Small watercolor

Another small watercolor I've done recently - this one of a wooden icon from a museum in Edinburgh.

untitled small watercolor study

made this a few days ago

Small "Kairos" Study

Small "Kairos" study (for Dana), ink and watercolor on paper, 8x10" - part of a small series of paper works for the visiting artists in my classes. I posted the one I made for Katie a week ago.

Long's Peak

I painted this watercolor of Long's Peak on Saturday from the view at our campsite.

Fridtjof Nansen

Watercolors and ink drawings done by polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen in the late 1800s.

In the Field

The view from our campsite - also the subject of these watercolors I did:


Nathan Abels, "Mt Sneffels", Watercolor on Paper, 7x9", 2008
Nathan Abels, "Mt Sneffels", Watercolor on Paper, 7x9", 2008Nathan Abels, "Mt Sneffels", Watercolor on Paper, 7x9", 2008

New Sketch

While in our campsite in Zion National Park I did this little watercolor painting:


I was looking at this peak. More or less...

Watercolors from Vacations

Nathan Abels, "Bay of Sorento at Night", (study), watercolor on paper, 2002
Nathan Abels, "Italian Landscape", (study), watercolor on paper, 2002
Nathan Abels, "Italian Landscape" (study), watercolor on paper, 2002

I try to bring a small watercolor set with me when I go on vacations. I did these while on a trip to Italy in 2002.

Keith Jacobshagen Studies

Keith Jacobshagen, "N 70th St and Rock Creek Rd - Scouting North 28 degrees", Pastel on Paper, 2001

Keith Jacobshagen, "First Study for Near Ashland, Near Dark", Charcoal and Pastel on Paper, 1990

Keith Jacobshagen, "(Img 1) From Hwy 6, E of Lanoma (Img 2) Redwing Blackbirds", Watercolor, 2000

My Watercolors from Yellowstone

I did these watercolors last week in the valley where the Firehole and Gibbon rivers came together near our campground (see above).

Looking East

Looking West

Looking West

The Animal/Botanical Morphs of Amy Ross

Amy Ross, "Cow Birch", Watercolor and Graphite on Paper

Amy Ross, "Goat Magnolia", Watercolor and Graphite on Paper

Amy Ross, "Cow Birch", Watercolor and Graphite on Paper

for related work see: The Bird Girls of Amy Alice Thompson, and Theresa Sapergia "Marksmanship" Drawings