It’s never too late… Brigit Koopsen’s #31productschallenge actually began on October 1, 2018. The plan is to use a different product each day for a period of 31 days. That may sound like a lot. But, Brigit came up with a list of 91 products. Here is her list. I don’t think I have all these products. However, I have …
Doodled Hydrangea
A 9” x 12” Original Watercolor Painting with Black Ink Doodling. A purple and pink hydrangea. I did a very loose watercolor painting using Opera Pink, Moonglow, Shadow Violet, and Green Yellow. Once dry, I began to doodle the hydrangea petal shapes along with some leaves. This is not my typical style…but I love it. Recently, I have been watching …
soulful lady #2
Sometime ago, I participated in a Sue Kemnitz class… “sketching the artful ladies”. I am so in love with her style. I know there are some similarities in my “soulful ladies”. But, I believe my style will rise to the top over time. soulful lady #1 was done in my Dina Wakley Art Journal…using Dina’s Scribble Sticks. She was inspired …
Eighty-two New Paintings
Over the past two weeks, I have been busy adding to the store some of the paintings I have completed since the first of the year. Most of them are watercolor…with 2 using acrylic. Here they are: The Berry Collection 18 Watercolor Paintings and 1 Acrylic Painting birds birds birds 6 Watercolor Paintings All Things Trees 6 Watercolor Paintings Beach …
My Index Card Process… Part 2
Using these 5 paints, I added more and more layers to the 3 cards I selected. The 4 Fresco Finish paints are chalk acrylic paints in the following colors: Inky Pool, Pumpkin Soup, Dusty Teal, and Candy Floss. They have a very matte finish…as opposed to the glossy finish of other acrylic paints. The much loved paint on the right …
My Index Card Process… Part 1
I confess…I don’t do videos…not yet. Hopefully, that will change soon. What I hope to do here is to reveal to you in photos what my process is for creating the index cards that began with 2018 ICAD. Normally, the first thing I do is gesso the index cards. Thinking I would start with 3 cards…I gessoed the card and …
the index cards continue…
The 2018 Index-Card-A-Day (ICAD) challenge completed on July 31. Having several unused cards, I decided to carry on a little longer. When working on the index cards, I often have several cards in various stages. Here are the three cards I had in progress on August 6, 2018. You will notice the similarities: Liquitex Raw Sienna Spray Paint, orange acrylic …