"You're a Hoot", a whimsical painting with Tamara Laporte, mix media-different colors from hers-All are in my small sketchbook with hot pressed thick paper.
This was a fun challenge for me! I went with my favorite color scheme of blue and orange, and I didn't add as many whimsical things as Tamara did, but I love her! My husband says she looks like a gypsy fortune teller. That's ok with me!
Concertina Fun: Make and Fill a Mini Concertina-Karen Stamper
Another fun class! This is a concertina mini book using a sheet of printer paper folded in half lengthways, then folded twice, like an accordion, to make a folded book, which stands up on its edge to see the art, then folds up to make a book. I learned some useful tips for making the vases using paper cutting. This book is just for an example, but I want to make a bigger better one soon. It can be painted on both sides with a cover added. I scanned it into the computer, which makes it look flat here, but it does fold back up. Fun stuff!
"A Pair of Pears: Loose Watercolor Sketching" with Susan Chiang
My first attempt was following along with Susan in the video painting wet in wet watercolors, which is hard for me, and I wound up with some hard edges. I wasn't happy with it, so I gave them another try!
My second attempt from my notes and memory. I like these much better, although I might have gotten carried away a bit with the spatter...
I finished these a couple of days ago and have moved on to Blob Painting and Expressive Portraits, which I'm still working on, along with four faces in a bigger sketch book, all in various states of completion, so I've been busy, despite the heat. Thankful for air conditioning!
Now on to finishing the last class and watching another! I'm thinking I'm going to collage the street, but that could change when I start going through the classes again! I'm learning so much!
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