Summer 2021

For summer I will start out with a flower, a red poppy, I painted for a notecard set that is available on my ETSY site, KenHarrisWatercolors. Click here to visit my shop, https://www.etsy.com/shop/KenHarrisWatercolors?ref=seller-platform-mcnav

It looks really nice printed on a notecard with a simple white background. These are not only beautiful cards, they are a unique and make a great gift. I painted the red poppy using wet and dry brush techniques.

The watercolor below I painted in August, 2021. It won a Premium 2nd Place in the professional Category at the Alaska State Fair this year. It measures 15" x 22" and is painted on Arche Watercolor paper. It is entitled, Matanuska Valley Sunrise. It is a view from the Palmer Hay Flats with the sun rising behind Pioneer Peak in the background. 

This is a unique view of Palmer, AlaskaI painted from a watercolor sketch of three other interpretive views of the Palmer Water Tower.

This is a painting of Matanuska Peak which I can sometimes see from my house.

Below is a watercolor sketch I did in Palmer, Alaska one day on location (plein air).

This is a quick watercolor sketch I did from my front porch one morning in the Matanuska Valley also considered Plein Air.

The above watercolor was a quick watercolor for a very small class I was teaching. I liked the design, thus I am showing it to you.

One more, which I did actually in 2020. I painted this quickly on student drawing paper. You have to paint dry because the paper does not handle water well. It is a man fishing in Alaska based on my own experiences and imagination. Is imagination a bunch of memories creatively rearranged?