Monday, October 26, 2015

Autumn - Lake Ellyn

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Autumn - Lake Ellyn,  8x10" Oil on canvas © Helen Read    Fall has had a late start this year!  In fact, the fall colors are j...
Thursday, October 22, 2015

Nearing the home stretch on this little painting!

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I've been working along on this fall landscape, which I started in the summer! I just have a little more to do in the foreground.  ...
Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Reworking

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Yes, this is the painting I started this summer - and since the colors have all changed, I'm reworking this for this season.  It...
Sunday, October 18, 2015

Finishing a landscape

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This summer, before my big move, I started a watery landscape.  Now my studio is finally put together and I'm able to get back to...
Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Summer's End

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Withered Beauty - sunflower , 15 x 15" Watercolor/mixed media on paper ©Helen Read  Looking back a few years, this watercolor ...
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Friday, September 25, 2015

A Small Watercolor Landscape - watch it come together

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I am finally able to use my new studio space!  It has been several weeks - moving, unpacking, getting settled, starting a new semester at...
Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Throwback Thursday - Egret

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Knee Deep - Snowy Egret, 7 x 11.5" watercolor/acrylic on paper © Helen Read     I've come to enjoy egrets in a new way, just la...
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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Back to some drawing

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Back yard drawing on this beautiful afternoon in September! My move has certainly slowed down my studio work - that and starting a new semes...
Saturday, September 5, 2015

Getting back to it!

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     It's been a rather long resettlement process!  I've gotten moved and finally, today, I'm back online - its taken nearly a m...
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Moved, but not yet connected

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The move has happened!  What a task!  And school starts today, though I've been back at work all this week....hardly time to ...
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Thursday, August 6, 2015

While my studio is moving - Throwback Thursday!

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Callas at Sunrise, 12x16" Oil on canvas © Helen Read     My studio is packed up in boxes and mostly in the new location, bu...
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Monday, August 3, 2015

Dappled Light from a few years back

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Dappled light - watercolor on paper  private collection - Malaysia I'm still in the midst of my move... so I have no new work ...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

8 years later ....

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Conch Shell , 8x8" oil on canvas 2007 SOLD   The studio is packed up - and waiting for its new location, which will begin next...
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Thursday, July 23, 2015

Summer Focus ~ working on painting water!

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If you've been looking at my blog this summer, you've noticed that I've been taking a course in painting! Its been fun to be a ...