15x11 watercolor on Arches 140 cold press paper using NO PENCIL. I sprayed multiple colors onto the dry paper then began shaping various parts until the painting was complete. Also have taken photos of each stage so will post this demo as well.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Balls, Birds, and Branches
Friday, December 24, 2010
Quilted Christmas Tree - a card a day
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Ringie Dingie Santa - a card a day
7x5 watercolor painted this afternoon in about 45 minutes of a toy village Santa featured on WetCanvas Weekend Drawing Event; the challenge began earlier than the weekend due to Christmas. This might be my last card a day. If so I hope all of you have a very merry Christmas and a wonderful new year!
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Smiley Face Snowman - a card a day
Monday, December 20, 2010
Woodland Deer-a card a day
6x4 inches watercolor on Saunders 140 lb cold press paper, American Journey paints, done this afternoon. I used black and white photos of a Ruidoso deer and made up the landscape. Spritzing with cobalt blue then spraying with white gouache make up the snowfall. I'm still on a card-a-day even though some posted lately are much larger. Now I'm on a roll and can't quit.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Hold Your Horses
9x12 black Tombow pen ink sketch done today. This is on Bristol board 100 lb, regular surface, using no pencil. I start with black areas first and when all are sketched, I use a #1 script liner brush with water to make grey areas; white of the paper is left as is. This work was done in 2 hours and featured during WetCanvas Weekend Drawing Event currently in progress (photo courtesy Alain). Later I will do a watercolor version of these two workhorses.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Meltdown Magic
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Wintertime Still Life with Cardinal
Monday, December 13, 2010
Emperor Penguin - as seen in Painter's Quick Reference book
15x11 watercolor, which I did a demo for North Light Books PQR: Birds & Butterflies (2008) along with a house sparrow illustration/demo. This imaginary fellow is enjoying his cold domain, lifting his head to heaven so thankful for his snowy world and wishing you all a Merry Christmas. So I can't say this image is one of the cards-a-day but will have a new stunning design for you to see tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Evergreen Santa - another card a day
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Polar Snow - Christmas Card a Day
Friday, December 10, 2010
99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall or 99 Followers
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Carnation Carnival
A bit tired of doing Christmas images (not really!) so I plunged right back into the floral world by drawing and painting the lowly carnation which is my January birth month's flower. Always the cheapest you can buy they are stuck into bouquets for fillers or in funeral arrangements. How sad! I said that this common specimen is so often overlooked by artists...by me, at least in pursuit of more worthy blooms such as the romantic rose, the classic calla lily, or the terrific tulip.
So with that in mind after my drawing was done on 11x15 Strathmore 140 lb paper, I spritzed cobalt blue, arylide yellow, and permanent rose onto dry paper. I used a black and white photo and not color to get as spontaneous as possible. Next I began laying in the darks and wanted this flower to appear multicolored and mysterious, not at all like its usual self. So a pale pink carnation becomes the belle of the ball. Just in time for Christmas! Ho, ho, ho! I hope you like it!
So with that in mind after my drawing was done on 11x15 Strathmore 140 lb paper, I spritzed cobalt blue, arylide yellow, and permanent rose onto dry paper. I used a black and white photo and not color to get as spontaneous as possible. Next I began laying in the darks and wanted this flower to appear multicolored and mysterious, not at all like its usual self. So a pale pink carnation becomes the belle of the ball. Just in time for Christmas! Ho, ho, ho! I hope you like it!
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Artsy Santa on Yupo
Monday, December 6, 2010
Meltdown - a Christmas card a day
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Christmas Card a Day: Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Backwoods Bluejay
5x7 watercolor, painted today, of this jay surveying his autumn landscape and seeing the first snowflakes falling. He's my attempt featured in WetCanvas Weekend Drawing Event in which participants have 2 hours to draw and paint their choice from 16 photo references provided. Reference courtesy maltman.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Red Bird in Snow - card a day
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Alto Clouds
5.5x8.5 watercolor on sketchbook 80 lb paper using Master's Touch. This is from a photo I took in the Alto Lakes parking lot of menacin...
-
15x11 watercolor of a very large strawberry painted twice on separate 140 lb cold press Kilimanjaro paper, then cut one into horizontal st...
-
9x3 mixed media on 140 lb cold press wc paper done today. After pencil sketching the little gnome toy I put in white crayon marks for icy t...
-
7x9 mixed media in Masters Touch sketchbook 80 lb paper using white crayon and White Nights watercolors done last weekend. No reference use...