san antonio museum of art


san antonio museum of art, originally uploaded by paul heaston.

You know, if I'd just break out the watercolors more often, I might actually get a little better. I need to work larger and darker, I think. I'll try to come back to SAMA for some more watercolor attempts. This was actually done from a vacant lot just outside the SAMA parking lot, and I'm pretty sure now that I was trespassing. But what's done is done (though I may go back again).

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  1. RobCareySeptember 14, 2010 at 12:38 AM

    Do some more, Paul. It's great. Do you ever use watercolor over your sketches?

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  2. PoppabearSeptember 14, 2010 at 8:14 AM

    I don't think you were trespassing. Were you in the lot across the street, the one with the quote on the wall if you look to your right? I took some pics from there myself not to long ago. Did you see all the museum stickers and nametags on the signposts right in front of the museum?

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  3. Paul HeastonSeptember 14, 2010 at 9:36 AM

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  4. Paul HeastonSeptember 14, 2010 at 9:42 AM

    Thanks all. Poppabear- I was in the vacant lot at the end of Arden Grove, separated from the SAMA lot by a fence. The lot is next to the back entrance of the KSAT building. I did notice all the stickers on the signs outside the museum. I do a similar thing in my dashboard where I stick all my museum stickers.

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  5. Vicky L. WilliamsonSeptember 15, 2010 at 9:32 AM

    Wonderful watercolor!
    I'd like to visit this museum next time I'm in San Antonio. I really love the McNay Art Museum -- I was there a few years ago doing research for a local history museum. Marion Koogler McNay grew up in our small town and her collection was paid for by her inheritance of oil revenues from here.

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