Tag Archives: gouache painting
On View Now!
Been so excited, forgot to post the good news! I’ve been submitting pieces to a small works juried art show for the past 3 years and this year I finally got a piece accepted! It is about 6″x8″ gouache painting … Continue reading
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Very Late Crusade :)
So I completely missed the August 1 GPP Street Team Crusade #42 BUT….I did it and tearing paper is not only one of my favorite things, but a major component of my art. So late, schmate (as we say in … Continue reading
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Backgrounds
Saturday Lot’s To Do challenge was backgrounds this week…I so enjoy making backgrounds I sometimes have a hard time using them. The ones above were all in my journal. Below are several scrap papers I worked on that will be … Continue reading
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Exhausted
Wow, I’d forgotten how tiring a new dog can be! He is doing great, though terrified of noises outside and very shy inside. Working with him in slow and steady ways to gently let Batllo know he’s in a forever … Continue reading
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One powerful hour challenge
Today One Powerful Hour’s challenge was “Boy or Girl”–as our host went off to find out whether she was carrying a boy or a girl. My piece focuses one of the many old ways women tried to tell….we’ve gotten much … Continue reading
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Stitches
Both Mixed Media Monday and the Inchy by Inch challenges had “stitches” as their themes. I worked on a gouache background stitching by hand around curves and lines. I added a square of fabric and 2 inchies…one hanging freely–the lower … Continue reading
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Gouache
Yesterday I went back to work. One of the things I do is paint with seniors. This is what I did while side-by-side painting with a woman in her 90′s. It’s simple and sketchy. I usually paint abstractly, but somehow … Continue reading
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