I painted this pelican painting today and taught my son how to do his first painting, we did it together, step by step. I felt proud. Available as a fine art print 11 x 14 inches for 30 dollars below.
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Pelican Paintings
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Pelican Painting
I painted this pelican painting today and taught my son how to do his first painting, we did it together, step by step. I felt proud. Available as a fine art print 11 x 14 inches for 30 dollars below.
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Pelican Paintings
Monday, April 14, 2008
Pelican 3
Newest pelican painting, the same one I painted yesterday but in a landscape profile. 11 x 14 inches available below as an original painting or fine art print in different sizes.
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Pelican Paintings
Sunday, April 13, 2008
pelican watercolor painting
Pelican watercolor painting, back to my painting a day - today I completed this pelican. I am going to start giving my son lessons on painting. this one is available as an original 11 x 14 or fine art prints below in different sizes using the drop down box.
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Pelican Paintings
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Albuquerque New Mexico Cityscape painting
Albuquerque New Mexico landscape painting cityscape architecture historical cafe and downtown city street watercolor painting pen and ink drawing original art for your home or business wall 18 x 24 inches 189 dollars
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Southwestern Watercolor Paintings
Monday, March 17, 2008
Sailing nautical art print
Sailing nautical watercolor painting fine art print seascape beach boat realistic artwork 11 x 13 inches 25 dollars plus 7 shipping.
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Beach watercolor paintings
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
sea turtle watercolor painting
Sea Turtle by derekmccrea
For sale as a limited edition print: $20.00 Buy it now at Artbreak!
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Watercolor Paintings
Sunday, January 13, 2008
January 2008 Art Newsletter
Derek McCrea's January 2008 Artist Newsletter
I completed a charity interior design project for Dianne Felton, a charity volunteer design project coordinator from Newport Beach, California. She was completing a project for a young girls room.
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December art newsletter part 11 Dunes
Dunes
Dunes is my first watercolor painting of sand dunes on the beach. I had painted several sand dune paintings in oil and they are some of my favorite works. This work is available as an original and a fine art modern print.
This particular painting was inspired by a visit I took to Cumberland Island, Georgia. An old ferry boat surrounded by shrimp boats loaded up with me, my wife, my two children, my mother (a school teacher) and her students. This spot is an area of the Island that my wife, Sheila, thought looked very romantic as the trail opened up to the gorgeous view of the ocean and beach. I am from Georgia and have only been there once.
This part of Georgia is known as the Golden Isles and is comprised of Sapelo Island, Cumberland Island, St Simons Island, and Jekyll Island. There is a ferry that holds 60 people that departs and returns once a day to the island. I remember the island was very beautiful and one of the most tranquil desolate places I have ever been. The beach suffered less of mankind’s effects and appeared untouched. In the distance I could see wild horses throwing sand in the air, while racing down the beach..
There were no merchant stores or gas stations; no roadways; only the one ranger station that took good care of the sea turtles who returned to the same beach year after year to lay their eggs. The eggs then would hatch and return to the very same beach where they would continue the egg laying cycle started by their parents and grandparents.
I will never forget the several mile long beach side return trip back to the ferry boat at the end of the day. Me, being the only man of the bunch ended up carrying about 100 pounds of seashells in my rucksack for all of the students in my mom’s class. There is nothing better than a romantic walk on the beach while surrounding by tons of first graders. Other than that it was a pretty romantic, quiet day. After returning from the beach I had taken a picture of that favorite spot that my wife noticed over watching the beach and the sunset that beautiful day. Or, send me an email
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Beach Watercolor Paintings
December art newsletter part 10 sunflowers 2
Sunflowers II
This painting has a very unique technique applied to create depth and texture for a watercolour. I began this work with a pallet knife and gesso applied to 140 lb stock Arches watercolour paper. The gesso was applied to create structure for the flowers and a diminishing background with less granulation. After the gesso dried I painted the watercolor normal but could not apply a wet on wet technique as the gesso absorbs the paint when applied. The paint applied over gesso created a 3D effect for the overall painting.
“Sunflowers II” is one of my first watercolours. I became accustomed to completing oil paintings and I used many oil painting techniques with this watercolor painting. Many people have told me this painting reminds them of Leonardo Da Vinci’s floral works. That was not my attempt, as I stated this is a very original work, the only one I know of that is watercolor over gesso.
I have always loved sunflowers. When I was younger I can remember my Grandfather taking me out to the sunflower field. It was 67 acres of sunflowers. I can recall bringing back several sunflower heads that were dried for baking in the oven. The rest of the sunflowers were harvested and sold at the end of the season.
Today in the grocery store we see organic this and organic that with the price of the items doubled because the products are organic. I was born and raised in a time and place where everything I ate was organic, on a huge 2,000 acre farm. Sunflowers remind me of good times and hard fu work while growing up on a family farm. One day I hope to have my own garden and grow my own favorite organic fruits, nuts and vegetables and sunflowers will be among that organic garden. 9 x 12 inches
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Sunflower Paintings
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