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"Hope" Original watercolor and Collage
5" x 7" Image, $45 plus shipping |
Whenever I'm feeling scared to face that white sheet of paper, I turn to a variety of warm up exercises. One of those is painting "little abbeys". This is a nickname that I gave to little abstracts many years ago. The process is that you start with only 3 colors and paint a cruciform design. Then you add that collage papers for pops of color and textures that are hard to paint. I use napkins, gelli print papers, newspapers, and magazines for the collage papers. I use acrylic matte medium to adhere them to the underpainting. I'm teaching this process in Watertown, SD on October 18 and 19, 2018. Contact Jennifer Stone at jstone@wat.midco.net to sign up!
These paintings teach you some very good painting habits and I use these for studies for larger paintings too. They really get my imagination going! This one is called "Hope". I used Spring colors to signify regrowth, and bright yellow for a happy color!
Super little piece Karen. I took a workshop years ago using this method but have never used it again. I did manage to make one decent piece tho - lol.
ReplyDeleteThanks! For me, it’s such a great way to get my creative juices going.
DeleteI need to start doing that again along with the sketchbook exercises, you taught me so many helpful things to keep life from getting in the way. Thanks!
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