The simplicity of watercolors beckons. one brush The Rekab 320s #2 performs this task, this technique with exquisite finesse. one color Burnt Sienna, PBr7 creates the brilliance, the tonal nuances, the clarity, the lack of mud that I delight in. one skewer The tip of a skewer to […]
Saturday is here! Its Time. Time for some silliness….. to create some wild and fun, even hilarious art! No serious poker faces here today. Nope. Make a mess. Put a sheet down. Take it outside. Take it into the garage. Don’t let ‘Tidiness and Mess’ waggle their fingers at your precious artist within. Not […]
Precious. Today’s art adventure was precious. Perhaps priceless. Can I place a price on walking outdoors in cool refreshing air, feeling good, limber and spry? Eyes searching and my mind uncluttered and open? Precious…May mean many things to many different people. For me, I extracted every precious iota of enjoyment out of today’s morning […]
Watercolor that has gone through a twister, shaken – definitely not stirred. So Many ideas from several of my recent posts, have been germinating away. They’ve gone through a Ninja blender and then I’ve integrated them into one design. Watercolor: Shake It Up The Underpinning The post, Watercolour Landscapes Blue and Orange laid the foundation image. […]
‘Something different’ for the Friday photos today. A morning play turning paintings into digital designs and photographs into line art drawings. Fun. Funky. Different. Funky Neon Digital Art This digital photo image was originally, a bright orange watercolor floral painting, seen in the post Inspiration – How It Starts. Processes […]
Cobalt teal blue splashes onto the paper in my efforts for a cooler, refreshing ambience. The palette knife loaded with Acrylic paint slides on the wet paper in a brief fleeting kiss. Perfect for creating smooth applications of color in my abstract painting today. More palette knife posts are The Delightful Palette Knife and Watercolour […]
I love a Good watercolor brush! It dances along and is in complete harmony with your arm, shoulder and mind. Perfect relaxing unity. Thats how its meant to be! I’ll share a few of my top brushes and explain why and how they work for me. We all will have our own favorites, of course […]
Ah, without a doubt, this addiction pulls at my mind daily. Always scanning the room, the beach, the environment, what people wear. All for a glance of my favored paint color, Cobalt Teal Blue pg50. As far as vices go, its one of the nicer ones to have. Sharing it, makes it seem just a […]
Graffiti, grillwork and linoprinting – inspired by Balmain, New South Wales, Australia. These three images are connected and are in harmony through their fascinating twists and turns. Their Designs link them together. Art Forms: Graffiti, Grillwork, Linoprints The first image taken was the grillwork close up. Second was the graffiti on a building wall, […]
Wednesday Watercolors. Today I’m using brushes, pens with Inks, palette knife, acrylics and watercolors. And working in two very different painting styles – one using a botanical style and the other, a loose free flowing abstraction of the flower forms. My silly Strelitzias on Saturday inspired a few photographs and doodles, and my efforts today […]