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Watercolor Portrait - Lull - and using a Grid or Sight Size drawing for better accuracy)

Watercolor Portrait – Lull – and using a Grid or Sight Size drawing for better accuracy)

Lull 10×7 Watercolor on Plate Finish Bristol The Trifecta: Grid Method, Sight Size Drawing and Watercolor Glazing

Artists have developed many tips and tricks to improve accuracy and results in art-making. For drawing under watercolors, I find the grid method and sight-size drawing both very beneficial. In painting – I love the gossamer affect and shape-control you get with watercolor glazing

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Monotype from Plexiglass - with Watercolors and Water Soluble Crayons

Monotype from Plexiglass – with Watercolors and Water Soluble Crayons

Berlin Breakfast 7×10 Light Field Monotype (sold) Monotype Video Course

I’ve been listening to podcast interviews with other artistswhile filming a dark field monotype course. Hearing other artists discuss their journey reminds me about what I didn’t know when I first started printmaking. It’s important to roll time back, and recall the minutiae of our own beginnings with any art process,…

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#monotype print #plexiglass

Light Field Monotype: Countenance

Countenance 10.5 x 8.25 Monotype with Colored Pencil on paper (sold) What is a Light Field Monotype?

Monotypes are a hybrid between painting and printmaking. The name monotype has the root “mono” meaning one. Monotype printmaking results in a single image. These beautiful prints cannot be printed in quantity or an edition, like other, repeatable printmaking methods (woodcuts, etchings,…

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Watercolor - Summer Sunday

Watercolor – Summer Sunday

Summer Sunday 6 x 7.5 Watercolor on BFK Rives paper (Sold) Painting the Figure

I’ll just come right out and say it: People are discouragingly hard to draw and paint. You can sketch a landscape or a still life with room for error; if your trees lean, or your bowl rim burps, it’s not a big deal. But if you paint the figure, and one eye is higher, or the hands are too small, brace yourself…

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#contour drawing #watercolor

Ferris Wheel Pastel - Spin - and saving a failed watercolor with pastel

Ferris Wheel Pastel – Spin – and saving a failed watercolor with pastel

Spin 21 x 14 Pastel over Watercolor on paper (Sold) Pastel Over Watercolor

The painting above started as a watercolor. I knew it was overcooked at the three-quarters finished point – so I tossed it in a flat file to dry, with plans to feed it to the shredder. A few weeks later, I spotted the forgotten watercolor, and wondered if it might be a candidate for one of those “anything goes” art…

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#pastel #watercolor

Watercolor Floral Still Life- Milk Pitcher Roses - and Finding Your Collectors

Watercolor Floral Still Life- Milk Pitcher Roses – and Finding Your Collectors

Milk Pitcher Roses 14.75 x 13.5 Watercolor Floral Still Life on paper (sold) Artistic Affinities

This watercolor floral still life was very influenced by my grandparent’s New England home. My Italian grandparents purchased their circa 1700’s house in the mid 1940’s in Connecticut. The center of the house was buttressed by a quarry stone chimney with a hearth on each face, upstairs and…

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#floral #still life #watercolor

Watercolor Sketching - Chateau Landscape Study, and art links for you

Watercolor Sketching – Chateau Landscape Study, and art links for you

Chateau Landscape Study – moleskine watercolor sketch Summertime Pace of Art-Making

I traveled to France to work as crew twice with a wonderful company called WorkshopsinFrance.com. The bank of travel photos and watercolor sketches made on each tripis a dip into time travel, and a mine of inspiration. When I scroll through the photos, or flip through sketches, I want to make more art from…

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Monotype printmaking - Picnic Nap and more printmakers to follow on Instagram

Monotype printmaking – Picnic Nap and more printmakers to follow on Instagram

Picnic Nap 8×6 Monotype Ghost with Watercolor & Colored Pencil (Available in my Etsy Shop) Using Other Media on Your Monotypes

This monotype ghost print looked a little dubious all by itself (see below), but it had potential. The mark-making still visible in the thin veil of ink was interesting, but the tonal variations were non-existant. Other Art Supplies to the rescue!

