ATC: Day 12

ink and watercolor pencil

The links .... I am still posting on pinterest. You can also follow Kim Clanton and Teri Partridge on their blogs. Lynette K. Waters-Whitesell and Leslie Lambert are both posting albums on facebook.

Illiana Artists demo

Last night I gave a painting demonstration for Illiana Artists. I am still unconvinced that this went well because I felt like I was boring. That said, I would really enjoy watching another artist work and get some insight into how and why they work the way they do.

Among the tricky things I had to do: talk and paint. Usually, I am painting alone and do not have to carry on a conversation. This was not easy. It really was harder to concentrate on what I was doing, plus I was trying to speed up the whole process. Trying to explain my choices was also hard. So much of what I do is because it feels right.

Here is where I ended up at the end of the demo. It is still really all underpainting. At the moment I'm not really loving the blue sky area and I think this is probably more of a safety piece than an america painting. Time will tell when I get back to it. Many thanks to Illiana Artists for inviting me to do the demo and extra thanks to them for not sneaking out while my back was turned.

One of the very cool things about the evening was I had several friends come to the demo to be supportive.

Supportive friends rock.

And the ATC challenge: Day 11

The links .... I am still posting on pinterest. You can also follow Kim Clanton and Teri Partridge on their blogs. Lynette K. Waters-Whitesell and Leslie Lambert are both posting albums on facebook.

ATC: Day 10

watercolor pencil and gouache today.

The links .... I am still posting on pinterest. You can also follow Kim Clanton and Teri Partridge on their blogs. Lynette K. Waters-Whitesell and Leslie Lambert are both posting albums on facebook.

Tonight is the painting demo for Illiana Artists, and I am both excited and nervous. Post tomorrow about how that went: what I painted, if I cried, how many many people fell asleep, all that. Also, I'm thinking it's about time for another good karma giveaway, so stay tuned for that.

ATC: Day 9

watercolor pencil and graphite today.

unrelated note: Tomorrow night at 7pm I am giving a painting demonstration for Illiana Artists in Munster. Details an be found here.

The links .... I am still posting on pinterest. You can also follow Kim Clanton on her blog and Teri Partridge is blogging, too. Lynette K. Waters-Whitesell and Leslie Lambert are both posting albums on facebook.

ATC: Day 8

Well, I decided to get both card packs, the watercolor paper and the linen canvas. This is watercolor pencil only. I was originally thinking to add gouache to it, but I had to do something less involved. It's trickier to fit these things on the weekend.

The links .... I am still posting on pinterest and so is Kim Clanton. You can also follow her on her blog and Teri Partridge is blogging, too. Lynette K. Waters-Whitesell and Leslie Lambert are both posting albums on facebook.

ATC: Day 7

It's another two-fer! And, just like that, I am out of ATC cards. (canvas paper is a 10 pack) I was debating going for some watercolor cards to do ink on, but I might just pick some up and go with gouache. I imagined doing all sorts of different things for these, but it seems they all want to be little america paintings. 

The links .... I am still posting on pinterest and so is Kim Clanton. You can also follow her on her blog and Teri Partridge is blogging, too. Lynette K. Waters-Whitesell and Leslie Lambert are both posting albums on facebook.

ATC: Day 6

The links .... I am still posting on pinterest and so is Kim Clanton. You can also follow her on her blog and Teri Partridge is blogging, too. Lynette K. Waters-Whitesell and Leslie Lambert are both posting albums on facebook.

Also, today I blogged with Melissa Washburn about our (separate) grant projects over on NWICreative.orghttp://www.nwicreative.org/share/iap-grant-the-second-month/