Todd Anderson

Watercolor painting of laundry hanging out to dry along multiple floors of an apartment building in Lisbon, Portugal. A mutiple-story, pastel yellow apartment building has a stark blue-purple shadow cast upon the right side from another apartment building behind the viewer. On the first floor is a wide, multi-paned screened in window, with various articles of clothing strung to dry in front. The level above has sheets and towels hung on wire and metal structures, with a single window. On the roof is a small entry with more clothes hung to dry, covered in shadow.

Lisbon Apartment Laundry. Direct Watercolor. 20"x16".

Been a tough go at painting larger format after basically a whole year focused on a travel easel. This one didn't get crumpled up like the last handful.

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Thank you 😊 There was a group that started on Facebook but has since switched to another platform that ran a "direct" watercolor challenge one month out of the year. There are different interpretations of it but mine is: no preliminary sketches, no underdrawing. Just start painting and hold on

thank you 😊

Back Home. Direct Watercolor. 12"x9", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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Watercolor painting of a small Loempia Cart in Scheveningen, The Hague. A one-person food card resides on the corner of the marina in Scheveningen. The cart sets, slightly teetered on a cement community square with long poke structures resembling ship masts. In the background are some red roofed, and brown brick facade apartments. A noon-day, blue sky hangs above the scene.

Loempia Cart, Scheveningen. Direct Watercolor. 12"x9", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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Watercolor painting of the cargo ship, Veerhaven VIII in Rotterdam, Netherlands. A white cargo ship with orange roofing is seen in profile, creating an angle from the upper left toward the bottom right. Various square windows dot its side, slightly in shade, while its dock cast back the sunlight in white. The water, encapsulating the boat, is an ochre blue and reflects back the ship in the lower half of the scene.

Veerhaven VIII, Rotterdam. Direct Watercolor. 12"x9", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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We arrived in The Hague twelve months ago and sadly it looks like our stay here is over. There are another 12 not shown that went straight to trash.

First and last set will come with me on the plane... the others might meet another fate.

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Watercolor painting of Molen de Roos in Delft, Netherlands. The lower portion of the windmill is seen on the right, a large purple shadow being cast from its wooden plank stage. A series of windows runs vertically on the right side of the windmill while an entrance with opened, wooden doors appears on the left side. A building with a swooping facade abuts against the windmill, with windows of varying sizes.

Molen de Roos, Delft. Direct Watercolor. 12"x9", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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Exciting news to hear that "Janskerk, Haarlem" was awarded Outstanding Watercolor in the June 2025 BoldBrush Painting Competition!

Thank you to the juror, SC Mummert! And thank you to the patron who has already found a home for it 😊

thank you! 😊

Salon in Town. Direct Watercolor. 20"x16", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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Watercolor painting of the side of a small ice cream stand in front of the Kurhaus in Scheveningen, The Hague. A large cream and royal-blue striped canopy extends from a small ice cream stand with the brick and domed architecture of the Kurhaus in the background. A person, in shadow sits on a white bench, under the canopy and in front of billboard advertisements for ice creams and shakes. A sandwich board, in shadow, displays other items on the left. A pink sign, covered in sunlight rests atop the stand with candy-blue lettering.

Ice Cream Stand, Kurhaus, Scheveningen. Direct Watercolor. 12"x9", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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Lourdeskerk in Scheveningen, The Hague. A church with a tall, slender bell tower rises into a bright blue sky under sharp morning sunlight coming from the left. The tower extends vertically in the scene, framed by red-brown brick buildings with brilliant orange tile rooftops. A stark, purple shadow travels along the buildings from the right creating a silhouette of the small tower to the left on the entrance to the church, below the tower.

Lourdeskerk, Scheveningen. Direct Watercolor. 12"x9", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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Watercolor painting of the facade of an old government building in Delft, Netherlands. A grey, stone brick building facade covers the upper two-thirds of the scene, with tall, slender windows. The ground floor windows are accompanied by red, wooden shudders. Above the windows are ached reliefs. The sharp sunlight from the left casts dark shadows along the facade and shudders. There is a small half-arched window on ground level along the sidewalk, behind posts strung with a chain. In the foreground is a brick road dappled in purple shadows.

Gemeenlandshuis, Delft. Direct Watercolor. 12"x9", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

There is so much ornamentation on the building, but I love the wooden shutters the most.

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Watercolor painting of the side of an apartment building. The red brick building is mostly covered in a large dark purple shadow from a building to the right and out of frame blocking the bright sunlight. A single paned window reflects back the blue sky.

Van Loostraat Apartments. Direct Watercolor. 12"x9", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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thank you! 😊

Watercolor painting of a fried chicken restaurant on the main street along the beachside resort toe of Scheveningen in The Hague. The red brick facade of the restaurant has indescript letter signage in white with a chicken logo above a ground floor entry. The ground floor has an entry to the left with a banner describing products to the left above an empty table and trash bin. To their right is a half-oval canopy with a logo hanging over tall windows revealing interior seating and additional signage. In the background, hazy buildings hem the restaurant in the frame with a blue sky in the distance.

