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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Eucalyptus trees along the path in my neighborhood park #watercolor #landscaypainting #trees

Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Toyon, buckwheat and some other fun plants in my California native garden #watercolor #californianativeplants #toyon #buckwheat #shadows

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Watercolor sketch of the lemon tree in my back garden. Just focusing on the trunks and trying to capture a sense of light #watercolor #watercolour #lemontree #light

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A color sketchbook study. The oak tree in my reference was green of course, but wanted to see what red might do in terms of emotional impact plus just fun to experiment #color #gouache #oaktree #colorexperiment

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Plein air painting in Moss Beach at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve #pleinair #watercolor #seascape #oceanscape

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Plein air sketch of succulents in a friend’s garden #pleinair #gouache #succulents #garden

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Pleasantly surprised to win second place at the Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society’s member show “Imagine That!” Thanks to juror Robert Semans and to all the members who put on such a lovely show #scvws #watercolor #artexhibition

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Sketchbook class exercise. Having fun channeling my inner Van Gogh. #sunflowers #gouache #neocolorii #stilllife

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A quick sketch of a what used to be the First National Bank built in 1920. Now it is a restaurant. #losgatos #pleinair #watercolor

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Painting plein air among the flowers in Fremont’s California History Park #pleinair #garden #landscapepainting

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Sketching a still life with flowers while thinking about Berthe Morisot’s color. Hard to capture the radiance of her oils in gouache, so I added some casein. #sketch #flowers #stilllife

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Still life with apples. This gouache sketch was done looking at how Cezanne used color temperature over value to create volume. #stilllife #color #gouache

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Little River near Mendocino. So happy that this one sold right off my easel to an off duty park ranger out for a day at the beach with his little daughter #pleinair #casein #landscapepainting

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Self portrait in watercolor, gouache and water soluble crayons #selfportrait #sketch #mixedmedia

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Portrait of my husband when he was younger, but of course it doesn’t really look like him. Applying what I have learned about Rembrandt and how he used color #sketchbook #portraits #gouache

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Susan Butler-Graham @sbutlergraham.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Tried the crayfish with different colors 8×10” watercolor

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Little sailboat called Calm Horizons painted with casein paint (milk based). #casein #sailboat #boatpainting

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

A little stream running through the Baylands with butterflies today #pleinair #Baylands #landscapepainting #gouache

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Little gouache from a photo taken last year in Mendocino. Getting some practice in before my next visit #gouache #landscapepainting #seascape #oceanscape #menocino #californiacoast

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I painted over a small watercolor landscape with gouache working to establish clear cool and warm zones. I think it made the shadow on the slope feel shadier and the sunny area more blazing #seascape #gouache #colortemperature

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Here is the rest of my painting that I gouached over with Bonnard inspired color. I’m tickled (as my mom would say). #figurepainting #gouache #color

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Starting to work over an unsatisfactory watercolor painting using gouache and some ideas I learned about Bonnard’s use of color. I like what is happening #color #mixedmedia #figurepainting

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

A different viewpoint of the setup. This time I’m using granulating watercolor to create the optical color mixing #watercolor #stilllife #color #experiments

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Same subject as yesterday, but this time using watercolor #stilllife #watercolor #color

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I’m taking an online class on Bonnard and his use of color taught by Barbara Fugate (amazing artist and teacher). This is a sketch I did in the class #color #sketching #stilllife

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Spent the morning painting on the dunes with friends at Sandholdt Beach in Moss Landing, California #pleinair #watercolor #dunes

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Finished with this one. Not sure if it’s improved, but time to move on #acrylicpainting #oceanscape #californiacoast

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Yesterday’s plein air painting of lily pads on Glenwood pond #pleinair #watercolor #lilypads

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

A studio redo of yesterday’s plein air painting of a black-crowned night heron. Took more time finding the shapes of the foliage and added more color #watercolor #bird #heron

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Privileged to spend the morning observing a black-crowned night heron at Vasona Park today #pleinair #watercolor #black-crownednightheron

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Mixed media still life sketch - Virgin with auto-rickshaw toy and binoculars #drawing #stilllife #mixedmedia

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Sketching my husband at his computer using neo color II crayons #crayon #drawing #figuredrawing

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The weird and wonderful bald cypress trees at Niles Community Park in Niles California #pleinair #watercolor #baldcypress

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I worked some more on this view of the Santa Teresa mountains - basically I darkened the value of the mountains. I’m much happier with it now. 22x14” #watercolor #mountains #springtime #California

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Sketched this scene yesterday at Guadalupe Oak Grove Park then finished up the painting today in my studio. #pleinair #watercolor #pencilsketch

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Annie Haines @anniehaines.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Out at the Baylands in Palo Alto today with my plein air group #pleinair #watercolor #baylandsnaturepreserve

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