Intuitive Floral  Another painting class; more lessons learned. This workshop, taught by Mary Price, took a long time, but every moment of it was enjoyable and informative. My art table was overflowing with tubes of paint, mediums, brushes, and so many mark-making gadgets.  I had intended to take photos of my process along the way so that I would remember how to create this style of painting and all the little tricks I learned. I started out well, but once again, I got wrapped up in the moment and forgot to snap photos. Again, layers upon layers. Layer one: Floral(ish) shapes in magenta, orange, and yellow. Just play.  Layer two: Add green acrylic ink with dropper and then “comb” out some leaves . Layer three : Add floral shapes in turquoise. Layer four: Mimic broader outlines in phthalo blue (red shade).  Layer five : New technique - very cool . Glazing.  Mix magenta acrylic paint   with medium in 1/3 to 2/3 ratio. The lesson called for gloss medium;...

 Kaleidoscope Taster Week 2024  This is my second summer participating in this week-long art workshop, and sadly, it is the last year that it will be offered. Classes are offered by —- participating artists in an incredibly wide variety of styles and mediums. Last year I tried them all, even ones out of my comfort zone and ones that were a complete mismatch to my usual style. It helped me narrow down my interests and refine my repertoire.  The first day included three artists, but I chose to tackle only one project because I really liked the artist last year. Introducing Dove Delight by Eulalia Mejia, an artist and illustrator living in rural Columbia. Her art is always nature-based, magical, colorful, cheerful, and whimsical. This one was interesting because it involved a negative painting technique. In this case, the whole paper was filled with watery acrylics that, with an already wet paper, bloomed like watercolors. Then the wings, feathers, breast, beak, and eye...