double vision...

no, i painted this twice with

different background colors, 

one in oil, one acrylic.

do you have a preference?

darkness into light

still under the effects of 

allergies so i'm barely sliding this

sketch in today.

as i do each friday, i am

linking with paint party friday

collage surprise

in my experimental group meeting we brought collage papers, 

a half sheet of watercolor paper for a  substrate, and adhesive.   we were instructed

to collage every bit of the paper paper without a plan.  when it was dry

we turned it over and cut it up in  pieces so the results were a surprise.  

this is  one of the results.

i mailed it off as a post card.

i went to an exhibit that was highly recommended.

below is is a mixed media piece done by 

carlson hatton.  his pieces are stunning,

thought provoking, in the way he uses image, pattern

 and color.  this photo hardly does it justice.

today i either have bad allergies or the start of a cold and have 

been sleeping for most of the day so i am writing a short post and

no face.  

hugs to all

drummer girl number 2

i am giving her a monochromatic try

to practice darks and lights.

it is said that a new habit is formed after 21 days.

i think doing painting a day since the middle of january

comes under the category of a new habit.

what do you think?

another attempt at painting my son

i am still working monochromatically.  this time

in raw umber and white.  i have to stop for now but will

work on it more later.  i am thinking i might 

paint both sides of the background in the raw umber.

a few days ago i showed you an encaustic face i tried on my first 

attempt at this medium.  . here are a few other encaustic monoprints 

i did that day.

i made this into a 

thank you card.

i learned that encaustics is a lot of fun.  that

having the equipment out and ready 

encourages me to do a few pieces.

also there are an endless number of avenues in 

which to travel with hot wax....

collage, paint, splatter, texture, embedding.

the only limitation is the mind.

my version of some matisse like pattern

in watercolor

i rarely paint in watercolor 

good enough reason to pull out the 

little traveling set i have

to try my hand.  for some reason i've thought it was 

too difficult to use, too unforgiving.

it was quite a relaxing delight.