Work In Progress

I spent the afternoon working on this painting, using acrylic glazing and layering techniques. The glazes were done by diluting the paint with acrylic glazing medium.

I love the way glazes create softness and subtle shadings, these are caused by the overlapping layers of color added to the painting.

Work In Progress

Sketch Crawl

Tomorrow the World Wide Sketch Crawl will be held locally at Ghirardelli square and the Marina in San Francisco. Go to Sketch Crawl for more info.

In addition to Sketch Crawl, my husband is really anticipating the great chocolate experience to be found at Ghirardelli square, I think he mentioned a chocolate sundae with the chocolate on the side. yum… He really loves his chocolate!

The Marina is also a very beautiful place to visit and explore.

So grab your moleskins, pens, pencils, watercolors and come join the fun.

Acrylics & Mixed Media

Here are two photos of something I was working on today, I had a lot of fun with this project using a canvas I had prepared with gesso, tissue paper, and various rice papers.

My intent was to play with color and lifting techniques with no particular design element in mind, so when I took a break and stepped back to look at how the painting was developing, I saw some very interesting patterns and shapes beginning to emerge.

I used gel medium, fluid acrylics, flow enhancer, and colored pencils.

Creative Experiments With Acrylics

Today I experimented with creating some more acrylic textures, this time I used Atelier acrylics, Golden acrylics, and Liquitex acrylics.

Test Series #1

Test Series #2

Test Series #3

Crocus Flowers

“When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not”.
- Georgia O’Keeffe

I worked on the Kuan Yin painting this afternoon, laying in some more layers of color and developing the golden bamboo leaves.

Later I decided to prepare another canvas and set it aside to dry. Then I looked out my studio window and noticed rain clouds moving towards us. Ah, such is life…

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