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Watercolor Wednesday – Not Wordless

Posted on November 2, 2022October 30, 2022 by Laura Kate

I have just a few comments to make about this watercolor of a coleus plant.

The subject was chosen as I work to use my own photographs for reference images. The picture you see on my computer screen was taken in my laundry room. It has the best sunlight for growing plants. By aiming the camera down from above, I achieved a simple image very suitable for a small painting.

After sketching with Prismacolor water soluble pencils, I added green-gold, Thalo blue, unltramarine blue and quinacridone magenta to a 4×6 piece of Fabriano cold-press paper.

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Wordless Wednesday Watercolor

Posted on October 26, 2022 by Laura Kate

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Looks Like Kansas

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Laura Kate

After spending three hours working on one of the rental properties, it was nice to relax with a watercolor mini painting. This image reminds me of our last trip to Wisconsin. On the way up, we saw several scenes like this one, especially near Yates Center, KS, the Hay Capital of the World. (so they say.)

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Watercolor Wednesday

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Laura Kate

Taking a break from knitting to paint a postcard

I was experimenting with an ombre effect. This took a lot of patience because I had to wait for each layer to dry fully before continuing on to the next.

This postcard featured a lot of blues including prussian, Thalo, and Payne’s grey, with burnt sienna added in the final layer.

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Using Paint to Create Depth

Posted on October 16, 2022 by Laura Kate

This past week, I completed the sewing phase of Badlands art quilt. All segments are sewn in, and all but one is quilted.

**Quilt lines are not visible in this photo.**

The next step in my workplan has me using textile paint to add shading and lines. I learned the technique from a tutorial by Annette Kennedy through Craftsy. Annette is known for her realistic landscape quilts. She is an award-winning fiber artist.

https://www.craftsy.com/class/painted-pictorial-quilts/

So, I have a lot of trepidation about slathering a perfectly nice quilt with paint.

The paints I use are Jacquard Textile Color. I will mix them with a floating medium recommended by Annette. It dilutes the paint, making it lighter and keeping it from drying too fast.

Before painting:

In this photo, I have started shading the large mountains in the foreground. You will also see the applique I have made for my focal point, painted and ready for fusing.