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Showing posts with label techniques. Show all posts
Showing posts with label techniques. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

FINALLY!

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Yahoo!  I finally came up with the image I will demonstrate next Tuesday night at the Kanuga Water media Workshop.  This is a process I can...
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

CHEAP JOE'S NEW WATERCOLOR STICKS TRY OUT!

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My order for the compete set of Watercolor Sticks from Cheap Joe's has been on backorder for about 6 months!  They finally arrived today...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

CONTINUING WITH THE SERIES...NEW PAINTING STAGE 1

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I was looking forward to getting back into the studio...well maybe not in the studio exactly because it is slightly trashed, so I worked in...
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Sunday, January 24, 2010

DEMO PAINTING ON A GESSO SURFACE: WORKSHOP DAY3 SLIDE SHOW!

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I demonstrated how to put a texture into the gesso surface this morning.  I painted this image on the paper in the afternoon.  Everyone wa...
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Sunday, December 20, 2009

NEW DISCOVERY!

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A few weeks ago, Jane Ferguson, (yes, the infamous Jane) brought this idea to Critique group. Jane and I seem to be tuning into the same ch...
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Sunday, September 20, 2009

YES, VIRGINIA, YOU CAN PAINT ON FOIL

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Here is the final result of the painting I started the other day. The GAC 200 worked beautifully. I used Golden Liquid Acrylics diluted a ...
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Sunday, August 30, 2009

"SPLASH GIRLS" ROCK!!!

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Here is the slide show of the first paintings from the workshop. These women are a close knit group of friends who paint together and cal...
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Friday, August 21, 2009

FINAL DAY OF GERALD BROMMER WORKSHOP: MORE IS BETTER!

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Gerry talked about the architect that created the phrase "less is more" then he quoted another architect who stated "Less is ...
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Friday, June 5, 2009

'MY BROTHER'S KEEPER"

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Here is the second painting I have done using the new Daniel Smith Watercolor Sticks. This is a full sheet of watercolor paper. I coated t...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

MONO PRINT SELF PORTRAIT

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I decided to do a self portrait today to mark the beginning of my 67th year. I work on a MacBook and there is a built in program called ...
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Sunday, February 1, 2009

HIGH KEY PALETTE PAINTING

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I was determined to paint an acceptable (to me) painting using this palette from Nina Leland's new color book. I created each palette b...
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Sunday, January 18, 2009

ICONOCLASTIC ARTISTS...HOW TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX

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I have fallen into a pattern most days. I try to read for about a half hour in the morning before I get out of bed. Reading often acts lik...
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Friday, January 9, 2009

FRENCHMAN WITH SKETCHBOOK TECHNIQUE

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I sat at Gallery Concord today with one of my favorite people, Juanita Hagberg. It was great having someone to visit with and bounce ideas ...
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Monday, November 24, 2008

THE BEST OF THE LOT!

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Here is the drawing I liked the best from the drawing marathon. I took another photo of it and that solved the download problem. I took a ...
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Thursday, November 20, 2008

TEXTURE AND COLOR EXPLORATION!

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This is a quarter sheet of 300 lb hot press watercolor paper that was a failed painting. I was anxious to try some of the new ideas I have ...
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Sunday, September 28, 2008

DRAWING MARATHON TODAY!

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Today I was able to go the the quarterly drawing marathon in Palo Alto and stayed for both sessions. It took a little trial and error but I...
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Saturday, September 13, 2008

FRENCHMAN: LINE AS TEXTURE #2

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I'm not sure this really qualifies as "line" but it certainly is TEXTURE! The stamp I used was web-like lines, so I started o...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

LINE AS TEXTURE PAINTING #1 FINISHED

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I spent a few hours today finishing up the painting. My biggest problem was getting the support board to be perfectly level. I am painting...
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

LINE AS TEXTURE PAINTING STAGE 1

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I absolutely love Ann Bagby's paintings. She makes her own stamps. I have purchased the necessary materials to do so, but haven't t...
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Saturday, August 9, 2008

TYVEK TEXTURE TO THE MAX!

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I'm working on a new painting. I decided to try collaging with torn Tyvek. I saw a beautiful painting on Thursday by Leslie that had s...
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