Day 11 – Blue Lantern
Weekends seem to be just as jam-packed as weekdays around these parts, but it was fun! Today, I started with painting color on a wet sheet of watercolor paper and then let my intuition be my guide as to where…
Tag intuition
Playing Around
I've been having fun playing with the round theme! This one was a bit of play with paint on black paper. I'm calling it "Above and Below." And here's a doodle I did last week. If you're playing with the…
The Weight of Walking
I had a brief pocket of time today, just ten minutes actually, and I used it to do a little free form painting. Ah, that felt good. I used the opposites theme as a jumping off point, starting with black…
One, a little late
I did these pieces for the one theme and I'm just now getting around to posting them. Life has been busy! I was working with a blue monochromatic background to go along with the one theme of last month and…
Dark Night
Snuck in some art during yesterday and today's nap times and came up with this creation, "Dark Night." Going with the mixed-media theme, I used acrylic paints on watercolor paper to start, and later went into it with white and…
Bird Hearts
One of my favorite ways to work in mixed-media lately is with paint and ink. I think it's partly the immediacy of it. Acrylic paint and ink dry fairly quickly and the ink part is not messy, too things that…
Layers of Loss
I'm still knee deep in grief here. But I've found some comfort in art, which is nice. I don't always feel like drawing and painting when I've experienced loss in the past, so I'm glad it can be a good…
Day 30: Bird in the Woods
Day 30! Woohoo! I'm proud of myself for getting through this month and I hope you all are feeling good about what you've accomplished. I started to feel like my paintings were starting to tell a story recently. Perhaps if…
Day 27: Mermaid Night
Sometimes, when working intuitively, I like to crop the page to a size that suits what I end up working on, which is part of why I like working on paper. It allows for easy cropping! This piece is an…
Day 18: Mother Moon
Another intuitive piece tonight. Someone asked about the process I'm using with these pieces lately. I usually wet the watercolor paper, then drip fluid acrylic and/or inks onto the page, letting the paint spread and moving it around a bit…