Shannon’s portrait of Genevieve and her horse – start to finish – Nov 2013 – Feb 2014

Shannon Brown is the person we can all thank for getting me going leading watercolor groups. She kept on me as I stalled, because I had no idea what it meant to teach people how to paint. Shannon also takes workshops from a beautiful painter, Jeanne Vodden, who uses just three pigments and lays down many layers. This is a portrait of her daughter and her horse using that technique that Shannon worked on through the winter this year. The image she worked from was taken inside in an arena, but she decided to put them outside near vinyards and hills. It’s a beautiful painting. Hope you enjoy seeing how it evolved.