World Watercolor Month, July 2016 is a project I have been working on this summer. Last summer in June I completed a abstract painting searches each day in the month of June. This year I tried to do something different. Charlie O’Shields started World Watercolor Month just a year ago. He had not been working […]
My Plein Air Painting In A Japanese Gard...
The day before Mother’s day, I had the pleasure of being able to create a plein air painting in a Japanese Garden 2015. It was the second year in a row that I have participated in a joint venture with the Lilburn Arts Alliance and the Lilburn Women’s Club. The home I chose had […]
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The Chicken Foster Family Watercolor
Last week I completed a watercolor of my good friend’s chickens, The Chicken Foster Family Watercolor. This is not the subject matter that I usually paint but when my good friend proudly showed me photos she had made of her chickens, I was taken back by the striking colorful combinations of the feathers on the […]
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Plein Air Painting With The Lilburn Gard...
Two weeks ago I had my first experience with plein air painting with the Lilburn Garden Tour of Homes 2014. The garden tour was the project of the Lilburn Women’s Club with participation of the Lilburn Arts Alliance of which I am a member. I have painted outside before but must admit I usually […]
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Painting With Fluid Acrylic Paints
Recently I decided to try painting with fluid acrylic paints. By this I mean thinning the paints down to where they are transparent like watercolors. This is not a traditional approach to painting with acrylic paints. Using the paints very thick with an opaque look is the probably the most preferred and traditional […]
