Almost finished with the two mixed media for XX XY at the Confluence Gallery in Twisp WA.
In the Exploring the Written Word through Art class that met for two Monday nights, the challenge was to make four collages that represented each of the seasons and add words either on the back or in the image. Wish I'd had the camera! The results were really great. I only did three ... being the facilitator/instructor I make frequent rounds to see what everyone is up to. Winter Muse is this one
Below - Spring and on the right side Summer.
I will cut these apart -
In today's Watercolor: Textures and Techniques I went over all kinds of crazy things to do to mess around with watercolors... I did some more ink and/or coffee trees by blowing the blobs on the paper with a straw.
Below is an example of wax paper placed over a wash which by chance made the shape of tree trunks which I enhanced. The foreground was a wash with plastic wrap placed on it and then lifted off when dry.
Fox in Snowy Woods
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It was a wonderful day of painting - we each made about seven pieces. 