NCBG Acrylic and Gouache (April 2013)

Acrylic.  This started with an acrylic bubble wrap texture.  I transferred the drawing onto the surface and started painting.  It is in the beginning stages.

NCBG Acrylic and Gouache (April 2013)

Gouache with drops of rubbing alcohol.  Wet the surface, drop in color, drip in rubbing alcohol, allow to dry.

Gouache with drops of rubbing alcohol.  Wet the surface, drop in color, drip in rubbing alcohol, allow to dry.

Gouache with straw.  Wet the surface, drop in color, lay down some straw, put something on top to hold it down, allow to dry, remove straw.

Gouache with plastic wrap.  Wet the surface, drop in color,  lay the plastic wrap on top, let it dry.  This can be somewhat manipulated into the shapes and direction you want as you are placing it on the paper.

Gouache with salt.  Wet the surface, drop in color, add salt when it's shiny but not a puddle, allow to dry, wipe/rub the salt off.

NCBG Acrylic and Gouache (April 2013)

Acrylic with drops of rubbing alcohol.  Wet the surface, drop in color, drip in rubbing alcohol, allow to dry.

Acrylic with bubble wrap.  Wet the surface, drop in color, lay the bubble wrap on top, put something on top to hold it down, let it dry. This has 2 sizes of bubble wrap.

Acrylic with plastic wrap.  Wet the surface, drop in color,  lay the plastic wrap on top, let it dry.  This can be somewhat manipulated into the shapes and direction you want as you are placing it on the paper.

Acrylic with plastic wrap.  Wet the surface, drop in color,  lay the plastic wrap on top, let it dry.  This can be somewhat manipulated into the shapes and direction you want as you are placing it on the paper.

Acrylic with salt.  Wet the surface, drop in color, add salt when it's shiny but not a puddle, allow to dry, wipe/rub the salt off.

Acrylic with wax paper.  Wet the surface, drop in color,  crinkle the wax paper, lay the wax paper on top, put something on top to hold it down (like a book or two), let it dry. 

Acrylic with wax paper.  Wet the surface, drop in color,  crinkle the wax paper, lay the wax paper on top, put something on top to hold it down (like a book or two), let it dry. 

Aqueous Acrylics (April 2013)

Acrylic.  I have worked more on the flower and the leaves.  

Jackson, TN Workshop

Acrylic.  I have changed the background with glazes and have started on the leaves.  I have added more white to the flower.

Continuing Watercolor (March/April 2013)

Gouache on watercolor.  I put down watercolor first, put wax paper on top and then painted white gouache  on the light areas.  I started adding some color.  I darkened the background.  The flamingo needs more color and darks which will be easier after a day of drying.

Quick watercolor.  Wet the paper, added green, yellow, and some magenta..  Let that dry.  Came back and added more color, values, and salt.  painted yellow and a little green over the background (to mute the salt texture a little).  It needs a little more values and details, but is close to complete.

I worked a little more on the mouth (still needs a little more...) added hair and worked on the coat (added shadows).  It is close to done - will add more details and fix a few things.

Aqueous Acrylics (April 2013)

Acrylic bubble wrap texture.  Wet surface, drop in color, place bubble wrap on top, put a book on top of that, allow to dry. 

Acrylic on masonite,  Today I added the leaves.  I mixed a bright green (pthalo green and yellow).  I painted all the leaves the bright green (except there is one I missed...).  After that dried I used several mixtures of green, yellow, white, blue, and a little magenta.  I worked on the leaves adding highlights, shadows, and details.  Remember the separate the leaves (I used darks and lights).  I allowed some of the background to show through.  I worked on the brown part on the underside of the leaves.  I mixed a brown (magenta, yellow, a little pthalo green)  I painted the leaf brown and added white at the top and blue on the bottom to make it look like it curls.

Acrylic plastic wrap texture.  Wet the surface, drop in color, apply the plastic wrap (you can shape it how you want it), and allow it to dry.  It does not usually require a book on top.

Acrylic wax paper texture.  Wet the surface, drop in color, crinkle the wax paper, lay it on top, put a book on top.  This must have a book on it or there will most likely be little to no texture.

I added some darks, lights, color, and details.  A few areas still need work and I need to tone down the texture on his jaw that I put on today.

Tuesday Afternoon

Acrylic.  Background for flower project.  I worked on a wet surface and added greens and yellows.

Acrylic.  I used a lot of white today to add hair to the main and a lot of details to the face.  I also used a white wash to soften the edges of some shadows and to fix a few areas in the background.  I added yellow to the background after the white fixed areas had dried.

