Another Face

this i did late last nite...drawn with a "stabilo marks-all " pencil on watercolor paper and blended with white acrylic paint.....just playing until i have the time to do something on a large canvas.....

"Cutest ever"

had to share these pictures of my "grand babies"......my daughter makes tu-tu's and just took these picutres...i think they are sooooo cute.....

for Annie

if you remember me telling you, i am baby sitting my 2 grand daughters this summer while their mother works...annie, 8yrs. old, is always wanting to paint something......she loves dogs and i love suzan buckner's art......... and one of her paintings of a dog inspired us to do this little dog today....thank you for the inspiration suzan.....and here it is.....

Derwent Graphitint Pencils

these pencils surfaced in my studio tonight and i had to play......i quickly sketched, and then sprayed with water.....when you first put them down on the paper they are rather pale until you wet them.....amazing and they are waterproof after they dry....

W.I.P.

just having fun with this....it is 16x20....big for me......bad lighting at 2am results in a "not so great" picture.....

Mitsi class assignment

the class assignment for week 4 in mitsi's class was to paint (copy) an artist's work...i choose "jesse reno"...... i am enjoying this class very much...it is getting me to let go and just do what-ever.....i am surprising myself ....

the first picture is the original and the other is my "copy"

Week 2 of Mitsi's class

ok, where do i begin....i am taking Michelle Brown's class (full) and having a great time throwing paint everywhere.........this painting was first a "markings" drawing and then we where to go from there...and this is what transpired.... a funny looking bird loving all of nature..... by the way, Mitsi (Michelle) gives great one on one in this class.......

Annie's door progress

annie, my 8 year old grand daughter, started to paint this door in my studio some time ago and she has added more to it....she is having a ball.....

Brown

Brown is the color of the week at twinkle twinkle and i used chalk to do this portrait...just plain cheap chalk that i have in the studio for the kids to play with.....it is done on wood that i collaged papers on some time ago......lots of texture...i tried to capture the texture in my photo... the pop color is aqua but with chalk it did not pop as much as i would have liked it to..... but anyway, it was fun to do....and different .....

added some markings

to this painting...the little "hi guy" in the upper left hand corner cracks me up....lol....he has to go!!!!

Making Marks

just making marks with Michelle Brown. Mitsi, as she is called, has a new workshop ,and of course being the workshop junky that i am, i have signed up for it....it is way different from her watercolour classes and i just had to try it.....check it out.......this piece above is a "making marks" lesson..... i had a blast doing it so i had to share...the top photo is the whole piece and the bottom is a close-up of a section of the piece....

"Yellow"

this week for "Summer of Color" over at Twinkle Twinkle the color is yellow....and here is my yellow.....

Playing with Misty Mawn

This is another exercise from Misty Mawn's book "Unfurling"......i am enjoying it sooo much...this is her first book from what i have read......

this is done on a collaged background...... the portrait is drawn with a stibillo marks all pencil, colored with water soluble crayons, and then you use white acrylic paint to distribute the color.... boy that was a mouth full....if you don't understand, go buy the book.. lol ..i highly recommend it...

oh, i forgot to mention that one of the photos is color enhanced with my photo program.....the other is original....... misty's art is is very soft....i love it... ;-)

Pink-Very Pink!!

This is for the summer of color week 3, pink week, over at twinkle twinkle......

There is a story why i did this portrait "sketch style"...... i just received Misty Mawn's book, unfurling, and in it there is an exercise where you sketch with a "stabilo marks all" pencil and then you soften the lines with a brush and water....then you can use color. i used water soluble wax pastels.... this was the first one i did and i decided that i would use the color pink and use it for the week 3 at twinkle twinkle...

Watercolour Flowers

some watercolour flowers i did to practice.....i cut them out and i will probably use them in something mixed media.....i am taking the "color drop flowers" class from martha lever over at creative workshops....

Green

the color of the week over at Twinkle Twinkle ,you guessed it, is GREEN......and i decided to do another portrait..... wish the shot was better....

Blue

This is"blue" for my first "Summer of Color" piece over at Twinkle Twinkle a fun challange to get you inspired....you probably guessed the first color is "blue" ......... i can use all the inspiration i can get these days...a good pinch would help also.....

it has been hot here in western carolina (90's) and i have to admit i do not like the heat...just want to stay indoors.....the heat is the reason we left florida... happy day!!!... ;-)

Playing This Morning

trying the "color drop" flowers again...... my style....

Yikes!!!!

the ink ran.....i used the rotring art pen and thought it was permanent ink.......not!!!

SheArt #10

on a 6x12 canvas board