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Watercolor Lesson – Creating Colorful Darks, Part 2

Watercolor Lesson – Creating Colorful Darks, Part 2

Here is my drawing of the window.  Notice that I do not draw every flower.  I just put a few lines in to remind me of where I plan to paint the flowers.

Pencil Drawing
Here I have added the flowers, light color on the walls and a dark colorful window.

Watercolor Lesson – Creating Colorful Darks, Part 1

Watercolor Lesson – Creating Colorful Darks, Part 1

Why not put color in the dark areas of your paintings?  I never use tube black or grays but mix my own and add spots of unexpected color in the darks.  I like to make mixes in my journal of colorful darks, experimenting with different color mixes.  A dark window creates a perfect backdrop to show off a beautiful flower box filled with blooms. 

Week 2 of the Artful Gathering Art REtreAt Bloghop – follow along to win a prize!

Week 2 of the Artful Gathering Art REtreAt Bloghop – follow along to win a prize!

Celebrating Artful Gathering 2013 Online Art Retreat
Blog Hop your way for chance to win!

From June to August 2013, ArtfulGathering.com will be presenting TWO exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share our knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.

Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a $200 gift certificate towards an Artful Gathering 2013 online video workshop(s).

(Gift certificate applicable to 2013 workshops only and does not apply towards kits or dvds).

Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:
  1. For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those participants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words.

  2. Only one winner will be randomly drawn from the list of participants who have collected all the secret words.
Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you’ll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawing!
Please HOP over and visit the Amazing
Pam Carriker

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(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)
The Dog Ate my Homework!

The Dog Ate my Homework!

I have been busy writing an article for ClothPaper Scissors STUDIOS Magazine about my studio. It is an interesting concept to peek inside the artist’s life and see where they create.  It made me reaffirm how lucky I am to have such a beautiful, private space to call my own.  I thought the photos for the article would be easy and writing the article would be the hard part.  Well it turns out that the article was fun to write and the photos have been a nightmare!  I cleaned and reorganized and now my studio has never looked better!  The awful thing was – you have heard “my dog ate my homework”, well my little Olive stole my camera card.  Not just my camera card but also my video card as well as I have been making an online video for Artful Gathering. 
I had to be a detective to try to recoup my cards and think like a dog.  I set a decoy piece of plastic next to my computer yesterday and watched from the other room.  Sure enough she grabbed and hightailed (literally) out the doggie door.  I followed her outside and around the house and low and behold there was the video card lying in the grass.  Unfortunately I still have not found the camera card.  We have about an acre for the dogs to roam.  And darn it there were some pretty good photos on that card!  

  

Artful Gathering Blog Hop STaRts ToDAy! #1

Artful Gathering Blog Hop STaRts ToDAy! #1

Celebrating Artful Gathering 2013 Online Art Retreat
Blog Hop your way for chance to win!
From June to August 2013, ArtfulGathering.com will be presenting TWO exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share our knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.

Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a $200 gift certificate towards an Artful Gathering 2013 online video workshop(s).

(Gift certificate applicable to workshops only and does not apply towards kits or dvds).
Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:
  1. For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those participants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words.

  2. Only one winner will be randomly drawn from the list of participants who have collected all the secret words.
Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you’ll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawing!
Please HOP over and visit the Amazing
Nancy Malay
(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)
Give your Loved One Art for Valentine’s Day!

Give your Loved One Art for Valentine’s Day!

Stop by the Red Chair Gallery on Friday, February 1, 2013 and say “Hi”!  I am one of the featured artist in “Power of Color” Show.  The featured artist wall is bursting with color!  The show opens with the Bend, Oregon’s First Friday Art Walk and will continue through the month of February.  I have lots of small, affordable paintings for sale for Valentine’s Day!

Mixed Media Collage

I also made some of my brass heart necklaces embedded with special words of love.

Getting Ready for the Red Chair Gallery Show

Getting Ready for the Red Chair Gallery Show

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.