I just love this one! I guess I’m supposed to say that about all of them, but I really like this one. I used several layers of paint so that the colors have a lot of depth. The ink has made such interesting shapes; the whole thing is very satisfying. This is again 12×12 inches […]
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Now this one is just slightly different. After painting the colors and dripping on the ink, I added another layer of paint on top, and then more ink. You can see the first layer of ink just peeking through the paint in several places, but especially in the lower right. I really like how it […]
I’m like a kid in a candy store with these paintings! I can’t get enough of them. This is painted again on pre-printed scrapbooking paper that has been printed with a larger dot pattern. You can see some of the dots in the upper left, ever so faintly. I gessoed the paper, then painted the […]
Oh, am I having fun with these! I love the ink against the colors. This one is painted on a 12×12 inch piece of scrapbooking paper. I bought a big stack of paper, the kind that’s pre-printed with stripes and swirls and plaids. This piece is printed red with tiny white dots. You can see […]
See the previous “Colors and Lines” post for the backstory here. This one is painted in cool shades of green, with bits of red, yellow, white, and pink. The black form was made by dropping India Ink on the paper and blowing through a drinking straw to push the ink around. It’s formed these wonderful […]
Recently, I was doing some collages and wanted a way to add a fine dark line element to them. Something that looked like it was drawn but not so…controlled…as a line drawn with graphite or pen. So, being a former seamstress, I fired up the old sewing machines and ran some free-form lines of stitching […]
I love drawings of all kinds – graphite, ink, black & white, color. Doesn’t matter. I love a gorgeous expressive line. Is it any wonder I was a drawing major in college? Needless to say, I’m a big believer in drawing skills. For me, it’s not about representing something realistically. It’s about hand-eye coordination – […]
When I’m working on an artwork, it always seems to go like this – it starts out great and I’m jazzed about working on something new. There’s an initial ramp-up period where I fumble a bit, but once I get into a rhythm with the new work, things hum along. Then about half way through, […]
I’ve never been one to paint outdoors or in public, even though I admire those types of paintings. I’ve wanted to paint outdoors, in public, but have never worked up the courage. But I’ve been taking classes in journaling, and following blog posts about sketching in public, and I’m gathering up the nerve to do […]