I Feel Like A Quick-Change Artist

Every Time I Remove Masking With the masking removed, it’s a good time to put the painting away for a few days. I’ll spend this time preparing for a workshop I’m teaching on Sat. and will try not to look at the bridal bouquet portrait again until Sunday. This break will give me a fresh [...]

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Iris No. 16 – Demo Preparation

I’m doing some preliminary masking on Iris No. 16 in preparation for tonight’s watercolor demonstration for Matthews Artists Guild. Looking forward to being with MAG and meeting new artists. And I guess you can see, I cleaned off at least one of my painting surfaces

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House Portrait Continued – Shutters & Windows

Create Harmonious Neutrals   On Palette & Paper   Blending color opposites creates lovely neutrals. Here I am blending red and green to create a range of choices for the shutter colors. Shutters in sunlight will appear differently than shutters in shadow underneath porch roof. Applying first wash. I like the windows to appear lit [...]

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Saving Whites Today…

Hoping To Add Color Tomorrow. You’ll Be The First To Know. Above is a commissioned house portrait in process. For the last few days, I’ve hovered over it with a magnifying glass, finding and fine-tuning little details. A dot symbolizing a front door key lock and a dash for a mail slot. I know these [...]

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