This week I was working with several of my students on watercolor paintings. To help them understand the way the colors mix together to create a final piece; I began my own painting to work on at the same time. The students did a great job and I think working side by side really helped them to see how to use the brushes. Here is my completed example for the class,...
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I sold my first work of art this past weekend! Yeah it took me forever, before I had been giving them away to family and I donated 1 to raise money for Leukemia last fall. The piece that sold I like to call “Pink on Pink“. I had it framed to show at the Rio Grand Valley Art Studio poetry reading. Here is what it looked...
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I sketched the idea for this while out with my parents at one of the many fruit stands that dot the expressway, north of Harlingen. While they looked around for some delicious ruby reds, I walked around with my sketchbook and took jotted down some quick little ideas. I love the shape of aloe leaves and the colors are fun to work with. Using the green as my primary...
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Yes! I finally finished my parrots painting. I decided to call it “Chatter” because, well I think the name says enough. The parrots went through a lot of changes as I was painting them out; and I’m not afraid to admit this isn’t the painting I had envisioned when I began. I think it came out great. After finishing, and taking a few steps back...
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It took a few years to complete this painting, which was started by my wife. She painted the ladybug, leaf and sky; after that it just sat in our closets as we moved from place to place. I recently pulled it out and finished off the painting by adding some extra strokes with black and white. This painting can now be displayed in our daughter’s room. This kind of...
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This 2 weekends ago while sitting at home with my daughter I got this interesting idea for a new painting. I was thinking back to the days when I would stay with my grandparents’ for a few days, I really miss my Grandma Teresa. My grandma loved to collect roosters for her kitchen (not live ones! ceramics and plates). So I sketched one out on canvas but...
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I just finished my first painting in 2 years. This July we (my family and a out of town friend) made a trip to South Padre Island; while we were there, we came upon a couple crabs that got stuck when the tide went out. One of my photos came out pretty good, I thought it was interesting enough to try to paint. I used an old canvas I had laying around and covered up the...
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