Welcome to my art studio! Join me on the journey as I muddle my way through painting and blogging. My hope is to share with you some of my paintings, and things I love as well as introduce you to some of my dearest friends. I hope to inspire, encourage, and bring joy to everyone who visits my blog and I welcome your comments. Thanks so much . . . enjoy!
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Hi All! What a beautiful day, perfect actually, warm sun, nice breeze, perfect temperature . . . can't get any better than that.
I'm getting ready to start on a new series of Snowman Christmas Cards. I have wonderful new characters to add to the line of my Frameable Art. Just in case you haven't seen any of last years here are a few and there is one on my initial post.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
I create a light (but not too light) a wash with these colors. First I mix a light wash of cobolt blue as shown here. Then I add small amounts of Davy's Gray until I get a greenish gray color (see the photo below on the left).
I then add a tiny amount of purple lake until I have a gray with a slight purple hue. I realize it is hard to see the actual color in the photo below. Just be careful not over do it on the purple lake.
Once I achieve the suitable coloring I select my escoda 5/0 1212 Kolinsky watercolor brush to paint over my penciled lines around and in the area that I will be painting yellow. You will have to keep stirring the watercolor mixture to keep it from separating as you work. Don't worry if the lines are on the light side. Let dry and erase your pencil lines. You could actually cover all the pencil lines of your sketch should you desire as this color will blend in well.