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.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Reusing old paintings for pencil boxes

I'm all about recycling things, these days. I eat a lot of almonds, and save the container to reuse for holding markers, buttons, pen...

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Crazy Lady sketch

Sorry I haven't posted lately. No excuses, just moving forward from here. This is one of my daily 30 minute sketches. I belong to a...

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Redoing Old Paintings

Back on November 23rd, I posted a blog about redoing old paintings. I promised to show you what I would do with that painting, and FIN...

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Crazy Lady Series

I'm working hard to get ready for my first open house in 5 years! Scheduled for Mother's Day weekend, May 12 and 13th, my time is...

Monday, April 2, 2012

Happy Easter!

Nothing says Spring quite as well as tulips popping through the ground, right? My dad's favorite flower is tulips, so I always think of...

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...

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