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Making Shellac
Top row, three pieces of artwork with shellac and watercolor or ink! Food grade shellac has been used in past for various foods such as the M&M’s above to keep them from melting (“Melts in your mouth, not in your … Continue reading
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VSW: Sunflowers South of France
Direct watercolor. No lines, just wet paint. It is really so hard for me not to use lines! It isn’t that I don’t like my linework images — I do. But I also like what happens when I manage not … Continue reading
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VSW: Washington Irving’s Home NY
Virtual Sketchwalk group on FaceBook went to upstate New York to paint Washington Irving’s home (the author of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.) From scribbles to watercolor, the finished product didn’t please me; I like the scribbled version better. I … Continue reading
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VSW: Disaster Sketching the Lyndhurst Mansion
I wanted to tackle this image from our Virtual Sketchwalk group on FaceBook. This is a lesson in positive critique… I want to paint the light. I’m a novice. Nothing wrong with being a novice… But dang how to paint … Continue reading
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USk: Falling Snow
I gave it a shot, painting the snow falling under the light from the window in our studio. Everything was sooo dark, but the falling snow popped. To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out my … Continue reading
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VSW: French Country House
. Playing on our FaceBook group Virtual Sketchwalk, I loved this image — woudl want to live here in teh South of France! To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory … Continue reading
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Street Scene
I wish I knew where I obtained this image… I know it is a friend’s but I just don’t know whose! Bad on me for not labeling! Direct watercolor, done quickly. ☾ To hear about classes, follow me on Instagram, … Continue reading
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VSW: Berlin, 2, Direct Watercolor
As a lover of inky lines, the class in direct watercolor changed me. I LOVED creating this very fast watercolor by diving in, no planning. I wish I had a bit more foresight about placement, (the image was crowded to … Continue reading
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USk: Oregon on Fire
Wildfire season is upon us again. I sketched this quickly in in the studio in hopes I would get the worry and the words out of my system and be able to paint today on actual projects… It looks to … Continue reading
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