Monday, February 19, 2018

Day 19 of 30 Paintings in 30 Days!

"Meant to Fly"     $75
Original Watercolor and permanent marker      7" x 10"
This started as a wire drawing, and then I decided to add color.  Because I'm surrounded by lots of lime green here in Florida, I decided to start with lime green.  I mixed aureolin yellow and antwerp blue to get a really bright lime color. Below is the first step.  After that first layer, in order to make the wings look a little more transparent, I negative painted leaves, going right through the wings.  I will be teaching "wire drawing" in Bradenton, FL on April 10th and will feature "wire drawing" every day of my Dillman's Resort 4 Day workshop in Lac Du Flambeau, WI in mid June.  For me, Wire Drawing has been life changing!
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4 comments:

  1. Laurie MuellerFebruary 19, 2018 at 4:56 AM

    Just awesome, Karen! And I love "walking through Time", too
    (and allyourwork)

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  2. http://cagleyart.blogspot.com/February 19, 2018 at 7:35 AM

    Wonderful piece Karen!
    Connie

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  3. Mellowood GalleryFebruary 19, 2018 at 3:15 PM

    What a lot of work this must have been! It is just super Karen.

    I tried to find some youtube videos on wire drawing without success - can you recommend somewhere online I can learn about it?

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  4. Mellowood GalleryFebruary 19, 2018 at 7:11 PM

    Thanks for you reply Karen. I guess I am having trouble with my blog too as your response didn't show up there but I was able to read it in the email. It is too bad that you live so far away as I would love to learn your technique - you need to make a video - lol. Thanks again!

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