Monotype: Back Yard Vacation
Back Yard Vacation 4×6 dark field Monotype with colored pencil Back Yard Vacation was created using the same process as the last post (see images
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Watercolor: Sun Beam Tracker (watercolor of a cat)
Sun Beam Tracker 8.25×7.75 Watercolor I’ll be at the Thousand Oaks Art Festival this Saturday & Sunday, from 10-5:00pm in booth #32. This is the
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Watercolor: Reach for the Sun
Reach for the Sun 8×8 Watercolor on cradled wood Available in my Etsy Shop Thank you for the encouraging emails, comments and notes after the
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Watercolor: Three Lemons on Blue (and When Haters leave Comments)
Three Lemons on Blue 5×8 Watercolor Haters and Trolls in the Comments This summer, the haters are out in swarms. Among my community of artisans
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Mixing Water Soluble Graphite and Watercolor
Mixing Water Soluble Graphite and Watercolor A friend came over with new art supplies to test, and I’ve been curious to try mixing water soluble
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Intaglio Etching: Sure Temptation
This intaglio etching and watercolor was the result of a print-exchange with 12 fellow printmakers. We clipped the alphabetical headers from the upper corners of
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Watercolor Still Life: Rieke’s Bowl
Rieke’s Bowl 3×6 Watercolor Sold I’ve been working on a large painting on the floor because it’s too big for my easel. It reminded me
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Rejection in the Art World
Rejection in the Art World Good news and bad news… Yesterday, the bad news came via email that my work was rejected in two juried
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Watercolor Portrait: Stay Here
Stay Here 3.5×3.5 Watercolor on paper (Sold) Watercolor Idea While working on a big painting in the studio, I had a small and quick watercolor
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Watercolor on wood: Yellow Roses
Yellow Roses 3.5×3.5 Watercolor on wood block Sold This week, I’m painting the largest watercolor I’ve ever attempted. The paper is larger then standard watercolor
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Monotype: German Conversations
German Conversations 6×9 Monotype with colored pencil A monotype is a very painterly printmaking method, and it doesn’t require any harsh chemicals, so it’s perfect
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Watercolor: Girl from Corfu
Girl from Corfu Watercolor & colored pencil on paper Available in my Etsy Shop.A few years ago, I attended a wonderful figure painting workshop with
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Woodcut: Lily
Lily 8.25×6.25 Woodblock print with watercolor and colored pencil Process shots begin at the bottom of this post. The woodblock print is available in my
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Mini Woodcut: Grange
Grange 4×3 Woodcut with watercolor and colored pencil Available in my Etsy Shop. I have a couple of new wood/linocut printmaking video tutorials in the
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Collagraph Printing from a sheet of Mat Board
Collagraph Printing from a sheet of Mat Board The plate for this collagraph (see process shots below) was made from mat board and kid-grade construction
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