Fearless Friday, Raspberry Ripple Sundae
Let’s cool off with some ice cream today… A big Raspberry Ripple Sundae! The prompt for this entry for World Watercolor Month was “ripple” The inspiration photo I used is by Sue Lynn Cotton I lightly sketched the glass dish first to make sure I got the proportions right Then I added the ice cream, … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Inktober
Happy October! I am joining the Inktober art challenge this month Inktober is an annual October international art challenge Artists create a daily drawing or painting using only ink Jake Parker created this challenge 10 years ago The purpose is to inspire artists to draw … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Garden Tomatoes
Before I made Summer Tomato Slab Pie I took a photo of the beautiful garden tomatoes so I could paint them If you look closely you can see many different colors on what at first glance is a simple red tomato So many different shades of red, … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, “Crunch Time”
Certain subjects fascinate me and for some reason I have a thing for carrots Maybe it’s their bright color, funny shape or multiple textures… They just make me smile This painted carrot tutorial, demonstrates how easy they are to paint Today I thought it would be … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Breaking Waves
I posted a tutorial about this painting 2 years ago, long before Fearless Friday was born I have had a very busy end of May, and sadly haven’t touched my paint brushes or pens, but I hope to make up for it in the next few weeks I hope you don’t mind the … Continue reading
Fearless Friday, Sketching Station
There are so many wonderful mediums to explore in the art world As much as I’d love to paint everyday, in reality that’s just a folly But I have created a mini studio at my fingertips, Markers, pens, colored pencils and small sketch books Having things within … 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, Geraniums
Brighten your day with some summer geraniums! This is an acrylic painting on 16″ x 16″Â 2″ wide wrapped canvas, which was painted first with black gesso The main shapes were laid in with a few quick strokes to establish the composition and placement Adding color to pots and foreground … 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
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