Watercolor.  I added more dark and then used gouache to add hair to the main and detail on the face.  I also used gouache to soften some shadows.

Photo for the next project.

Tuesday Morning

Colored pencil on maroon mat board.  I used white, canary yellow, scarlet lake, crimson red, and black so far.  I layered the white first then the yellow and then the red paying attention to values.  After that I added the black and then dotted it with white and added some red as well.

Acrylic.  This is the second layer to make a background for the butterfly.  I wet the canvas panel and added in some greens and yellows.  I used white for the spots, adding them when it was still wet so they would be soft.  I added leaf outlines and stems.  I also splattered white, yellow, and red paint.  I will add the butterfly on top.

NCBG acrylic and gouache April 2013

Acrylic, local color.  The first layer was painted flat with the color of the object (local color).  Later I added values and started adding details.  It is in the beginning stages.

Acrylic, value study.  This was painted as a value study, monochromatic, first (I used red).  Then I added color and started adding details as well.  It is in the beginning stages.

Acrylic exercises

Acrylic, fairly far along.  I used both value study and local color methods in this piece.

Jackson, TN Mixed Media Workshop

Colored pencil over acrylic.  I worked on this more since the workshop.

Tuesday Afternoon

Acrylic.  I worked on this more since we did it in class.

Continuing Watercolor (Sept/Oct 2012)

I worked on this quite a bit since class.  It needs a little more work (there are a few unfinished areas), but it is close to complete.

Mixed Media (Jan/Feb 2013)

Colored pencil over acrylic.  The acrylic was painted and then Acrylic Ground for Pastel was applied.  It dries almost transparent.  Then I drew colored pencil on top.  

Aqueous Acrylics (April 2013)

I added the front hair, the 'Mohawk' onto the zebra.

Continuing Watercolor (March/April 2013)

I showed some gouache on this (adding some dark over white gouache) and I have worked on a few leaves and petals as well.

Added darks and shadows to the hat and scarf as well as a glaze of yellow.  I painted the glasses, bright first.  After that was dry I toned them down with a gray watercolor and later added an area of gouache.  I reshaped the earring with white gouache and later painted it with blue (cobalt).  I used a dark red to add shadows and details to the coat.  Then I added more yellow.  I wet and then painted in cobalt (very light) to the background.  I added more shadows and detail to the face.  I added blue shadows to the hair.  It all needs some refining, but it's going in the right direction.

Aqueous Acrylics (April 2013)

I started adding the white acrylic paying attention to the values.

I painted white over 2 distracting orange areas and then later added a glaze of yellow.  I added the stripes with a variety of mixed darks and black and dropped in color as well.  I paid attention to the values.  I added some shadows with a mixed grey and later softened the edges with white.  I added some white hair to the mane.  I have a few areas to finish on the stripes and 'mohawk'.

Tuesday Afternoon

Acrylic on a canvas panel.  I have worked on the stripes that had no dark.

Jackson, Tn Mixed Media Workshop

Acrylic on primed masonite prepped with Absorbent Ground.  I have started to glaze the background with yellow and blue glaze on the leaves.

I have glazed more yellow.

Tuesday Afternoon

Acrylic on a canvas panel.  I started adding the stripes (paying attention to values and adding different colors to the black).  I started adding shadows as well.  I need to finish the stripes!

Watercolor.  I started adding the stripes paying attention to values and color.  I also added shadows.

Tuesday Morning

Acrylic on a canvas panel.  This is the background (the bottom layer) for the butterfly.  I wet the panel, dropped in various greens and a little magenta and added salt (remember to add salt when it's shiny, not a puddle).

Watercolor.  I added more values and details to the fish and pads and a little to the water.

Continuing Watercolor (March/April 2013)

This painting started with the face.  I wet the skin area and added color in the dark areas gently guiding it (I mixed burnt sienna and permanent rose for the skin).  I let it dry and then made a second pass on dry paper.  I added the skin color, a small amount of pigment in a lot of water,  to the dark areas and guided it.  After that was dry I wet the scarf and hat area and dropped in color (purple, permanent rose, aureolin yellow).  I then added salt (when the area was shiny, not a puddle).  I pulled out the little spiky areas on the edges while the paint was still wet.  I could have done that with the water during the initial wetting of the area.

Today I worked some on the left upper wing adding highlights with gouache and color to the 'black' area.  On the bottom left wing I lifted some of the dark and added color (for more values).  I also added some white.  I worked on the background adding more to the dandelions and muting some of the background contrasts.  I added a shadow the the butterfly body and white areas on  its head.