Exploring Watercolor
Ok, not so much “exploring” as jumping right in. In July I talked about receiving a new book by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, which sparked my interest in picking up the watercolor brushes again. I noted that this time, I wanted to use artist quality paper and paints. And so I went out and bought some. [...]
Crafting ADD
It seems I have crafting ADD – there are so many things I want to work on or try, that I work for so long on something, lose focus, and move on to something else. I’ve moved from polymer clay, to making hairbows, to picking up some new watercolor paper blocks and even some nice [...]
Final sketch – I think I got it!
I worked on my initial sketch of my daughter tonight, and after two tries and then some clean up to lighten the pencil marks for painting, here it is: I can hardly wait to start painting it, though I may not get to that until tomorrow night after a family outing, due to the late [...]
My current project – art not jewelry
Based on one of my previous posts where I said I was going to start back into drawing and watercolors.. well, here is my first project: On an artists’ forum I recently joined, it was suggested in a class that was done back in 2006, to try overlaying a the reference photograph and the sketch [...]
Re-emerging Interests
I was at the craft store the other day during my lunch break, just looking around mostly to see if there was anything I could use my 40% off coupon on. I came across a book from my favorite watercolor artist, Stephanie Pui-Mun Law. (Also, see her blog at this address). I haven’t done watercolor [...]
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