"Apple Core"

”Apple Core” 11"x15"” (#3365) watercolor on Arches paper
by Lee Gordon Seebach

My Sedona Friend

While painting in Oak Creek Canyon (Sedona, Arizona), this squirrel consented to pose for me on a tree branch with his lunch: an apple core that someone discarded. I took a picture, went home, and painted his portrait.

I hope you enjoy seeing this watercolor. It was painted in joy and in celebration of the beauty I find in life.

Have an fabulously beautiful day today and every day!

Liberty 😀 Peace ☮️ Love ❤️

A self-portrait in oil that I painted in 1983.

My website: Seebach Fine Art

We did the West Fork trail in Oak Creek Canyon on our way to Sedona last year and it was amazing.

Yes indeed, it's a beautiful trail! Sedona is a magical place.

I was always wondering why chessmonster? You're incredibly good at chess?))

If I were incredibly good at chess, my handle would be chess master instead! ha ha I'm OK at chess and have a rating of about 1365 USCF. I love to study chess master games much more than I like to play, although I have played in some over-the-board tournaments, but not many. Most of my playing has been online. I've run some tournaments as a director at a chess club I ran, too.

As i remember rating:1365 USCF is not bad, almost 1500! Few more steps and you beat Kasparov.)
About painting.. it's the end of the day so i can't find right words to describe exactly what i feel.
Something like that:

I love the first paint chess respect for you and your work man, you have a magic pencil

Thanks for the nice comment @dim753

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwww amaaaaaaaaaaaazing <3 love it

Thanks! @aymenkallel

You are welcome artist

That squirrel is adorable, haha. I'm gonna show my girlfriend that painting, she will absolutely love it!

Ha ha Thanks @deadspace !

Do you still paint in oils recently?

Hi @siloe I haven't painted in oil for quite a long time. Watercolor has been my all-consuming passion, but I miss it and will get my oil stuff out again soon, I think. Steem on!

You are a master with both

@siloe Thank you. I was primarily an oil painter for many years, working from life. That set me up for working in watercolor, I'm sure of it.

Your approach to watercolor is very oil like, so that makes sense

Most watercolorists can't paint in oil because they rely too much on watercolor techniques and tricks. Oil painting requires sound knowledge to pull it off.

that's what we call : professional skill of painting ! great one

Many thanks! @safwenrekik

Oh my goodness! That squirrel is adorable! Watercolors are my favorite next to pencils.

Thanks so much @vermillionfox !

saw a lot of the grey squirrels in London last week, they are totally used to humans in the parks. That selfportrait rocks!

Nice painting sir 😊 it's a joy to capture glimpses of nature and create art of it☺️

Thanks very much @btcunchained ! It is indeed wonderful to paint our beautiful world.

Nice painting hope that i see it in real live

You're very talented! Never stop painting :)

Thanks @aesthetics OK, I won't. 😉

Thank you @being-human