Dec 17, 2015
Winter In Downtown Denver
I love painting snow scenes, probably because I lived in Steamboat Springs for ten years before moving to Denver. Also, snow simplifies...
Dec 14, 2015
City Rhythm Watercolor Painting
“City Rhythm” Watercolor, 22×30″, Private Collection Occasionally I like to work from memories and my imagination and that is how I...
Nov 28, 2015
Paul Cezanne’s Studio in Provence
Visiting Paul Cezanne’s Studio in Provence is something I have wanted to do since art school at The Ohio State University. We were there...
Nov 17, 2015
Adobe in Taos New Mexico
This is a painting I did at the workshop I teach in Taos New Mexico. After I set up and started painting it got really windy so the...
Nov 10, 2015
LeDoux Street Taos New Mexico
Ledoux Street in Taos New Mexico is a tiny one way street with lots of examples of the old traditional adobe architecture. The sunlight...
Nov 1, 2015
Washington Park, Denver Watercolor Painting
Denver is famous for its city parks and they are wonderful places for artists to sketch. This is a painting I did for a class in...
Oct 23, 2015
Tuscany Bedroom Watercolor Painting
I taught a ten day watercolor workshop in Tuscany and this is one of the bedrooms at our charming lodging. I was intrigued by the light...
Oct 22, 2015
Spring In Taos Watercolor Painting
My annual Watercolor Workshop in Taos New Mexico in May is full of beautiful days of painting on location and this is a demonstration...
Oct 19, 2015
Evening in Montmartre
Montmartre in Paris is one of the liveliest places I have ever been. It used to be a bohemian area outside of Paris when Toulouse...
Oct 17, 2015
Taos Hollyhocks Watercolor Painting
This is a traditional old adobe home right in the middle of Taos New Mexico and a favorite subject for plein air painters. The lady who...
Oct 16, 2015
Lemons in Tuscany Watercolor Painting
When I was in Tuscany teaching a watercolor workshop there were lemon trees every where and I painted this in a private garden in the...
Oct 9, 2015
Venice Facade Watercolor Painting
This building in Venice is typical of the architecture on the grand canal in that beautiful city. The byzantine influence is obvious in...
Oct 8, 2015
Denver Botanic Gardens Watercolor Painting Workshop
There was a Henry Moore sculpture show at Botanic Gardens in Denver and it was an exciting time for painting on location and I did this...
Aug 18, 2015
“The Oxford Hotel Lobby” Painting
This is the first day of my blog “Watercolor paintings and sketches by Dennis Pendleton” so welcome. I will post to this blog weekly and...
Aug 15, 2015
Botanic Gardens Watercolor Painting
This is a painting that I did as a demonstration for my weekend workshop at Botanic Gardens in Denver. It took a little over an hour and...
Aug 14, 2015
Watercolor Artist Statement
Hello, my name is Dennis Pendleton, and this is the first day of my blog “watercolor sketching and painting” so I thought I would start...