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staying wet in the Pacific Northwest
I’ve been loving having independent art supply stores near where I live in the rainy Pacific Northwest – and on a recent trip to get more gouache colors I bought a “stay wet” palette. The theory of the thing, according to the art supply store clerk, was that water based paints wouldn’t dry out as…
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from my kitchen sketchbook
Around the edges of working on cat portraits I’ve still been working with gouache. Specifically I’ve been testing it in my bound sketchbooks. Here are several pages, created with gouache and ink, in my current “kitchen sketchbook”. I have a series of kitchen sketchbooks, they are all small, around 3 by 5 inches, and I…
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color books and drinks
In the quest of keeping artistically inspired I like to haunt bookstores and libraries. Then I make time to sit and read the books – often with a beverage at hand. Recently in a local independent bookstore called Ampersand, http://www.ampersandgallerypdx.com/ – I found several inspiring tomes. Specifically a book in Japanese that I can’t read.…
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finished the feline fiddler
I finished the cat portrait I’ve been working on and have titled it “Strad O’Varius”. It is already scheduled to be shown in upcoming art gallery exhibits. My last post – here – tells a bit about what inspired this piece.
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finessing feline fiddler
I’ve been very busy lately and mostly off-line because I’ve been creating a portrait of a Russian Blue cat. You can see my preliminary drawing beside the painting. My idea for this piece came from watching my fellow Pacific North-westerners braving the rain and cold in order to perform – or to attend a performance…
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in the gouache
Here’s “Mandolin Man”, a piece I finished that tests my new red gouache color. On the musicians neck strap you can most clearly see the new red I’d mentioned in my last post. I also used the red as a “mixer” in the brown of the Labrador fur – so it’s more of a dark…
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gouache it’s red
I’ve been back to the art supply store recently – and have gotten a red gouache color I’m happier with! Check out my test swatches below… The red on the top left, both in the book and on my palette, was the first red, the one I wasn’t happy with. It’ll be fine as a…
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oh gouache its cold
As I posted on my blog here I’ve been experimenting with Gouache, a new-to-me art media. Well, I’ve been enjoying my efforts in the studio that I decided to add gouache to my “running around loose” sketching kit. I took an old Altoids mint can – the mini mint size – and put some of…
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Happy Cats New Year
Here’s hoping your New Year is a purr-fectly good one! Cheers – with assorted cats! Some of these artworks are in galleries currently. Caplan Art Designs www.caplanartdesigns.com and Joseph Gierek Fine Art www.gierek.com I’m planning in 2018 to create more cat themed fine artwork with an eye towards a printed artist book of my cats.…
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Happy Holidays assorted chocolate labs
Here’s hoping you have a Happy Holiday! For your amusement (or if you find yourself in need of dog therapy) here are some assorted chocolate labs – and one yellow lab. Cheers! For more dogs look for the book “Dogs By Sue Clancy” on Amazon.
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