Fearless Friday, A Patch of Blue
We’re going to explore abstract painting a bit today I have been commissioned to do a lot of abstract paintings in my career Any commission is a little scary because you want to make sure your client loves it, but when it is commissioned by your own daughter, that is the scariest of all! This … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Hydro Dipping
Have you heard about the new craze Hydro Dipping? You fill a tub with water and then spray paint the surface with several colors Then you quickly take an object or canvas and submerge it in the water The paint forms an abstract … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Letting Loose
It’s been way too long since I have painted with acrylics so I decided to let loose with a fast and furious abstract I painted the canvas with black gesso I choose a few colors and put them on a piece of palette paper … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Pour Technique
Happy Fearless Friday! Have you heard of the pour technique? This is a fun technique that anyone can do, the paint does all the work! Mix fluid paint with pouring medium, which will thicken it enough to pour without being too runny, and stay in place when surface is flat I … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Peacock Dreams
I recently finished this commissioned painting which is titled “Peacock Dreams” The client requested a 48″ H x 36″ W wrapped canvas abstract, mostly whites and grays, with touches of green, blue, and gold The greenish-blue areas seemed to take on the form and feel of peacocks It … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Heartbeat
This painting was commissioned by a special friend, {who also keeps my hair magically blonde} for her new space in an upscale French themed salon She wanted an abstract that was sophisticated, yet pretty, interesting, but not too busy… Something to remind her to keep calm and carry on… We looked at … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Calm, Cool, & Collected
Remember this blank canvas and this paint It finally came together I did the gray underpainting with Annie Sloan Paris Gray chalk paint Then vertical strokes and a horizontal band at the bottom with Behr flat white wall paint More vertical strokes with Devine Colors Twig acrylic … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Abstract Painting with Gold Leaf
“I could do that…shoot, I could have done that in kindergarten…” Well maybe, but abstract art is more complicated than people think Composition, color, focal point, light, all these things are just as important in abstract paintings as they are in more traditional painting In the painting above … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Bloom!
A recent post, Be Fearless! talked about the different ways people are creative, whether it’s in the kitchen, in the garden, an ability to teach or mentor, or an appreciative eye…and even though I am an artist, I have to remember to push myself too… Starting today, Fearless Friday is going to be … Continue reading
Creations, Breaking Waves
Let’s paint today. Painting is not a mysterious magical process, but rather just a series of steps and layers of colors and shapes… I usually paint with a very limited palette and mix my own colors. This helps keep the finished work uniform and cohesive For this painting I used Titantium White, Cerulan blue, Hanza … Continue reading