Beachside Chicken Palace. Direct Watercolor. 10"x8", 140lb Arches.

So intrigued about this place. Not sure I have ever seen it open. It must have been open at one point, or intended to open. So much signage and shadows.

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very nice! 👏

Watercolor painting of ships along the marina in Scheveningen during Vlaggetjesdag. A figure sets on a long bench in the foreground facing boats setting in a marina. The boat on the left has a cream and red wooden accommodation. Figures appear next to the upper and lower entries, under large flags in various folds from the light wind. To the right is a boat with a large, dark purple sail and red, wooden mast.

Vlaggetjesdag, Scheveningen. Direct Watercolor. 10"x8", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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Watercolor painting of a seaside ice cream vendor along the boardwalk in Scheveningen, The Hague. A portable vending cubicle sits in blue metal chrome, its interior in shadows of warm yellow and reds with dark signage. Along the bottom are posters of various food items sold, while in the upper part words read "ijs" (ice cream). A family of three stands at the counter in the foreground, ascending in height from left to right. So many decisions.

Ijshandel, Scheveningen. Direct Watercolor. 10"x8", 140lb, Arches Cold Press.

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Watercolor painting of buildings along Statenlaan in The Hague. Hazy summer sun in a pale blue sky casts large, angular, purple shadows across two abutted buildings. Each building has multiple upper story apartments and ground floor storefronts. The building on the left is white painted brick with ornate molding above the second and third floor bay windows, which have various shadows drawn and reflecting back the sky. The ground floor storefront window is in a hazy shadow below a half-protracted cream awning. The building on the right is red-orange brick with tall rectangular windows capturing the purple shadow. It's ground floor storefront is also darkened with indescript objects set on its sill.

Summer along Statenlaan. Direct Watercolor. 10"x8", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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Watercolor painting of a Coast Guard ship in Scheveningen, The Hague. A blue sky hangs above a ship with an ultramarine blue bow, white middle accomodation and bright orange roof. The main mast and antennas are in yellows and ochres arising on the right. Stairs protrude from the accomodation - taking up the middle band of the view - casting angled, purple shadows on windows and doors along the main deck. A brown and orange gangway extends in the center toward the foreground.

Kustwacht, Scheveningen. Direct Watercolor. 10"x8", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

Not my usual subject matter, but we have a wonderful marina here and find the ships intriguing.

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Watercolor painting of a street market in Palermo, Sicily. A large, cream colored umbrella is seen from the underside as it takes up the width of the narrow cobbled street in downtown Palermo. The vendor stall, covered in dark shadows draping indescript people, is set on the street between two ochre buildings with tall thin windows dappled across their multiple stories. A small keyhole of blue sky peeks out in the upper middle of the scene while light floods the buildings and casts a long purple shadow down the street toward the viewer.

Palermo Street Market. Direct Watercolor. 8"x10", Arches Cold Press.

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Watercolor painting of the back of a big blocky grey building along Washington Street in Middlebury, Vermont.

Behind Washington Street. Direct Watercolor. 16"x20", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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Cottage in Lauterbrunnen. Direct Watercolor. 10"x8", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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Watercolor painting of buildings along Prinsegracht in The Hague, Netherlands. A cloudless blue sky hangs above two buildings at a cross section along a wide street. The buildings are separated by an alley, darkened by the bright sunlight coming from the right. The three story building on the left has a red tiled roof and ochre facade. The building on the right is amassed in different levels and shapes, with a tall structure and pointed metal roof closer to the center of view. A large red door with darkened windows resides in the lower right, below large windows reflecting back the blue sky. In the foreground is a street with a blocky purple shadow running from right to left.

Along Prinsegracht, The Hague. Direct Watercolor. 10"x8", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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thank you so much for the kind words 😊

Watercolor painting of Janskerk and archives entrance off Jansstraat in Haarlem, Netherlands. Sun drenches the bright, red brick church in the right with tall pointed arch windows reflecting back an opaque green-blue. An ornate arched entry way in ochre resides below, with dark, sharply angled shadows leading to the interior courtyard. To the left is a stepped gable facade with a darkened window on the second floor and several windows on the ground floor, draped in a dark purple shadow cast from a building behind the viewer. In the foreground are a sidewalk and street with indescript form.

Janskerk, Haarlem. Direct Watercolor. 12"x9", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

The detail-oriented side of me wants to get my brushes in that shadow, but the slacker side of me asks what more could be said in there?

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thank you for the kind words 😊

Watercolor painting of a storefront in Middlebury, Vermont.

Storefront in Town. Direct Watercolor. 10"x8", 140lb Arches Cold Press

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