Painting for Spring – Mallard Duckling

Afternoon Swim - Mallard Duckling, 5"x7", watercolor on board, ©Rebecca Latham

Afternoon Swim – Mallard Duckling, 5″x7″, watercolor on board, ©Rebecca Latham With the weather shifting to spring, I was in the mood to paint some little ones I’ve visited with in previous years.  I always love seeing little ducklings in ponds near where I live..tagging along after their mother.  It’s fascinating to […] Read more »

Mallards – Work in Progress

Mallards in Progress, ~ 9" x 22", watercolor wash on board, ©Rebecca Latham

Mallards in Progress, ~ 9″ x 22″, watercolor wash on board, ©Rebecca Latham This is a new work in progress that I have on the easel, shown here after the watercolor underpainting has been washed in.  I wanted to work in an unusual size for a while and had been […] Read more »

Little Duckling Watercolor

This is a little painting, only 4″x6″, of a duckling swimming.  He and his sibling were following their mother across a small pond.  I was really drawn to the beautiful water patterns and the energetic personality of the little bird. For the painting, I focused on rendering the softness of […] Read more »

Canada Geese Painting on the USFWS National Tour

My painting of a pair of Canada Geese on calm water tied for 5th place in the USFWS 2011 Federal Duck Stamp competition held at the David Brower Center in Berkley, California last week. The painting will be a part of the National tour around the country in 2010-2011 with stops […] Read more »

Barrows Goldeneye – Waterfowl/Duck Watercolor Painting

I recently finished a commission of a number of ducks (waterfowl).  I really enjoyed painting these birds and the habitats.  The models for these paintings were simply beautiful, though the weather decided not to co-operate during our studies (in the rain).  Each bird seemed to have it’s own personality, so a part of […] Read more »

Sign Here Please….

  My print signing sessions have begun.  I put a bit of time in autographing today at Maximum Graphics for the Ducks Unlimited Sponsor Print (only 4,500 more prints left to go!! :) ).   Read more »

Proofing – Ducks Unlimited’s Sponsor Print

    I visited the printer today to approve the final proof for the Ducks Unlimited Sponsor Print.  I think it looks very nice – the colors reproduced well. It is really exciting to see the finished (or near finished) product of your artwork being made like this.  I am […] Read more »

Canadian Goose Print

I never posted the final image of my Canadian Goose painting, so here is the completed piece.  The painting is now in the process of being printed in lithograph.  I will add updates about that a bit later . Read more »

Turkey Day – Happy Thanksgiving!!

I am busily painting on my golden eye drake (duck) painting.  I plan to have some photos of all of these duck paintings online in the blog (and parhaps elsewhere)soon.  I’m just a little behind in that area at the moment .  I don’t really get traditional "vacation holidays" from work ;) […] Read more »