Kate's Classes

  This is what it looked like before class. I like this background, but it was too distracting (which is normally the case with these backgr...

Some second rounds of rose added to the flowers and branch.  The addition of some blueish purple glaze to a flower (ultramarine with a littl...

This is how the mushrooms looked after class. This is the painting of the background while wet with the salt newly added. This is how it loo...

This is how it looked at the last post. I worked on this while at the brewery.  I darkened parts of the background and did more negative dra...

  This is what was done after the redbud painting video. This was what it looked like after a work session this morning.  I started layering...

Working on dry paper, I used a black watercolor pencil and several grays that I had.  I outlined some of the feather lines  so that I can se...

I have added more darks, some details, and the background dark on half.    I started painting the redbud using quinacridone rose.  This laye...

  Watercolor pencil under painting/drawing.  I used pencils from both Faber Castell and Winsor & Newton (yellows, browns, black, blues, ...

  The stretched paper after it has dried.  It does buckle some after I add the staples.  It could be that I am too impatient to wait long en...

  This is a photo of the artichoke after class.  We wet the paper and added a warm and cool yellow.  After that was dry we started working o...

  Winsor & Newton Studio Collection Watercolour Pencils on W&N hot press watercolor paper

I wanted to point out that this would look nice with a light background as well.  It would be a different process. This is how it looked at ...

This is how the tomatillos looked before the additional work on the extra video.   I worked on the left tomatillo on the upper husk.  I have...

  This is the first layer of very light color.  The main purpose of this layer is to add color to the flowers. This is how it looked at the ...

  Using all of the colors used during the mini workshop as well as erasers and a white watercolor pencil, I made changes, correction, and ad...

I have worked on this more.  I have added details and made corrections.  The details and textures were added by using the erasers and the wh...

  This is how it looked after wetting and adding the yellow and the sanding texture. This is how it looked at the end of class.  I have star...

  This is about 90% complete.  I have added layers of dry watercolor pencil (could switch to colored pencil for this part).  I have run a da...