Wild about Painting by Karen Knutson

Karen Knutson paints in mixed media, trying to make her paintings fun and easy. A wide range of subjects, including landscapes, figures, collage, abstracts, florals, and birds. Many lessons are included on this blog to encourage her art students. Teaching across the country makes her life a great journey.

Saturday, October 29, 2011

"Longing", a study for future painting

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I did this 30 minute sketch, using markers, while up at a friend's cabin.  Kim Grant had invited 3 artists to join her for 3 days of pai...
Thursday, October 20, 2011

Patterns, 30 minute study

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I'm still doing my 30 minute studies, using Tombow markers.  This time, I decided to use patterns as my main objective.  I had seen a po...
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Friday, October 14, 2011

Adding metallic to paintings

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Tomorrow, I'm teaching a workshop in Bethel, just north of Minneapolis.  The subject is metallics.  I've been preparing for this wor...
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Thursday, October 6, 2011

Sisters

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Today, I did another 30 minute sketch, using markers.  I used a photo of my sister and me.  Although this doesn't look like either one o...
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Sketching faces, 30 minute studies

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Here are 2 more of my 30 minute studies.  I had the goal last year-to paint more people.  These are a type of fun carricature sketches.  Rea...
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Monday, October 3, 2011

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These are 2 of my 30 minute studies, where I didn't like the colors in the first one, and did the same design, but with different colors...
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Sunday, October 2, 2011

30 Minute Studies- ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!

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Today, October 2nd, marks exactly one year since I gave myself a challenge- to do a 30 minute study every single day.  Actually, I started o...
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