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Taking a Break 21 Aug 2013 | 04:10 am
No, this painting is not part of the series! I decided to take a break. This is something I had all sketched and planned before I went to Kanuga and took Mike Bailey's workshop. It is a full sheet of ...
Still Life Series #4 31 Jul 2013 | 01:10 am
Yes, I am still plugging away at this - sloooowly. A lot has happened in the last month, including welcoming a wonderful new grandson to the family - our 5th! This attempt also emphasizes the elemen....
Still Life Series #3Paintei 11 Jul 2013 | 02:15 am
Painting #3 in the series! I know it is going painfully slow, but it is summer and life keeps getting in the way of painting time. I do believe the compositions are getting better though. I tried to e...
Still Life Series, #2 13 Jun 2013 | 01:35 am
So here is the second painting in my Still Life Series. Much better than #1, I believe. In this painting the design element of SIZE was emphasized. By enlarging the bottle shape and making it darker t...
Still Life Series, #1 2 Jun 2013 | 01:28 am
Here is the first painting in the still life series on which I have embarked. It is not really a "good" watercolor painting to me, as I messed up some areas trying to lift out staining color. But it i...
A New Direction 27 May 2013 | 07:38 pm
The Kanuga workshop with Mike Bailey has encouraged me to pursue a new direction in my painting. I had fallen too much into the trap of copying photos to make paintings. I convinced myself that it was...
Kanuga 2013 17 Apr 2013 | 02:33 am
I recently returned from Kanuga Watermedia Workshops near Hendersonville, NC. I took a four-day watercolor workshop with Mike (M. E.) Bailey, pictured above. The class was wonderful, jam packed with i...
Fun Stuff 19 Mar 2013 | 12:16 am
Here is something fun. A friend in the open studio I attend ( http://lorridavis.blogspot.com )shared how to do this. I bought 4 6x6" pieces of "Gesobord", but you can also use Crescent board, have it ...
Another New Yupo Piece 21 Feb 2013 | 12:27 am
Cathedral Window I have finally completed another Yupo painting, again using the "subtractive method". In case you can't tell, this is from a close-up photo that I took of a poinsettia plant. It is d...
Yupo Painting 10 Jan 2013 | 03:55 am
Here is a Yupo painting I recently completed. It is 23" x 34", almost a full size sheet of translucent Yupo. One advantage of using translucent is that you can choose not to sketch on the paper, but s...
