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.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Plein aire painting from Puerto Rico trip

Painting on location can be very challenging. For me, the biggest challenge is that I prefer to sit while I paint, and in a perfect world, ...

Friday, February 17, 2012

Good News! Missouri National Watercolor Society Show entry accepted!

Just got my letter of acceptance from the Missouri National Watercolor Society 2012 Exhibition! This painting is of a student, who took my ...

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Acrylic painting, Letting Go

Here is the finished painting from my study that I posted on January 24th. I'm pleased with the simple shapes and the drama factor of t...

Sunday, February 12, 2012

New painting, "The Journey"

OK, here it is! The finished painting, that I called, "The Journey". It was a struggle to finish this one, but it turned out to ...

Friday, February 3, 2012

Acrylic painting

I'm falling in love with acrylics lately. I still love watercolor, but only if I can add collage with it. I'm almost finished with...

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

30 minute study So, as usual, January has been a tough month for me to get back into my painting. I take so much time off during Decembe...

Monday, January 16, 2012

Kim Grant Workshop in Guatamala

I have a friend who is teaching a workshop in Guatamala on March 21 - 30th, 2012. She's a great artist, and really fun to be around. I...

Monday, January 9, 2012

First people painting of 2012

I've been working on this painting for the last 4 days. There are a few things that I like about it, but mostly, I'm just relieved ...

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Goals for the New Year!

After reading Myrna Wachnov's blog this morning, I decided that I, too, must write down my goals. Myrna's blog is one of my favorit...

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Going down Memory Lane

As usual, I'm late in painting my Christmas card. I've started 2 different paintings for this purpose, and didn't finish either...

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