12 Great Lumin Arte Twinkles

I am happy to announce that Leslie, the owner of Dreaming in Color has put together a mix of her fabulous Lumin Arte Twinkling H2Os just for me!  I carefully picked these colors to give a good representation of warm and cools yellows, reds and blues.  Let me tell you that it was hard to limit it down to 12!  But here is the best part – Leslie has sent free samples for me to pass out to some of my CREATE classes in Chicago next week!  I have really enjoyed experimenting with these luscious paints and seeing how to incorporate them into my watercolor journals!

Miniature Watercolor Palettes

Everyone loved the miniature watercolor palettes that I had at the Irvine, Create.  I decided to provide even more of them for my classes that I am teaching at the Chicago CREATE.  This way, if you are new to watercolor painting and want to try it without the big expense of buying all new products, you will be able to borrow one of my very cute mini-travel palettes.  These miniature palettes have a variety of colors and hold an amazing amount of paint.  I used empty 1/2 pans that I buy through Daniel Smith Art Supplies and fill them with my choice of colors.  If you find you love watercolor painting, consider purchasing my Watercolor Traveling Kit also available through Daniel Smith.
Here is what Jeanne emailed me about my new Art Journal On-the-Go, on sale today for only $11.97!!!  “Thanks so  much – you are a wonderful teacher. I really appreciate your quiet manner and practical step by step approach. I have assembled – and actually used! – my teeny travel journal kit. It is SO fun to just pull it out and play. It’s truly portable, and the way you explain about yours and how you use it made it easy to tailor one for myself. I have even begun making and binding my own custom made books.  I have used it on the plane, in a restaurant, at the doctor’s office in the waiting room and to ease the quiet hours at the hotel when I’m traveling for work.”  Thanks Jeanne!

I have all new paintings for my month of being featured artist at the Red Chair Gallery, located on the corner of Bond & Oregon Streets, Bend, Or.  Tonight is Art Walk (5-9 pm) and it should be a fun time to get out and enjoy the evening.  Please stop by and say “Hi!”.    I will will have on display a couple of my watercolor & mixed media journals from my recent trips to Patagonia and Europe.  My journals have been featured in the magazine, Cloth, Paper, Scissors and Daniel Smith Art Supply Company sells a watercolor traveling kit designed by me.  

A romantic and colorful cafe scene, “Evening Rendez-Vous” is an original watercolor painting by Jacqueline Newbold.    Framed size 15”Wx18H”, Image size 5”Wx10”H
This painting is available to purchase:  Evening Rendez-Vous

For those of you that have already ordered my new Daniel Smith Watercolor Jacqueline Newbold Traveling Kit, Daniel Smith just contacted me to let me know that they sent out the wrong size zippered case.  They are willing to send you the correct one for free and you can keep the first one they sent.  Leave a comment and I will get you in touch with the right person to fix this problem.  Thanks for all your support and hope you are enjoying the kit!

I am always surprised when someone compliments me on my drawings.  Twenty-five years ago, my art world started when I arrived at a watercolor class only to find a still-life set up on the table. The teachers said, “Draw this.”  What!  I thought this was a painting class!  I did not know how to draw or even where to start. 

With my thumb, I measure from the bottom of Haystack Rock to the bottom at the tallest part.

Now I measure how wide the rocks are.

Here I am using my pencil at a slant to get the correct slope of the rock.  Carefully bring this angle down to your watercolor paper. If I want to add some of the ocean cabins, I measure how tall they are. Here is how tall the nearest point of land is compared to the house and the other rocks. Now that I have all my measurements and comparisons the next step is to do my drawing. How about you practice drawing something using your pencil to measure and compare and let me know how it goes.