This monotype…

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#ghost prints #mixed media #printing without a press

Pen and Ink Study - Frenchy's Cove and Ten Reasons for Beginners to Make Small Art

Pen and Ink Study – Frenchy’s Cove and Ten Reasons for Beginners to Make Small Art

Study for Frenchy’s 5 x 8 inch Pen and Ink/Watercolor sketch Painting Small Studies

In the chain of Islandsoff the coast of the town I live in, the coves and anchorages all have names. Some are based on geographical features – like Keyhole Rock (see below) – and others are named after the history of the place. There is a popular anchorage on Anacapa Island island called Frenchy’s, named…

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Watercolor - Queensboro

Watercolor – Queensboro

Queensboro 18 x 14 watercolor painting on paper (sold) Upcoming Video Courses

My studio is a tangle of audio cables, lights, tripods and video equipment. I’m filming new courses for my online school Belinda Tips. If you haven’t registered for your free account over there, go ahead and do thatso you’ll get notified when the new courses are live. I’m working on an in depth class on monotype…

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Watercolor Painting - Winter Cat Garden

Watercolor Painting – Winter Cat Garden

Winter Cat Garden 8×10 watercolor on Strathmore Plate Finish Bristol (sold) Shades of Gray for your Watercolor Palette

Here is a Winsor & Newton demo video of three different grays to consider for your watercolor palette. Each of them are mixed with manganese blue and carmine for variations and tonal shift transitions into beautiful color options. Davy’s Gray, Payne’s Gray and Neutral Tinta…

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Watercolor - Klondike

Watercolor – Klondike

Klondike 8×10 watercolor on fabriano artistico paper (available in my Etsy shop)

I’ve been following Marc Taro Holmes‘ 30×30 project (read his first post about it here). Have you? His close up shots of the watercolor pigment Lunar Black by Daniel Smith were so lovely, I scrambled to my box of watercolor tubesto see if I had a variety of black watercolors in my arsenal, and I did! You know how…

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#monochrome watercolor

In Remembrance of Charles Reid (1937-2019)

Mid Century Redhead 12 x 8 Watercolor on paper (sold) Charles Clark Reid (1937-2019)

I was adding a photo and a link to a blog post on my Facebook page, when I caught this announcement on the Charles Reid Page as it scrolled into my feed:

On Saturday I lost one of the most incredible people I have ever met who also happens to be my father, Charles Clark Reid. August 12,1937-June 1st,…

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Collagraph with Carborundum - Sinking In

Collagraph with Carborundum – Sinking In

Sinking In 5.5 x 7 Collagraph Print (Available in my Etsy Shop here) How to Make a Collagraph using Carborundum

This collagraph was build on the back of a piece of mat board. Wanna build one too? (If you’re new around here, and you’ve never seen a mat board collagraph, here is a playlist of tutorials on my YouTube channel to help you get started.) Read on….

Collagraph Plate Making Process

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#a la poupee #collagraph

Color Monotype - California Incline, and Making Quick Monotype Studies from a page of Thumbnail Photos to Loosen Up

Color Monotype – California Incline, and Making Quick Monotype Studies from a page of Thumbnail Photos to Loosen Up

California Incline 8.5×10.5 Monotype with colored pencil Printmaking Play Date

Here is a printmaking exercise for you. Print two sheets of thumbnails from paintable images snapped on your phone. Let’s make some light field color monotypes, but loose and fluid… no fussing allowed. If you don’t already have a folder of compulsively harvested art reference photos on your computer, walk…

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Monotype Ghost Print - Italian Vacation and Art Links for You

Monotype Ghost Print – Italian Vacation and Art Links for You

Italian Vacation 4.75 x 4.5 Monotype Ghost Print with Watercolor and Colored Pencil (sold) Inspiring Art Links for You

Marc Taro Holmes is embarking on a 30×30 challenge that’s a variation on the usual month-long painting commitment. He’s made 30 small monochrome studies using digital software (see them here) and he’s going to paint one per day for 3o days in the studio with no reference…

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#monotype

Watercolor - Portrait of a Printmaker

Watercolor – Portrait of a Printmaker

Printmaker Adjusting the Press 5 x 6.8 Watercolor (sold) Impressionable Beginner Artists

I’ve mentioned in previous posts (read this one)that I suspect my love for printmaking and clanking metal presses originated in my family’s tool and die machine shop. I think we are drawn to things that imprinted on us before we had comprehension that we were so malleable. It’s good to think about what…

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#watercolor

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