Category: florals

I’ve been back in the studio again working on a new series.  Here are ten things you need to know about my art:

1.  There’s ALWAYS Naples Yellow on my pallet – it’s like sunshine.
2.  I generally use Burnt Umber instead of black.
3.  My pallet is a tiny bar cutting mat that I bought at the dollar store.  It scrapes down easily when I don’t wash it right away and my ultra thinned acrylics just don’t stick to it.
4.  There’s usually a layer of shimmer somewhere on my paintings.
5.  I use watercolor pencils, inks, gel medium, and clear gesso between layers.
6.  Every painting I do has a minimum of 6 layers.
7.  I sign my paintings before I finish them.
8.  I glaze like a maniac – rarely is there one layer of pure pigment on my canvas.
9.  I sometimes draw my birds on paper with Prismacolor Pencils then layer them on   the canvas with gel medium.
10.  I create “studio cards” when I work.  It uses the extra paint on my pallet and lets  me try new ideas with no “commitment issues”.

    

     Here’s another shot of the same card, with a few more layers.  I send these out to random people I know.