.

Another from this same trip. A marvelous small village near the convent where we stay. So many painting opportunities.

Just on the street where we stayed. I had fun with this one..

I bought a new journal, an 8" x 10" format. I quite like this larger size, when opened to use both pages, it measures 10" x 16", perfect.

Thanks for visiting...

Please stay tuned for more journal entries and news on my upcoming overseas workshops.

Rae paints and teaches  in all mediums.

For more info please contact her via this blog or through her website at raeandrews.com

Castlefranc Reflections..Watercolor...Texas Artist...Rae Andrews

Castlefranc is a lovely village near to where we stayed last May in southwest France.

I did this painting as a demo, back in the studio from a photo I took. The reflections were lovely in this village. A painting waiting to happen for sure!

This image is 12" x 16" unframed.

$250 plus S/H

Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:
     
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/castlefranc-reflections-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

                                                               Thanks for visiting..

Rae paints and teaches in all media. Contact her through this blog for more information or through her website at:
raeandrews.com

Journal Entry France 2018..Watercolor...Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

This journal entry was after the rain and we all went to Labastide Murat to an antique Market. Lots of fun!

Of course we found a wonderful café in which to have a drink, or two as well. 
France's weather can be changeable, however the best part is, it does not seem to last for long. 

This was a fun day.

Thanks for visiting..

Rae paints and teaches in all media, for more info please contact her through this block or via her website:

raeandrews.com

The Bridge, Saint Germaine..Pastel...Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

This image was a demo in pastels I did while on my France workshop in Frayssinet. 

This day we all went to Saint Germaine, and sadly, the heavens opened up and dumped buckets of rain on us. So we sort refuge back at le Vieux Couvent and the lovely dry studio for a couple f hours.

Such is the weather in France, and not long after the rain, the sun was out again and we all went to a great antique market in Labastide Murat. 

One never knows with France, but one thing seems to be for sure, the weather does not stay bad for long.

This is a pastel on tan Sennelier sanded paper. 
9" x 12" 
This original image is no longer available


 Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-bridge-saint-germaine-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Thanks for visiting..

Rae paints and teaches in all media.. For more info on her workshops, please contact her through this blog or via her website:

raeandrews.com

Journal Entry..France 2018..Watercolor.. Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

This journal entry is all watercolor. It shows the street near the convent where we stayed in France. 

Andre's house is on the right, and this particular day we spent some time in his gorgeous garden . Wow!! His flowers were so beautiful, he obviously spends a lot of time pottering there.. 

Thanks for visiting..

Rae works and teaches in all media. To get more info please contact her through this blog or via her website:

raeandrews.com

Journal Entry..France 2018..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

 This journal entry was done as a demo for the recent group in France 2018. 

I decided to tint the journal page first with an orange acrylic wash, in readiness for my entry.

After I tinted the page and it was dry, I drew in my subject.

I then used watercolors to get the bulk of the scene situated.

When that had dried, I used watercolor and white gouache mixes, to get my highlights and some middle valued.

The orange helps a great deal to give the scene some 'punch' .. I could very well have used a magenta or a blue as my first wash of acrylic, that would have changed the drama effect of the painting and the mood. Experiment with this, it's great fun and very good for plein air painting... just have the page all tinted prior to going out to paint.. Good luck!

It is a great way to get away from the bright white paper of the journal, which some people are very intimidated by, and don't want to ruin their journal. 

**However with this color tint already on the page, one is now forced to work more with the highlights and darks (using the acrylic tint as a middle value) 

If this seems to be describing your own watercolor struggles, maybe try the mid value tint first?

 I find it helps a lot, especially when one is confronted with an all green landscape while painting en plein air. Just having those flecks of an underneath color helps the painting come alive.

FYI..Why did I use acrylic first and not tint with watercolor or a colored  gouache?
Because both those mediums will lift with further layers of painting, which will 'muddy' your colors. Acrylic is a safe option,  as it dries hard and fast, and will not budge with continued layers.

An Artist's Retreat, Frayssinet....Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I made up the little figure in this scene, however the road and the houses are actually not far from LE VIEUX COUVENT  where I will be teaching in May.

This area is just lovely for the artist.

Charm personified!

This image is 12" x 16" unframed.

Prints will soon be available through Fine Art America:

$220 plus S/H

Rae works and teaches in all mediums. 

Please contact her through this blog for more info.

Thanks for visiting..