So Off We Go to Lisbon

What a change from the Dordogne! We flew to Lisbon, Portugal and at once noticed the differences in color. Many of the buildings downtown are covered with beautiful Portuguese tile. If not tile, they are covered in white, which we learned later is marble powder; a by-product from the marble quarries which they paint on like a whitewash.  Still painting, High Desert Art League members, Jacqueline Newbold and I (Helen Brown) sat in cafés or up by the castle and sketch with watercolor.

We are both studio watercolor painters, although we do enjoy sketching en plein air. So for future reference, we snapped tons of photos along the way as Jacqueline is doing in the photo below.

Back at home, I am painting now for the holiday miniature show at the Tumalo Art Company using some of my photos. Here is one of them in a 12 x 12:

As you can see from the two images above, I left out the underpants in my painting. (I do like the shadow they made on the wall though!) and I also opened the window for interest. 

The Tumalo Art Company is located in Bend's Old Mill District just south of REI. 

Helen Brown

Sleepless in Seattle

A fabulous weekend in Seattle as Cindy Briggs & Theresa Goesling team up at Daniel Smith.  After over 7 years of demonstrating and teaching at Daniel Smith, HDAL member, Cindy Briggs is looking forward to more projects with the art supply company.  Briggs and Goesling's www.MakeEveryDayAPainting.com workshop on travel journaling was a great kickoff to share their newest palette set with Daniel Smith. Following the success of Daniel Smith "Neutral Tint" watercolor as developed with the help of Cindy and Theresa;  the store continues to work with the creative duo on special products and projects including the NWWS 75th Anniversary International Exhibition and Convention.

The New Cindy Briggs & Theresa Goesling Travel & Journaling Set at Daniel Smith