September 2010 – Jacqueline Newbold

It was a Beautiful Day, A Peek inside my Watercolor Journal

September 26, 2010 Artist

My brother, sister-in-law, friend and I were exploring the little hilltop villages of Provence, France last September. We stopped in the town of Segûret. The sun was shining, the ochre-colored walls were glowing and the shadows were filled with colorful light. Every little corner was a painting waiting to happen. Here is my journal painting of Segûret. The design on the wall is a note about the ripe, delicious figs that I would find lying on the ground. We don’t get figs like this in Oregon. Have you ever had the chance to pick figs ripe off of the tree?

Strolling on a Sunny Day

Mt Hood with Lavender Fields, a Peek inside my Watercolor Journal

September 17, 2010 Artist

Mt. Hood with Lavender Fields

Here is a page from one of my larger journals. I use the Arches Field Watercolor book. It comes in 2 sizes (10×7 inches or 14×10 inches) I uses both sizes. Here is a link for the journals at Dick Blick Art Supplies: Journals. Other stores carry them too. I love these journals because they are filled with Arches fabulous 140 lb watercolor paper and hard bound with a spiral wire binding so that they lay flat when painting.

Painting Plein Air, Photos from our Hood River, Oregon Watercolor Trip, 2010

September 5, 2010 Artist

The weather was beautiful and the sunflowers were in full bloom. We spent the day painting en plein air, which is the French term meaning, in the open air. The impressionist artists of the late 1800s made this popular because of the invention of tube paint. They no longer had to grid and mix their own paints with powders and linseed oil. If you are ever in Paris, France, be sure to visit the Sennelier store where many Impressionist shopped. It is much the same as it was in the 1800s!