Abstract Angel

I had the privilege to teach a mother daughter duo in my studio yesterday and we did abstract angels. The daughter was only 7 yrs old and she did very well with this technique. The background was too hard for her so she painted hers in but mother and I did this background that you see here with cheese cloth. We pushed the various paint colors through the mesh onto the canvas and of course it left a lovely course pattern in the background for our Angels.
The Angela were "wet painted". That's a term I may have made up. Apply your colors very rapidly with a wet brush dipped into the paints, dragged onto the canvas, then lightly sprayed with a water mister. It will run to give a nice runny misty effect. To stop the process at any point from running anyfurther, simply lay the canvas flat to dry. We did blow dry the background before applying the angels. However, do not blow dry the misted Angels or the lovely drops will get splayed in different directions and ruin the downward drip effect. Unless of course, that's what you want ; )
Hope you try this Wet Painted technique!

Three Red Poppies

This was a textured canvas I did real late the other night and painted a medium cad yellow and white mixture. I brushed some raw sienna lightly over the canvas a small section at a time , then wet it with the brush, then wiped it down a bit. The result was an antiquing effect in the textured nooks and crannies.
I sat with it awhile and waited for inspiration.
That was when in my minds eye I saw the big red poppies in an abstract layout kind of way. While I was sketching out some ideas for the layout my friend Dianne peeked into the studio to see what was gonna become of that canvas I suppose. I painted the poppies then went to bed. Next morning Dianne said she had already peeked again at the painting that morning, just to see how they came out. She liked them, and I'm glad. Hope you enjoy them too.

....by any other name

My friend Martha took a picture of a rose recently and I loved it. I decided to do a close up of this rose and try and get a really velvety feel to the petals. Normally I would have done a rose in oils but I felt like challenging myself with the acrylics to get this feel. So, as usually occurs, in my jammies late at night, the rose came to life.

She Sells Sea Shells...

I was inspired by another artist by some very pretty colors and I thought I'd like to paint them too. So, this one came to life as what I see as a seaside sunset. I was in a light and happy mood when I painted this one and so I call it, " She Sells Sea Shells..."

Flowering Mojave Desert

My friend Bobbi suggested I do a desert painting. Well in my form, that meant color. Now, how to fit so much color into a desert painting? Spring rains bringing flowers, that's how. So, Vwala, spring rains bringing the beautiful flowers to the Mojave Desert.