Welcome to the July-September 2005 Project. The theme for this project will be "Mountains." The painting you submit must be painted specifically for this project and be watermedia. The subject you use must have some relation to the theme Mountains. Submit your images to me via email or snail mail. Send title, size, and comments about the paintings and painting process. Let me know if it is OK to link your email address when I add your image to the project page. The project end date is September 30, 2005.
The images on this page are protected by copyright law. Any use without the expressed consent of the artist is prohibited!!!
Richard Stedman
"Majestic Mountains"
I had this one in mind when you announced the theme. Painted on Arches 140# rough, 8" x 12", DaVinci paints limited palette, Cobalt blue, Aliz, Lemon yellow, raw sienna, touch of white.
Yacov Levi
"Djebel Mussa"
This is Djebel Mussa (Mt' Moses) in the Sinai wilderness. Here, according to the Bible, the ten commandments were given. It is a very impressive mountain range of volcanic rocks. Nearby is St. Catherina, an very old and unique Byzantine monastery, inhabited until today by Greek monks. The way can be done by foot only and a day is not enough for climbing up and returning to civilisation. Painted from memory on Arches paper 220 gr. Rembrandt quality watercolours by Talens.
Fran Grilli
"A Place I Want To Be"
We are experiencing a hot and humid heat wave here in the Hudson Valley, New York. Which promted me to name my painting, "A Place I Want To Be." It is on Arches 140 lb. watercolor block, 7" x 10" C.P. paper with Holbein paints. I used Maskoid on the snow capped mountains before painting them.
Josephine Strong
"Tucson Mountains"
Hi Maury, Whew! Can't get into a picture the feeling of wonder when I , a flatlander, am fortunate to be in or near mountains.
Ray Annino
"Untitled"
I thought this subject would be a snap with all my skiing photos taken both in Utah and Colorado but, the more I looked the less satisfied I became with what I had as reference material. I hunted high and low for additional reference material that was different than the classic mountain scenes I had in my files. I must give credit to Daniel H. Bailey for this great shot. I used his photo as reference for this watercolor; painted on 140 lb Waterford paper.
Georgina Jones
"Untitled"s
I guess this is a painting of cliffs at a coast in Wales more than mountains, so I hope it's acceptable. I used Richeson paper 140lb Coldpress. Winsor Newton paints. I studied a video by Arnold Lowrey who lives in Wales.....I really wanted to do this and ran the video so many times it's beginning to complain. I can't remember how many attempts I made before I produced this painting .......trying to loosen up but find it difficult.
Virginia Potter
"Our Western Beauties"
I was tempted to paint our Ozark Mountains and I may do that later, but they lack the drama of our western mountains. I borrowed details from photos I've taken on trips, combined these with a large helping of artistic license and had a lot of fun. To add to the challenge I used an unfamiliar paper, 140 lb rough, Nujabi handmade with my customary palette of WN paints, to which I added Indigo and Quinacridone gold. 11x12 inches . Great project! Thanks
Judith Silver
"Untitled"
This is a painting of the Smoky Mountains in North Carolina, based on a photograph I took while horseback riding on a recent vacation. There are wonderful vistas everywhere you look and a picture waiting to be painted around every turn. This was done on morilla paper with Winsor and Newton paint.
Steve Hughes
"Untitled"
As a newbe the art world, I decided to dare
to paint something bigger than 7x10 so here's my first attempt at a larger (and
odd shaped) scale format and daring to use darker colors. This is a full width
22" x 7"
Arches 140# cold pressed paper and I learned I need a bigger pallet to mix a
lot more paint at a time.
The scene is a view of Mt. Rainier from Three Tree Point south of Seattle across Puget Sound at sunrise. The smaller sharp peak to the left is "Little Tahoma". The bay at the bottom of the painting is Normandy Park Cove. The lights in the foreground are the artists getting up before dawn to paint the sunrise on the Olympic Mountains... If only they could have seen back over the hill!
Richie Gunn
"Untitled"
Arches paper 8" x 9", #140 coldpressed, two colors Da vinci colbalt blue and Winsor & Newton Green (blue shade). I totally made up tis painting using artistic licence. I was looking for strong, cold, lonely, and powerful for thoughts. This is the result of those thoughts. Thanks for the project, I think I learned something.
Vinayak B. Deshmukh
"Hilly path in Osmania"
Thanks for the opportunity to participate in
your project on Mountains. I am attaching my entry for this project with this
email. You may please link my emaiil address to your webpage.
