Brushing up a colorful hobby

IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers CALIFORNIA WATERCOLORIST- David Deyell, a member of theThousand Oaks Plein Air Watercolorists, paints with other members of the group at Gardens of the World. Deyell often paints quick sketches in "California style," a loose manner characterized by vivid, often opposing colors, mixed on the paper or with the brush to create many shades.