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Lively Floral Series – 2
7″ x 7″
on gessoed 140 lb watercolor paper, varnished,
Mixed Media, acrylic,
$200 includes U.S. s&h
$125 SALE for three paintings
Each piece custom matted in 11″ x 14″ mat ready for framing.
A lively floral series that just zings with energy!
If you are interested in purchasing this 3-piece Lively Floral Series, please click here.
Lively Floral Series – 1
7″ x 7″
on gessoed 140 lb watercolor paper, varnished,
Mixed Media, acrylic,
$200 includes U.S. s&h
$125 SALE for three paintings
Each piece custom matted in 11″ x 14″ mat ready for framing.
A lively floral series that just zings with energy!
NOTE: Please see this link for more about my art.
If you are interested in purchasing this 3-piece Lively Floral Series, please click here.
Animal Whimsy Series – all 3 – an original painting
7″ x 7″
on gessoed 140 lb watercolor paper, varnished,
Mixed Media, acrylic,
$200 includes U.S. s&h
$125 SALE for three paintings
Each piece custom matted in 11″ x 14″ mat ready for framing.
A vibrant whimsical animal series that just makes one smile!
Animal Whimsy Series 3/3 – an original painting
7″ x 7″
on gessoed 140 lb watercolor paper, varnished,
Mixed Media, acrylic,
$200 includes U.S. s&h
$125 SALE for three paintings
Each piece custom matted in 11″ x 14″ mat ready for framing.
A vibrant whimsical animal series that just makes one smile!
Animal Whimsy Series – 2/3 – an original painting
7″ x 7″
on gessoed 140 lb watercolor paper, varnished,
Mixed Media, acrylic,
$200 includes U.S. s&h
$125 SALE for three paintings
Each piece custom matted in 11″ x 14″ mat ready for framing.
A vibrant whimsical animal series that just makes one smile!
Animal Whimsy Series 1/3 – an original painting
7″ x 7″
on gessoed 140 lb watercolor paper, varnished,
Mixed Media, acrylic,
$200 includes U.S. s&h
$125 SALE for three paintings
Each piece custom matted in 11″ x 14″ mat ready for framing.
A vibrant whimsical animal series that just makes one smile!
Paints and Pigments
Where to begin, the whole subject of paints and pigments is endlessly, deliriously delicious!
PIGMENT AND PAINT RESOURCE
- Handprint – just gotta visit this site if you love watercolor, gouache, and more about pigments than you could ever imagine.
I LOVE GOUACHE
- If you love gouache like i do, you must familiarize yourself with Roz. She’s an expert in my opinion, and I continue to learns lots from her – thru her blog.
- Two fantastic links from Roz about choosing your gouache palette:
Selecting a travel gouache palette
Choosing a gouache palette
PAINTS I USE AND LOVE
- SCHMINCKE Watercolor and Gouache
Simple, I love them, I mean i really LOVE them. These are the paints of my dreams but because of their huge pricetag they are not the paints of my everyday! I started out with a great 24 full pan set of watercolors. And have since collected some of their gouache, which is truly out of this world quality. These purchases are onesies and twosies at a time for me. - M. GRAHAM Watercolor and Gouache
Very nice, made with honey so they do NOT dry out. Good and sometimes bad, such as I can’t use certain colors in my travel gouache palette anymore cuz one tube of quin magenta (glorious color) leaked. Made a mess. Overall, the value and quality are fantastic. - Holbein Watercolor and Gouache
I haven’t really used their watercolors too much, a tube here and there, and very nice. As for their Gouache, I would say to avoid their Designer Gouache (not as lightfast, tho the colors are luminescent) but I go for their artist grade gouache. Dries in a palette though, as do most gouache. I’ve only found M Graham and Schmincke to hold up when poured into palettes for convenience and travel. - I think I’ll leave out the paints I haven’t tried yet….or where the jury is out.
