“The Coral Crew” Transparent Watercolor and Time-lapse Video

After a large, complicated, time-consuming botanical painting, I wanted something, small, fast and simple to work on. I sorted through a stack of doodles and composited a few into this coral reef scene. After the rigid realism of the last watercolor, it was … Continued

Crazy Horse Transparent Watercolor

While doodling around one day I started a sea horse drawing. With these caricatures I’m always anthropomorphizing. It seems to me that seahorses are always portrayed as beautiful and classy creatures. Why should they get all the glory? Come on… I’m sure there are … Continued

Hostage Negotiations (10×7-inch Transparent Watercolor Fish Caricature)

After a few insect paintings, I thought it was time to mix things up again, and this collection of caricatured fish accidentally made it to the top of the to-do list. Here’s how it managed to weasel its way to the … Continued

Oblivious

This was a fun painting to work on, but portions of it were difficult because it was out of my usual comfort zone. Loosening up is hard for me.  I was doodling in my sketchbook during my daughter’s piano lesson, trying to come up with … Continued

More Crazy Fish Caricatures in Transparent Watercolor

Well, I had enough fun painting the previous fish that I thought I’d do a few more. These are a 180ยบ from the day job, medical illustration work. With that, every artery, muscle, tendon and bone has to be in just the perfect place, … Continued

Crazy Fish Caricatures: Eight Transparent Watercolor Paintings

Now for something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!  I suppose these are going to need some serious explanation. After spending close to a hundred hours on my previous painting, I thought it made sense to do a few quick pieces. Now I’ve never … Continued