I made a lot of sketches of this view in Osmania Campus, both in pencil and pastels during one of my sunday sketching trips, especially for this project. However after the final painting was done I realised that the tree is assuming more importance than the hills (guess thats part of the learning process). Thus it was a good learning experience, thanks Maury.
The painting was done on 11inch X 15 inch handmade paper sheet.
Shirley Shoemaker
"June Lake Loop"
This time I did the mountain and lake in watercolor on paper size 18 x 20. Thanks for getting me painting again in watercolor.
Dorothy Wagner
"Clarks Pass"
On a recent trip to Red Lodge Montana I was introduced to the magnificent mountains of the Rockies. For a flatlander from Michigan I was awe struck with their grandeur. Near Cody, Wyoming, we stopped at Clarks Pass an area of rugged mountains,desert, rocks, sage brush and a meandering river. Later when attempting to paint this area I do not feel that I captured its vastness. This is painted on Arches 140 rough watercolor paper - using Winsor-Newton paint. 11 by 15 in size. Thank you Maury for this opportunity to 'stretch the envelop.'
Paul Axtell
"Nature's Restoration Project"
This is a typical scene during the years after logging operations or forest fires. This image is my representation of many views from a recent hike in the Mission Mountains Wilderness Area in Montana.
Jamie Hamilton
"Untitled"
Dear Maury, I hope I did this right. I have been visiting your site for a while, but struggled with the idea of anyone seeing my paintings. I've decided to give it a try. Thank-you!
Millie Carree
"Mountain Layers"
Maury chose my favorite subject this project. I painted this from a photograph I took of Mt. Evans near Idaho Springs, CO. I was about 70 miles away on the plains and the forefront of this painting is a rye field East of Denver. Hidden behind the brown field is the valley that Denver nestles in. Painted on Grumbacher rough, 15" by 18" with a limited 4 color palette."
Maury Kettell
"Stoney Pass"
I think mountains are a part of my being. I'm a Colorado native, and Colorado is a state with 52 mountain peaks over 14,000 feet. As I think back on my childhood, many of my memories deal with camping and fishing in the mountains. This painting is based on a photo taken while on a camping trip to southwestern Colorado. It is hard to describe the awe one feels while standing at the top of a mountain pass--standing at 12,500 feet, and looking down into the valley's below. The painting is on Arches 140#, cold press, with Daniel Smith, and Winsor Newton paints.
Carol Hauserman
"Untitled"
Attached is my picture of the mountains in the black hills of South Dakota. The size is 13.5 x 11.25 on 140# cold press paper. Thanks again for the opportunity to paint with others.
Charlie Morison
"Untitled"
I am late but here it is. I painted this scene some years ago and thought I would paint it again to see if I have learned anything over the years. The answer is yes -- and no. Maybe I should cut and paste to combine the best of each painting. It was painted on 12"x 16" Arches watercolor pad. I am looking forward to the next challenge and will try to get it done sooner.
Frank Murphy
"Landscape 1"
I have attached my submittal for the July - Sept 2005 Project - The painting was done from my memories of mountain ranges in Arizona and California. I now live in Florida and miss the west and the mountains. The painting title is "Landscape I", done on Lanaquarelle 140# Rough with W/N watercolors, size is 15" X 22". As always your projects usually result in more than one painting; you can see "Landscape II" on my website.
Carol Haywood
"Salute to Seattle"
Painting is 36 x 22 in size, using 300 lb natural cold press Arches paper. I created a composite Seattle scene, based on what I saw on my August visit there. I wanted to begin with Mt. Rainier and then add some other elements that said Seattle to me. A natural was the fishing boat, my favorite subject; to it I added a view of the city from a Bainbridge Island ferry.
I hoped each part would make up a fine setting for the mountain view, leading
the eye into it with pleasing patterns and values. A challenge was to bring
unity out of three different parts, but I see now that the pyramidal shapes
of several things, including the mountain, work without my realizing at the
time what my choices were doing.
As always I began with a wash of one or two
ambient-light colors as a first layer. Then I used the sky color over everything
but the sides of the buildings since I think there should be a strong effect
from the atmosphere's color on everything that lies under the sky. Then I began
laying in the shapes from the most distant to the nearest.
Thank you for choosing an interesting and challenging subject for us!
Cathy Joerger
"Untitled"
My painting is 11 by 15 on 140 lb paper using Winsor Newton and Daniel Smith watercolor. This is a rendition of Sisters mountains in Central Oregon.
Project Closed