OTHER STUFF I LOVE TO PAINT AND PLAY WITH
- Caran D’ache watercolor crayons – dense, rich, yummy
- Portfolio water soluble oil pastels – very very nice and cheap! (24 under $10)
- Sumi ink
- Lamy Safari Fountain Pens
- Pilot brand Gold and Silver metallic pens…stinky, but great stuff
- Faber Castell Watercolor Pencils – I’ve got over 200 of these, love them!
- Carbo Othello pastel pencils – a set of 24 does me fine.
Well, that’s it for now.
Buying Art Supplies
WARNING: Art supplies are highly addictive and may have a negative impact on your finances!
Ah, art supplies.
Being a lone ranger on this art journey, for the most part, I have learned MOST from my online art community. I cannot recommend enough the encouraging bunch of folks at the yahoo group Every Day Matters.
So much of the dialogue there is about this or that art supply, so if you are wanting to learn more than you thought possible, start there.
MY FAVORITE ART STORES ONLINE
Cheap Joes – www.CheapJoes.com
- Cheap Joe himself has filmed some fun and informative videos that are fun to watch.
- Sign up for their e-savings…..
- They have a great catalog…..request one.
Dick Blick – www.DickBlick.com
- Sign up for their email alerts
- Request a catalog
- Great product, absolutely the most AMAZING customer service and really knowledgeable reps.
Daniel Smith – www.DanielSmith.com
- As always, sign up for their email alerts
- Request a catalog
- Gorgeous, and I mean gorgeous watercolors! And they have lots more there, too.
Jerry’s Artarama – www.jerrysartarama.com
- Sign up for their email specials.
- I’m pretty sure they are online only, and do not mail out catalogs. Could be wrong.
- The are most often the LEAST EXPENSIVE. So be sure to check them out.
- The only downside is that I have waited longer for my supplies from them. Not too bad, but longer than the above stores.
- 300lb watercolor paper – this is the place to order it!
Art Supply Warehouse – http://op3.triadinet.com/artsupply/nlcatalog.asp
- Not the easiest site, nor the most glamorous, but the PRICES are great!
- I don’t think they have a snail mail catalog.
Nova Color Paints - www.novacolorpaint.com/
- Just learned about this. If you are into acrylic paints, gotta gotta gotta check out these paints.
- Amazing prices, and endorsed by no less a master than Robert Burridge.
Joanie’s TIPS AND TRICKS for buying art supplies online
- Shop around and find what you want, THEN
- google that particular art supply you are wanting, say… Fabriano watercolor sheets
- Throw “Fabriano watercolor sheets” into google or bing search field
- And then comparison shop. Remember that shipping adds to final cost. Well, duh. So
Catching a Quick Break
11″h x 7″w
on gessoed watercolor paper,
mixed media, professional archival gouache, charcoal, pastel pencils, $60 includes U.S. s&h
$40 SALE
She painted herself…..there she was taking a break from work, found a park bench, and sat a wee bit. We all need a bit of rest throughout our day.
Babushka in the Sewing Room
10″h x 8″w (suggested mat size) on gessoed watercolor paper
Mixed media, professional archival gouache/watercolor
NOTES: 3D artwork, filed down actual needle and thread glued to support
Please see this link for more about my art.
Private collection, Petaluma, CA
SOLD.
Ohhh, this was fun. This is how it started…I was bored, inbetween paintings, and I glanced over and saw my babushka pin cushion leaning against some books, and AHA! I just held her in my hand and started sketching her form, then grabbed the little quilted pincushion, then to give it a bit of a composition (of which i know next to nothing, but am learning…) I held up a couple of threads.
What happened next was just fun and magical, until I absolutely blew the background to bits….so instead of throwing it out, my soul’s cry for redemption won out. I cut out what was salvageable, and brainstormed about placing it on pattern paper. Proceeded to paint all those little pins (at first I was thinking of just gluing beads on) only to realize the picture was a tad short of a std 10″ x 8″ mat, so I cut up the only tape measure in the house to add the length.
Ah, mistakes…..how much we learn from them.
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