Water Water Everywhere..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I am doing a demo today on my Dancing Brushes Zoom class and this is the subject.

 I love to paint water and cascading waterfalls are usually a very exciting lesson, so here goes.

I used masking fluid for this one, using a different approach for the water and the foliage. Great fun.

This image is 12" x 16" unframed

$350 plus S/H

Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America

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Causeway Tumble..Watercolor..Texas Artist...Rae Andrews

Trying to keep cool in this Texas heat ..so this waterfall sort of did the trick.

This is a watercolor on Arches CP Paper

16” x 20” unframed
$450 plus S/H

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Color Dance Over The Falls..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I love layering  with color veils. This painting evolved with no reference ..I just began veiling the colors, one over the top of the other in between drying the surface.

When I felt it was enough I dried it all, and began to draw my rocks in after which I  reinforced with  negative painting.

The waterfall was added last by using some watered down white acrylic with watercolor to color it slightly in veils and give the downward motion of falling water.
 In between this water action, I added peeps of rocks .

My very last touch was white gouache to augment the foam and overflow areas of the cascading water.

I hope you like this one, it was fun to do, but made me think just the same.

16” x 20”
Water Media on Arches CP Paper

$450 plus S/H

Prints of this image will soon be available through Fine Art America.


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Poetry In Motion..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I am getting ready to begin my  third  Dancing Brushes Course online next week..

This course is  two months long.
We all have  a lot of fun and I am blessed to have so many eager students.

So this painting is similar to one of the Lesson plans I have worked out for my classes.

It’s a mixture of watercolor and Liquid Acrylics. I love mixing these two mediums.. 

This one is 16” x 20” 
On Arches CP Paper

Prints of this image will soon be available on Fine Art America.

Please contact me through this blog or via my website for more information on my classes and workshops

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Tidal Surge..Watercolor...Texas Artist...Rae Andrews

           This one was just a play painting, trying to keep cool here in the middle of Texas.
                           This is as close as I can get to the ocean for now.

                                                               12" x 16" unframed
                                                                     $350 plus S/H
                                                       Watercolor on Arches CP Paper

                                  Prints are also available through Fine Art America.

          Rae also conducts online workshops called Dancing Brushes With Rae Andrews

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High Tide..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I used to paint so many more seascapes when I lived in a tropical climate, but I am out of practice now.

I thought I had better see if I can still paint them after 16 years of living in the middle of Texas.

This one is an imagined seascape, but was such fun to do, I think I will try another.

                                                 16" x 20" unframed

                                                             $400 plus S/H


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

          Rae also conducts online workshops called Dancing Brushes With Rae Andrews

                         For more information please contact her through her website 
                                       
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Rocks And Falls..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I am just trying a different twist on a waterfall painting. Thought I would incorporate a keyhole design.

This one is 16" x 20"
Watercolor on Arches CP paper
$450 Plus S/H


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

Rae teaches workshops in Europe and the USA 

She also conducts online lessons ..Dancing Brushes

For more info on the above please contact her through this block or her website
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Dappled Glory..Watercolor...Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Just finished this one today, some final touches were needed.. It's been a couple of days since I began it..

See below for the steps.

From tope left which is my reference photo to bottom right..

This image is on a Crescent Watercolor Board

20" x 30" (unframed

$500 plus S/H

Prints are also available through Fine Art America

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/dappled-glory-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Thanks for visiting..

Rae teaches in all mediums.. She conducts workshops in the USA as well Europe.

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

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Springbrook Glory..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Springbrook Glory is an unframed watercolor on a Crescent Watercolor Board.

I started this one yesterday and finally fished it today.

See below for the  stages of this piece.

15” x 20”

$400

Plus S/H

Nature’s Colors..Watercolor..Texas Artist...Rae Andrews

This was a brand new substrate for me. I just happened on it while googling watercolor supports.

This is a crescent watercolor board.. available through Dick Blick.

https://www.dickblick.com/products/crescent-watercolor-boards/

I absolutely love this surface, it comes in many sizes too. Not as rough a surface as Arches Co but this is a CP surface just the same.

This image is 11” x 14” unframed
$295 plus S/H

Prints of this image are also available through Fine Art America

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Discovered Oasis..Watercolor..Texas Artist ..Rae Andrews

This is a watercolor on Arches CP paper.. it is presented unframed.

I made a step by step tutorial of this one which will be on my YouTube channel very soon. So stayed tuned.

Image size is 16” x 20”

$600 plus S/H

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

Thanks for visiting...

Rae teaches workshops in all mediums..

