Every painting goes through an awkward stage also know as the “ugly stage”. It’s a time when you may not be sure if it is worth going on or not. 99.9% of the time it is! If you already don’t like it, then what have you got to lose? Try something little or go big. …
Student Art
The art in these galleries was created the many students in my classes!
Cross Hatching
Learning how to create values with ink lines!
Complementary Colors
See what everyone painted using complementary colors! (reds and greens or blues and orange or yellows and purple)
Chart Your Colors
Learn what YOUR colors can do! You may have more colors that you thought!
White Flowers Aren’t White
Look how colorful white flowers can be!
More Snowy Trees!
What is December without painting snowy trees? Here are more and they keep getting better and better!
Brusho
Painting with a vibrant powdered pigment is unpredictable, fun and beautiful!
Let’s Dew Everything!
We learned to paint dew drops and then added them to leaves and more!
Masa Paper
Masa Paper is like rice paper. It is thin, absorbent and kind of fragile. It doesn’t sound like it is meant for watercolors, but look what we have done!
Watercolor Mosaics
This was a very playful way to learn watercolor techniques. We first covered watercolor paper with many colors and techniques that did not have to look like anything. You can’t go wrong! Then we used the papers to create something new. So fun and creative!
Glazing
A fancy word for layering your watercolors! Look what can happen when using only 3 colors!
Wonky Faces/Self-Portraits
Oh, what fun we had!!!!
