When I attended an art educator convention in Boston during the spring of 2005, an ad using pink with orange flames got may attention. So, I used the color combination in this final mixed media piece.
mixed media on paper, 17.5" x 24"
Friday, December 11, 2009
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Premonition Green
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Premonition Orange
Some years back I'd seen a technique demonstrated involving charcoal dust. Water is applied with a brush to areas that are to remain whitest. Charcoal dust is then sprinkled across the page. Then a bucket of water is splashed across the page. The dust sticks to the areas that were dry. This process is best done outside because of the mess involved.
Afterwards I used spray fixative to keep the dust on the paper. On top of the dust I painted watercolors. I was pleased with the result.
This is the first one I did for my students to show them what was possible. Folks have told me it looks like a map. I simply painted complementary colors.
mixed media on paper, 17.5" x 24"
Afterwards I used spray fixative to keep the dust on the paper. On top of the dust I painted watercolors. I was pleased with the result.
This is the first one I did for my students to show them what was possible. Folks have told me it looks like a map. I simply painted complementary colors.
mixed media on paper, 17.5" x 24"
Monday, September 14, 2009
120 Colors
During the spring testing of 2005 I drew this piece beginning with a grid. Using Prismacolor Sticks, I drew expressive lines across my grid. Then I added circles inside each box. I proceeded to blindly pick six colors at random as I filled in each box and the circles within. Filling out testing forms had inspired this part of my piece.
colored pencil on paper, 21" x 26.5"
After I rendering with the six colors, I again chose six random colors. When I reached the last of the 120 colors, I put the rest back in the box and picked at random again. This went on until I completed the piece.
From the outset I was determined to use all 120 colors that came in the Prismacolor box. So often artists are advised to only use a limited palette. Anyway it took a while to finish this drawing.
colored pencil on paper, 21" x 26.5"
After I rendering with the six colors, I again chose six random colors. When I reached the last of the 120 colors, I put the rest back in the box and picked at random again. This went on until I completed the piece.
From the outset I was determined to use all 120 colors that came in the Prismacolor box. So often artists are advised to only use a limited palette. Anyway it took a while to finish this drawing.
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Red Rock
Monday, May 11, 2009
Artroom
In college when I took the course Freehand II, there was a project we did that involved charcoal rubbings on tracing paper collaged with colored inks. Later on when I was teaching, I thought I’d experiment with the same method. I already had those supplies and I wanted to convince my students to work with mixed media. So I created this piece as a sample. Usually if the students saw me enjoy making a piece first it was an easier sales job to convince them.
mixed media, 11" x 15"
This time I used rice paper to make charcoal rubbings from objects and surfaces around the artroom. I then painted matte acrylic polymer to adhere the rubbings to watercolor paper. After the rubbings were dry, I spray fixed them. I then painted layers of color inks on top of them.
While digging through some boxes I found this piece. I think I will try to do some more works using these materials. It’s a direction that I really had not pursued.
mixed media, 11" x 15"
This time I used rice paper to make charcoal rubbings from objects and surfaces around the artroom. I then painted matte acrylic polymer to adhere the rubbings to watercolor paper. After the rubbings were dry, I spray fixed them. I then painted layers of color inks on top of them.
While digging through some boxes I found this piece. I think I will try to do some more works using these materials. It’s a direction that I really had not pursued.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Curls Gone Wild
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Afire
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