Contact her for more info through this blog or her website

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To The Voice Of Running Waters..Watercolor..Texas Artist ..Rae Andrews

Just finished this watercolor. I made a step by step tutorial on the process,  on my YouTube channel..

Rae Andrews YouTube

This image is 16” x 20” unframed

$500 plus S/H

Prints are also  available on my Fine Art America Print site.
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/to-the-voice-of-running-waters-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Thanks for visiting..

Rae teaches workshops in the Unites States and Europe in all media.

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

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A Wandering..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I just finished this one. It's of the river area near my home. I have done several plein air paintings of it.

This one however, I painted in the studio today, from my photograph.

 Green on green is beautiful in nature, but in a painting, it tends to be a bit much of the same thing for me. 

 I usually play with complimentary colors, such as the orange/red family and even some blue/mauve colors as small accents amongst the green.

I hope you like this one. For me, it was very meditative to paint.

This image measures 16" x 20" unframed 
$550 plus S/H


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

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

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

Just finished this journal entry.. a few years ago I was at the banks of the Pedernales River not far from where I live here in Texas. It’s a great spot to paint.

Lately we have had an enormous amount of rain and flooding, so this area is a good place to stay away from till the water subsides. 

I used an old photo for this journal entry.

 It’s in my Stillman and birn 8” x 10” Beta series journal.

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Rae teaches workshops in both the USA and Europe. 

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

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

I had this journal entry drawn out ready for watercolor touches, so I finished it and decided to post today as well as the previous post.

I am sure you know me well enough by now and conclude I cannot go a day without painting something.

This one is here in Austin and is the area I walk the dogs sometimes, lovely after all the rain.

Rae works and teaches workshops  in all media. She teaches locally in her studio in Texas, and does workshops in both the United States and Europe.

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Water Dance..Oil...Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Although I did this one a long time ago I thought I would still post it today, it was such a fun image to paint. You know me and waterscapes.

This is an oil on gallery wrap canvas.

Image size is 18" x 48" 

This image is only available in prints from my Fine Art America print site:

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/water-dance-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

Thanks for visiting...

Rae paints and teaches in all media.. For more information please contact her through this blog or via her website at:

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A Playful Balance..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

This one is a demo I did in conjunction with my watercolor waterfall study I posted three posts ago, a demo on moving water, action and drama. 

I did this demo the same day, in pastels on Sennelier paper.

I did not have a reference photo for this demo, and was getting the students ready for hopefully seeing a waterfall the next day, when we painted at an outdoor location. 

I love to paint the action packed waterfalls, and somehow it looks better (for me) if the artist memorizes a scene and lets a little imagination play into the painting. After all the water is constantly moving, so studying it and watching how it falls will help when you paint it.

It will make the artist really concentrate on the movement of the water, storing that little personal video in the head for later use.

This pastel is on a tan colored Sennelier sanded paper, it's all pure pastel, no underpainting. I prefer my pastels to be done this way.

I hope you like this one.

Image size is 9" x 12" unframed.
$150 plus S/H

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

Rae works and teaches in all media, if you want more info on her classes and workshops, please contact her through this blog or through her website at:

raeandrews.com


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A Discovered Treasure..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I decided on an action packed watercolor to paint this morning. This is 'After Maui' and not really a true scene, but conjured from a feeling I will always have with me after living on one of the most beautiful places on earth.

I hope you like this one..

Image size is 12" x 16" unframed

$300 plus S/H

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

                                             Rae works and teaches in all mediums.                                                      Please contact her through this blog for more information.

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Watering Hole..Watercolor..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

Just finished this small watercolor. The scene is close to where I live here in Texas.. Scraggly old trees and grasses nestle beside the water, fun to paint.


I hope you like this one..


This image is 9" x 12" unframed


$200 plus S/H


Prints of this image are available through Fine Art America:


https://fineartamerica.com/featured/watering-hole-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

                                                Rae works and teaches in all mediums.                           
                           Please contact her through this blog for more information.


                                                           Thanks for visiting..

Tidepool Interrupted..Pastel..Texas Artist..Rae Andrews

I love to watch water move, whether it's a waterfall,  a pond or pool with a slight rippling effect. It's all mesmerizing to me and very peaceful.

I tried to capture that feeling with this one. That action of looking down into a rock pool when a ripple breaks the surface with such wonderful patterns.

I hope you like this one, it was a fun one to paint.

This image is a pastel (unframed ) on Sennelier sanded paper.

18" x 24"

$500 plus S/H

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

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/tidepool-interruped-rae-andrews.html?newartwork=true

                  Rae works and teaches in all mediums.. please contact her through her website at:

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