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Registration OPEN for “Spring Watercolors” with Fred Lisaius

22 Tuesday Apr 2014

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online art class, watercolor

I’m delighted to announce a new teacher in our lineup, Seattle artist Fred Lisaius!

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Painting should be fun. Relax and enjoy step-by-step instruction on how to begin, create and finish a watercolor painting! Pour yourself a cup of tea, put some Vivaldi on in the background and let’s get painting!

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CLASS ITINERARY

Lesson #1: Beaded Washes
Lesson #2: Glazing and Wet-on Wet
Lesson #3:  Painting a Magnolia Flower from Photo
Lesson #4: Painting a Daffodil from Life
Lesson #5: Inventing a Spring Bird
Lesson #6: Sky with Tree

SUPPLY LIST

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This 6-Lesson online class runs over a two-week period starting May 19th. $85. Click HERE for more information and to sign up!

Unfinished Drawings

22 Tuesday Jan 2013

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abandoned art, art, composition issue, gesso, unfinished drawing, watercolor

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Pencil, watercolor, gesso on paper, with digital enhancing.

I think I have about 100 small, unfinished drawings/watercolors in a pile on my art table. Most get abandoned because I get stuck and don’t know what to do next. I set them aside, hoping that if I revisit them later with fresh eyes, I can save them.

I’m not so very sure about that. It’s happened only a couple of times. I think the revisits don’t often work because there is something fundamentally “wrong” with them that causes me to lose interest part-way through in the first place.

(For example, in the above little painting it was a composition issue; I used Photoshop to obscure another creature that wasn’t working as well.)

What to do with all of these failed/in-process/potential pieces?

I’m not sure. I can’t seem to get rid of them, though!

Bird Examining its Blobby Beginnings

12 Wednesday Sep 2012

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Animals, art, drawing birds, painting animals, painting birds, watercolor

“Many artists use their own lives as a kind of case study to examine what it’s like to be human.” — Terry Gross 

Rudolph

06 Thursday Sep 2012

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animal drawing, animal painting, art, oil pastel, pencil, Rudolph, watercolor

This red-nosed “Rudolph” emerged a few days ago when messing around on my studio table (watercolor, pencil, oil pastel).

Since it’s only September, I decided to wait to post it, because, you know, it doesn’t belong in September, since it’s a Christmas thing.

Oh well.

Happy Rudolph!

Moose

29 Wednesday Aug 2012

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Animals, art, moose, painting animals, watercolor

I’ve had more than the usual amount of messing-around time this week!

Pig 2 & Podcast

27 Monday Aug 2012

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Animals, painting animals, pigs, podcast, psychotactics.com, Sean D'Souza, watercolor

Pig II, watercolor and pencil on paper.

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I forgot to mention earlier today that I was interviewed recently by Sean D’Souza of psychotactics.com. Great questions, and I had a lot of fun with this one. It’s long, so be sure and doodle if you decide to listen!

Carla’s Podcast with Sean: Click here.

What Makes You…?

27 Monday Aug 2012

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Animals, Dar Hosta's 52 Mondays Blog, hot press watercolor, painting animals, pig, watercolor

Pig, watercolor and pencil on hot press watercolor paper. (Click to enlarge)

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This morning I read Dar Hosta’s 52 Mondays Blog where she talks about how small questions can make big changes in our lives. (It’s a great post, read it here!)

One of the questions asked was, “What are you happy about?” which, in my hurried reading, became, “What makes you happy?” and then, “What makes you unhappy?”

The one answer that kept popping up to that last question was “Comparing myself to others.”

The internet is great for inspiration but can be really dangerous for those of us prone to seeing glimpses of what others are doing and then feeling totally lacking. (And, it’s true — there is always someone better, and more successful! Which, of course, is life, and we all learn that lesson each day…nothing new here!)

However, there are tangible things I can do that can minimize this tendency to compare myself to others, which just makes me unhappy.

One easy thing I can do is turn away from the computer and create something new (which I did this morning — see the pig, above).

Does anyone else have this Comparison Problem? What is one small thing you can do today to help minimize this tendency, which is probably making you unhappy, too?

Women Reading Books

23 Thursday Aug 2012

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live model painting, painting, Peter Millet, watercolor, watercolor painting, woman reading book, women reading books


Woman Reading Book I


Woman Reading Book II

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These two watercolors were created last Friday from a live model; she was wearing a long red dress and a crocheted shawl. It was in the abstraction class I took with Peter Millet; loved the class!

“Abstraction is real, probably more real than nature.” — Josef Albers

 

Bull

25 Friday May 2012

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Animals, bull, bull painting, drawing animals, gesso, painting animals, watercolor

I’m happier with this bull than I have been with anything in a long time! 😀
Watercolor, gesso, pencil on paper. 

Cow or Horse?

23 Wednesday May 2012

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animal painting, Animals, cow, gesso, horse, watercolor

(I’m not sure either!) watercolor, gesoo, pencil on paper.

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