art – Page 2 – Jacqueline Newbold

Playing with my Muse and Color

January 26, 2017 Artist

Introducing Pixie Star! She showed up to help me along in my creative endeavors….

Ooh!
Pixie Star loves being surrounded by color!

Pixee Star and I have been playing around with my color palette. Those of you who know me, know that I am obsessed with color and watercolor is my favorite medium. In preparing for my All About Color class that I am teaching in my Bend, Oregon Studio, I took a closer look at the yellows on my palette. My goal was to have the warmest yellow and the coolest yellow available. I am happy to announce that I found a cooler yellow than I already had! It is the Daniel Smith Lemon Yellow. It is bright, fresh, and semi-transparent. Next I will try using it in triad and tetrad mixes. If I come up with something great, I will let you know!
Here are some photos from my Color Class. There is some serious color study going on!

Coloring Books Meet Mixed Media

February 10, 2016 Artist

The new Cloth, Paper Scissor’s Coloring Book, Coloring Book Sketchbook, offers more than other coloring books. Not only does it offer various mixed media art techniques, but it is a collection of sketches from many different artists, including one of my sketches of an old Italian door. In her blog post, Jeannine Stein, shows how she uses mixed media to color my sketch of the door.
It was an honor to be asked to contribute sketches for the book and an honor to have Jeannine use mine sketch as a demo!

Here photos of how Jeannine Stein colored my door sketch:

The Fun Continues

November 12, 2015 Artist

Helen and I continue our journey to Sarlat, beautifully well preserved medieval town in the southwest of France. It is an area rich with history and delicious food. Think fois gras! (more about this in my next blog post) Since it started to rain, we found a comfortable cafe and painted in our journals and made some postcards to send to family and friends back home. Here is the view from our cozy cafe:

Here is the postcard I painted while enjoying a warm cup of French coffee:

If you would like to join me on a painting holiday, please check out my upcoming trip to Orvieto, Italy!

Mixing Fun with Fun

October 24, 2015 Artist

Helen and I traveled to France, Spain and Portugal to paint and do a bike tour. We took our watercolor art journals along with us and found fun places to relax and paint. One of our first stops was Saint Jean-du-Luz, a cute fishing village in the southwestern part of France. This area is known for it’s Basque influence, sea food and beautiful, sandy beaches. We painted postcards to send home to family and friends.

Postcards from Saint Jean-du-Luz

Helen’s postcard of boats in the port.

Keeping a Watercolor Travel Journal

September 27, 2015 Artist

Part of the joy of traveling to new places is to take some time to paint in my watercolor art journal. This is my first time visiting Lisbon, Portugal. I am enjoying walking around this colorful city Here is a page in my journal of the cute trolley car. This is what I love to do – paint plein air!

Fun Ideas for your Watercolor ART Journal, Part 3

September 13, 2015 Artist

I am always looking for fun, unique ways to add to my watercolor art journals. While I travel, I always pick up brochures, free maps, coasters, wine labels… Then I add them to my journal pages. I also paint little paintings of what I see along my journey. These all create a lasting memory more precious than any photo album.

Try these ideas!

· Doodle or create Zentangles.

· Connect your writing and glued items with lines, dots and squiggles.

· Collect and add business cards, tickets, postages stamps, cut out words and photos from brochures, wine labels, paper money and postcards from your travels.

What’s on your Wish List, Art Ideas Part 2

November 30, 2014 Artist

An Artist Wish List
My wonderful friend and fabulous artist, Pam Carriker, has come out with her own line of acrylic paints and inks! She has also written several books, Art at the Speed of Light and Creating Art at the Speed of Light and has a brand new book coming out soon.
Her new line is called Matisse and is available for purchase with Jerry’s Artarama Art Supplies. I was fortunate enough to be able to play around with some of her luscious acrylic colors and inks.
They are highly pigmented, light-fast and are perfect for working on watercolor paper and in your journals. There are 12 colors with yummy names such as Poppy, Nightfall and Mustard. The inks are washable while wet making them perfect for washes and calligraphy. Pam is a very talented artist and continues to bring us new art play things to try. Check them out!

Happy Colorful New Year – It’s a Beautiful Day!

January 1, 2014 Artist

“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” Helen Keller

Today is my birthday and the beginning of a new year! I feel blessed in many ways. I am so happy that I made the decision 14 years ago to quit my secure job as a lab technician to stay at home and pursue art. I was scared, lonely and I had no idea what I was doing but I just knew that I had to draw, paint, mix gooey colorful messes and create. I have made so many wonderful new friends. Artists are the best!

Getting Ready for the Red Chair Gallery Show

January 29, 2013 Artist

Heart Series, Love, Love – Mixed Media

Friday, February 1, 2013 is Bend, Oregon’s First Friday. It is like a giant party all over town. The shops and galleries stay open till 9 pm serving food, wine and beer. I will be one of the featured artist at the Red Chair Gallery. In honor of the month of love, I have been having a great time playing around with making some watercolor/acrylic/collage paintings with a heart theme.

More Photos from Irvine- Create & Beautiful Art!

June 6, 2012 Artist

Here are some photos from my classes at CREATE, Irvine, 2012. We learned about color, adding dimension with value, colorful shadows and how to paint along our journey. Thank you all for a fabulous time!