Hi folks,
The past few days have kept me busy as Bryan and I decided to move some furniture in our living room....which turned into moving nearly all the furniture and reorganizing our book collection, plus moving a larger chair out of storage into our living room, and taking down our Christmas decorations. Once everything is looking nice I'll put up a few pictures. However, Thursday night I fell into bed after moving more things than I'd intended and Friday continued the trend.
Today we've been running errands and getting things done. But this morning I photographed my latest completed painting.
While working small is fun I think on Tuesday (tomorrow and the Monday holiday I'll be busy) I'll be focus on some larger scale pieces. This smaller scale piece in particular was more challenging for texture of the canvas alone. It's got the Shiva casein paints as the base colors, Neocolor II wax pastels for many of the more detailed areas, plus some touches of white acrylic. I think once I get through all the mini canvases I'll be switching to some other small format backing. I just wish there were more small sized art boards and out there with cradled backs. The smallest I've found is 4"x4" from Dick Blick Art Supplies, but I'd try just about anything I could find at this point. Also, I decided to go look on Blick's site and saw these lovely panels which I would love to work on.
I've tried unfinished wood, but with the first hint of watercolor there's warping and bleeding if you aren't very very cautious. There are just so many interesting supplies I'd love to try!
In other news, I've had my first pledge on Kickstarter! Only 3 weeks left to the campaign. So if you readers are interested check it out. I appreciate any traffic I can get even if it's simply word of mouth. Check it out http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lydiadickson/art-for-all-year-2014
Well, I'll be back on Tuesday, but until then I hope you all are having a great weekend!
Love, Lydia
The past few days have kept me busy as Bryan and I decided to move some furniture in our living room....which turned into moving nearly all the furniture and reorganizing our book collection, plus moving a larger chair out of storage into our living room, and taking down our Christmas decorations. Once everything is looking nice I'll put up a few pictures. However, Thursday night I fell into bed after moving more things than I'd intended and Friday continued the trend.
Today we've been running errands and getting things done. But this morning I photographed my latest completed painting.
I've tried unfinished wood, but with the first hint of watercolor there's warping and bleeding if you aren't very very cautious. There are just so many interesting supplies I'd love to try!
In other news, I've had my first pledge on Kickstarter! Only 3 weeks left to the campaign. So if you readers are interested check it out. I appreciate any traffic I can get even if it's simply word of mouth. Check it out http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lydiadickson/art-for-all-year-2014
Well, I'll be back on Tuesday, but until then I hope you all are having a great weekend!
Love, Lydia
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