abstract | art | inspiration | painting
Add Excitement with Texture!
Add excitement to your art! Time for a change? Here are several super art tips how and why and where to create texture in your paintings!
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art | inspiration | nature | painting | watercolors
Walking in the Green Woods (Daniel Smith Watercolors)
How much fun can you have – just walking in the green woods? or just splashing and mixing paints? I had endless fun. Both during my short walk and after, while creating these pretty little foliage green mixes. With only a few brief moments to play, I […]
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art | inspiration | nature | painting | watercolors
Untamed (watercolors)
Untamed….a semi abstract watercolor landscape. What is more glorious than the freedom found in nature?
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art | painting | photography
How To Enliven a Dull (boring) Subject
Boring Subjects! All artists have times when faced with rather dull and boring subjects. And this photo Qualifies! It could be that one shot you were able to get of your trip to Mt. Fuji was grey and murky, not really in focus. Or the flower arrangement you’ve set up just isn’t very exciting today. […]
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art | color | inspiration | painting | watercolors
Color Possesses Me – Paul Klee
Oh so true! “Color possesses me. I don’t have to pursue it. It will pursue me always, I know it.” Paul Klee Whether its test strips of colors perched on my studio table, or paint tubes scattered like gumdrops across the floor. Or perhaps, the stunning colored shadows of a […]
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abstract | art | inspiration | watercolors
Watercolor – Joy and Love
Atwell Gallery has provided myself and thousands of people with fresh new creative discoveries. It was here, while teaching class at Atwell this joyful, sparkling watercolor was created. Like many other absolute beginners, the person was uncertain and just a little apprehensive. Maybe more so. I can only imagine. It makes me think of […]
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abstract | art | inspiration | painting | watercolors
Light
It started with that post from last week. You know, that one about “Control.” Then things progressed. As they often do when it comes to me and art! Light Within, watercolors Turquoise and gold shimmers with beautiful white light from within. This image lets the imagination run free. The wild and free, […]
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Mastering Color
Color enchants us. It makes us feel good. Yet, frustrates us when the painting turns to disaster!
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art | color | inspiration | painting | photography
Its Warm, Its Yellow, Its Chirpy
I can feel it begin to creep in. The edge of unharnessed energy. Tucked away, with no outlet at the present moment. This is a great sign! Its telling me, all those yellow flowers decorating the house…..have done their part in helping me recover. And lets not forget my wonderful family and friends who’ve jumped […]
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art | beginners paintings | color | inspiration | meditation | nature
Share Some Art
As many of you may have discovered reading my articles, I have a very broad scope on what “Art” can be. Sharing Art, is simply a way of giving what one is able to – to some one else. The Forms of ART Art comes in Many Diverse Forms. A […]