Watercolors by Susan Roper

I am a watercolorist living in the desert Southwest, a native of that area. My husband and I enjoyed traveling in our motorhome and I have taken many photographs to be used as reference photos for future paintings on these trips. I have been painting since 2000, it is a passion for me and I have enjoyed exploring all the different subjects to paint; landscapes, florals, portraits, etc. Please feel free to comment below or at susanroper@cox.net.

Friday, May 31, 2024

This was a colored pencil drawing I did for a "Doors" challenge last month. It is colored pencil on drafting film, which is a med...

Sunday, June 05, 2022

I saw this photo online and wanted to recreate it in watercolor. This will be a study and will not be sold as I will always protect the copy...

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

I finished this yesterday, I'm hoping the way I'm seeing this while posting doesn't show up with such strong colors when it'...

Friday, May 20, 2022

Worked on this a bit this morning. While viewing this across the room I noticed that I had inadvertently made the desert trail looked like a...

Monday, May 16, 2022

I'm just getting the bones of this painting established and moving on to more detail. I'm thinking I will continue in this soft colo...

Friday, April 29, 2022

I think I have played around this enough to call it finished, It was done mainly to expand my skill in painting on Yupo and have fun doing ...

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

I will post this work in progress today to keep track of the changes since I am making this one up as I go. I have no particular end result ...

Monday, April 25, 2022

I did the bottom two thirds of this painting about nine years ago and have had it framed and hanging in my home. I kept thinking it was b...

This was the first painting I have created in about two years. I am really trying to get back what I've lost through inactivity, and I ...

Monday, December 28, 2020

This is a painting from a few years ago that is a test to see how to insert a photo into my blog again. Its been so long since I have done i...

As I revisit this blog, I am ashamed to see how many YEARS it has been since I last posted here. This is my effort to restart my badly inte...

Saturday, July 19, 2014

Hooray!

I met with my hand surgeon, who knows how long I have needed but been unable to have this surgery. He is ready to go, and has scheduled my s...

Saturday, July 12, 2014

I see it has been six months since I last posted here. It has been such a mementous six months in our lives. My Tom was hospitalized and re...

Friday, January 31, 2014

Maryann's Sunset

This is a painiting for which I used Maryann Watkins special photograph taken at sunset at the Desert Botanical Gardens. I exercised my ...

Sunday, January 19, 2014

ArtChix Sale Yesterday

Yesterday I participated in my art group's (ArtChix) art show/sale. It was well-attended, I was especially honored to have an old ...

Wednesday, October 09, 2013

New Book Review - #365slowcooker

As you can see on my sidebar, I find interesting, non-art related sites that I visit regularly. While anything slow-cooking related has noth...

Sunday, October 06, 2013

Maryann's Butterfly

A big thank you to Maryann Watkins for sharing her excellent photo from her trip to a butterfly refuge. This is a small (7 x 5) paintin...

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Red Cabbage

I must be in a purple phase or something. This is the first in a series of small (5x7) paintings I am doing to get ready for our first Ar...

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Funky Cactus

I have been working on this one for a couple of weeks; got it to the point where I can see if there is anything else I want to do befo...

Friday, August 16, 2013

Finally, a painting!

So far this summer I have been working on ATCs (Artists Trading Cards) for a group I was invited to join. I have now completed them, and w...

Saturday, May 25, 2013

We have our neighbors' flag here, amidst the sunset contrails of jets from Luke Air Force Base which trains those who protect us a...

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Cowgirl Up! Visit

These nine art friends and I visited the "Cowgirls Up! exhibit. We carpooled to Wickenburg, AZ for this exhibi...

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Ocotilla - 2013

Every year our huge Ocotilla gets prettier and prettier. This year I am taking a photo as most of the blooms have opened up now. We had ...

Sunday, March 31, 2013

A-Z Visit

Aubrey and Zane came to visit last Thursday and we had such fun! Aubrey was in her princess dress when they arrived, and very much looked...

Friday, March 22, 2013

Taos Shadows

This is a painting I finished (?) yesterday at the Thursday afternoon watercolor group painting session/therapy session/comedy club. ...

Saturday, February 09, 2013

Colorado Barn - WIP 3

I am calling this WIP 3 since I haven't completely decided if it is finished yet, or not. I like it the way it is, but maybe I have mi...

Thursday, February 07, 2013

Colorado Barn - WIP 2

In the interest of maintaining some artistic integrity here, I am posting the WIP 2 of this painting, although I am hardly proud of this ...

Saturday, February 02, 2013

Colorado Barn - WIP 1

I decided to add some more WIPs to my blog, so here goes with my current one. This is from a photo I took from the highway traveling from ...

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Painting Left-Handed

I am placing this painting on the left side of the blog since I painted it left-handed. The January project for the Watercolor Workshop wa...

Friday, January 04, 2013

New Year's Eve Surprise

Our son, Ben and his longtime fiance surprised everyone with the announcement they were getting married on New Year's Eve. We found t...

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Remember Our Freedom Fighters

While checking out some of my fav blogs this morning, I found a wonderful poem on Coni Kornell's blog . It truly says a lot that we shou...

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Merry Christmas

This painting from the past is for all my cyber friends and family...I send best wishes for a blessed Christmas and blessings for 2013....

Giverney - WIP 1

Thanks to Joan Hahn-Widman for sharing this photo of Monet's garden and allowing me to paint from it. I still have lots to do, clean ...

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