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Process: Mixing Chinese White Paints
“As an acrylic artist I almost never used white except under other colors to pop them. But as a water-colorist I have reached for white a few times, and I am using an old Sakura Chinese white right now until … Continue reading
Posted in color, creativity, painting, process, watercolor
Tagged Chinese white, mixing, palette, play, watercolor
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Process: Mixing Quinacridone + Caput Mortem Paints
Building from Process: Mixing Hematite Paints, I moved into mixing two colors into each of my paints: Caput Mortem and Quinacridone Gold. The latter has been a favorite of mine for 20 years. Caput Mortem has also been known as … Continue reading
Posted in color, painting, process, watercolor
Tagged caput mortem, cote de azure, mixing paint, palette, quinacridone gold
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Process: Mixing Hematite Paints
New color paints are the yummiest, and my new clean watercolors all moist from a spray call to me. After buying mostly Golden Acrylics for 15 years (and they have watercolors coming out which I am dying to try), I … Continue reading
Posted in color, painting, process, watercolor
Tagged Daniel Smith watercolors, experiment, Genuine Hematite, Golden Acrylic Paints, hematite, mixing, Primatek, watercolor
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Mug of Hope: Mix-it Monthly Challenge
Pia Rom’s prompt this month for her challenge grabbed me immediately, though the colors for this month are not me at all! We collect coffee mugs! Mitchell and I have names for them — Our Happy Mug (white roosters stamped … Continue reading
Posted in art, challenge, creativity, drawing, india ink, journal, painting, shellac, sketchbook, writing
Tagged Blue Sky Pottery, coffee, cup, cuppa joe, Deb Babcock, journal, Mix-it Monthly, morning, poetry
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Celebration! Spring Garlic Green Hot Blackened Pepper Chicken Pot-Au-Feau
I am so glad to be done with the A-to-Z Challenge! Mitchell is glad I am done, because I was rushing through cooking to get to writing to get to posting . . . AACK! Thursday I pulled out all … Continue reading
Mix-It Monthly, Pia Rom’s Challenge
Pia Rom is doing a Challenge called Mix-It Monthly. Nice that it is a once a month challenge, so don’t be afraid to commit! This month is was all about Maps! I am showing Laguna Heart, a paper heart I … Continue reading
Posted in challenge, collage, handmade paper, memory
Tagged maps, Mix-it Monthly, Pia Rom
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Z is for Zinnwaldite: A-to-Z Challenge
Okay, when I heard about this color I was shocked to find the mineral, above, doesn’t look like the color it supposedly produces, right. How is it possible that this gorgeous green grey mica-looking mineral turns into this nothing-to-write-home about … Continue reading
Y is for Yellow: A-to-Z Challenge
Gee, can’t I just use the yellow from yesterday’s post? No? Okay, timed stream of consciousness writing begins . . . When I was twelve my favorite color was pure lemon yellow. I was a tanned beach girl so I … Continue reading
X is for Xanthophyll Yellow: A-to-Z Challenge
Xanthophyll is the yellow pigments that brings many of the images on this page together: it is responsible for the egg-yolk yellow color in leaf pigments. Their structure is similar to carotenes, as in beta-carotenes, found in carrots, and responsible … Continue reading
Process: Sunday Palms!
Working on mastering this medium enough that I can move away from realism and make art that moves me. Today I finally just moved away — playing with palm trees and deep color and texture. I experimented with watercolor graphite, … Continue reading
Posted in color, creativity, graphite, journal, painting, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged palm
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W is for Willendorf: A-to-Z Challenge
I am reblogging my post from zenkatwrites, my other blogging identity, with changes: I am entranced by this small figurine, known as the Venus of Willendorf. I began drawing and painting her twenty years ago. I saw her in a … Continue reading
Journal: Trip to Southern Oregon
We have a guy that is our beloved pal, and he is getting old. He is driving us nuts, because he somehow thinks that he has earned the right to boss us, and have everything the way he wants it. … Continue reading
Posted in art, color, journal, memory, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged blood moon, Cat, chinkapin, dogwood, grape hyacynth, green, hawthorn, Oregon Caves NM
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V is for Vonnegut’s Drawings: A-to-Z Challenge
I love it when I find writers who paint and draw, because I am both writer and artist. Kenneth Patchen, Natalie Goldberg, and Henry Miller are some of my favorites. I enjoyed these drawings of Vonnegut’s and was surprised as … Continue reading
Posted in art, creativity, writing
Tagged HyperAllergic, Kurt Vonnegut, writers, writers who paint
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U is for Ultramarine: A-to-Z Challenge
Ultramarine blue is one of those amazing electric colors that you want to fall into. I first fell in love with the crayola color, then Golden Acrylic’s Ultramarine Blue Deep Hue. It was my go-to blue! Ultramarine blue was originally … Continue reading
Posted in acrylic, color, oil paint, watercolor
Tagged Daniel Smith watercolors, Gamblin, Golden Acrylic Paints, lapis, Primatek, ultramarine blue
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T is for Texture: A-to-Z Challenge
Where would we be without texture? Click on the details and look at the texture, not the color. I am now agreeing to the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International License, which you can learn more about by visiting the … Continue reading
S is for Little Folded Sketchbook: A-to-Z Challenge
Cathy Johnson is a wonderful source of classes and inspiration. She is part of the Artist Journal Workshop: “28 ARTISTS & JOURNALISTS their work and words, interviews, blogs, images, hints, tips, websites and more…” And product reviews. Saved me money! … Continue reading
Posted in art, class, journal, sketchbook, watercolor
Tagged art journal, Cathy Johnson, folding journal
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R is for Repurposing: A-to-A Challenge
I stumbled on this and after starting, thought, why not do it as a mini class? A friend sent me a fridge magnet, and while I was popping it onto our fridge, I realized we had a couple of old … Continue reading
Posted in acrylic, art, class, collage, creativity, handmade paper, painting, process
Tagged craft, fish, Golden Acrylic Paints, horse, magnets, Pitt pens, recycle, repurpose, upcycle
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Process: Tea, Milk, Honey — Our Garden Buddha
If you are following me, you know I am struggling to learn watercolors after years of entrenched acrylic painting. I am following a few folks, and definitely studying the Urban Sketchers. Yesterday I discovered Marc Taro Holmes blogs and he … Continue reading
Posted in color, drawing, painting, process, watercolor
Tagged buddha, hoi toi, Marc Taro Holmes, painting, process, tea milk honey, watercolor
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