Jacqueline’s Blog – Page 23 – Jacqueline Newbold

Sprinkle, Splash and Splatter: Creating Texture with Watercolor

September 15, 2013 Artist

Here is a fun little book that we will be making in my workshop; Sprinkle, Splash and Splatter: Creating Texture with Watercolor with the Portland Art & Soul Retreat, October 4th, 2013. All of our sample paintings and colorful exercises can be spiral bound into a reference book. We will be exploring lots of ways to make texture that can be used to create the look of an old stone wall, sand on the beach, wood, rocks, trees and much more. There is still room in the class so I hope you will consider signing up! Here are a few photos from my texture reference book.

Houses and Hideaways – a Sketchbook Challenge

September 10, 2013 Artist

The sketchbook challenge is hosting a very exciting 21 day blog hop event to celebrate this months Houses and Hideaways theme!
Welcome to my hideaway! It is of course my studio that is located above our garage. It is a great big room filled with light and color and was featured in the summer issue of Studios Magazine.

Follow along in this short video as I paint a field of sunflowers in my watercolor art journal. Here is a list of the paints and supplies I use to paint this scene in my watercolor journal. All of these supplies are included in my Daniel Smith Extra Fine Watercolor Jacqueline Newbold Travel Kit available for purchase at Daniel Smith Art Supplies.

Arches® Watercolor Book 140lb, 10in x 7in
DANIEL SMITH Watercolor New Gamboge 15ml
DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Permanent Red 15ml
DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Quinacridone Burnt Orange 15ml
DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Cerulean Blue 15ml
DANIEL SMITH Watercolor Phthalo Turquoise 15ml
DANIEL SMITH Platinum Series watercolor brush 24-3 Round 8

The Sketchbook Challenge September Blog Hop

September 7, 2013 Artist

The first ever Sketchbook Challenge blog hop is about to start!

The sketchbook challenge hosts have a surprise for you. For the next 21 days we are celebrating this months Houses and Hideaways theme with a blog hop! Each day, you’ll find a new post on this blog related to this month’s theme that will also include a link to the artist’s own blog, where you’ll find tutorials, video’s, studio tours, exciting giveaways and more!

Take a look at the line up of posts below and come back each day to be inspired!

Sept 9 – Gina Lee Kim http://ginaleekim.blogspot.com/

Sept 10- Me 🙂 -> Jacqueline Newbold http://djnewbold.blogspot.com/

Sept 11 – Sue Bleiweiss http://www.suebleiweiss.com/blog

Sept 12 – Jackie Bowcutt http://stitchworks-jackie.blogspot.com/

Sept 13th – Kristin La Flamme http://kristinlaflamme.com/musings

Sept 14- Jane Davies http://janedavies-collagejourneys.blogspot.com/

Sept 15- Lyric Kinard http://lyrickinard.blogspot.com/

Sept 16 – Terry Grant http://www.andsewitgoes.blogspot.com/

Sept 17- Carol Sloan http://www.carolbsloan.blogspot.com/

Sept 18- Leslie Tucker Jenison http://leslietuckerjenison.blogspot.com/

Sept 19 – Lesley Riley http://www.lesleyriley.com/weblog/

Sept 20 – Traci Bunkers https://www.tracibunkers.com/blog/

Sept 21 – Lynn Krawczyk http://smudgedtextilesstudio.com/blog/

Sept 22 Desiree Habicht http://myclothesline.blogspot.com

Sept 23 – Jamie Fingal http://jamiefingaldesigns.blogspot.com/

Sept 24 – Mary Beth Shaw http://mbshaw.blogspot.com/

Sept 25 –Kari McKnight-Holbrook http://backporchartessa.blogspot.com/

Sept 26 – Deborah Boschert http://deborahsjournal.blogspot.com/

Sept 27- Susan Brubaker Knapp http://wwwbluemoonriver.blogspot.com/

Sept 28- Laura Cater Woods http://www.cater-woods.com/weblog/

Sept 29- Jane LaFazio http://janeville.blogspot.com/

Joining the Sketchbook Challenge Team!

August 28, 2013 Artist

I am thrilled that I have been asked to join the Sketchbook Challenge Team! Here is an exert from my first post. Why not read the whole post at: http://sketchbookchallenge.blogspot.com/

I love taking my watercolor journal with me on my journeys. Sometimes the unexpected journeys are the best ones. I had that opportunity just last week when my youngest daughter needed to move back home after graduating from college. I did not want her driving over 1,000 miles all by herself so I decided to fly to Denver and drive home with her.

Enjoying the last bits of sunlight as the sun sets, Yellowstone National Park

Congratulations!

August 20, 2013 Artist

Congratulations to Kathleen for winning my Artful Gathering Workshop raffle prize! All registered students in my The Good, the Bad, and the Beauty of Color Workshop were eligible and I had my daughters use random.org to generate the lucky winner. She is the winner of this original watercolor painting:

Pear on a Ledge, Watercolor

Creating Drama in Black – Art Journal Tip

August 19, 2013 Artist

Often before I leave on a trip, I often paint several pages in my art journal with black gesso. I have a few favorite pens that I use that I have tested and the show up beautifully against the dark background. Here is how I prepare my page and my favorite pens to take along on my journey.
1. Put a piece of wax paper behind the page you are going to paint to protect the pages beneath from getting black on them.
2. Coat the page with a light layer of black gesso. I use watercolor journals with Arches paper and they coat very nicely.
3. Let this dry. Your page is ready for art and journaling!

This page was started with just a black background

Adding Texture to Your Paintings

August 18, 2013 Artist

Textured Stone Wall and Red Door

It is fun to play with different ways to add texture to your watercolor paintings. Sprinkle, Splash and Splatter; Creating Texture with Watercolor, is one of the workshops that I am offering at CREATE, Chicago this Friday, August 23, 2013. “Texture Stone Wall and Red Door” is just one of the step-by-step examples of one of the exercises that we will be painting in this workshop.

Learning about Color

August 8, 2013 Artist

Here are a few things that we will be learning about in my CREATE class Rainbow Studies

We will do some color mixing making these fun color chickens

Here is how I use the color wheel to pick my colors

We will make some color studies

Using the colors on your palette we will make a color wheel

Pears are a great way to do color studies

Textured backgrounds add life to the paintings

Getting Ready for CREATE, Chicago!

August 8, 2013 Artist

I love collecting artistic tools to put in the goody bags that I give to my students. I love meeting new artistic friends and catching up with old ones. I love sharing what I have learned over the years about how to paint beautiful, colorful, glowing paintings and filling art journals with watercolor paintings and mixed media. I love CREATE!