Can you guess the color?
It’s just delicious fun to watch paint get mixed. Painters, notice how long it takes. It’s easy to get impatient with this part of the process when we’re painting, thinking the mix should instantly be mixed so you could get on with applying the next brush strokes, but really what good is the application of a color if it’s not the right one? Mixing the right color in the right consistency takes time. https://youtu.be/33ZQqA3tKaI
[image_with_animation alignment=”” animation=”Fade In” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] I just discovered these abstracted still lifes by Peri Schwartz. Playful and studied. As did yesterday’s artist, this artist repeats compositions in different media: watercolor, monotype, and in oil. Interesting to compare. I am always thinking of how something was made, and more and more I have been enjoying …
[image_with_animation image_url=”6410″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Vote for your favorite Seattle Artist League mascot! The winning entry could end up on a poster, or as a mural on our building. Please see entries below, and use the comments to cast your vote. Forward to your friends, this is open to all. Still want to submit an …
Statuesque Emma standing on flowered blanket, drypoint on 14×11″ Rives gray BFK A sister image to the last drypoint I posted. The model’s pose reminded me of classical sculptures. This is one of the first prints I made with drypoint, for this series. I was surprised and thrilled to see what the lovely pattern on …
Yesterday’s Tucket was listed as the last day, but there is one more: Exercise your creativity This SAL Challenge is a vocabulary based creative challenge every day for January. Materials are artist’s choice. You can draw, paint, sew, collage, sculpt your food, anything you want. See below for today’s creative challenge. Set the timer for …
Watch Acrylic Paint Colors Mix
Can you guess the color?
It’s just delicious fun to watch paint get mixed. Painters, notice how long it takes. It’s easy to get impatient with this part of the process when we’re painting, thinking the mix should instantly be mixed so you could get on with applying the next brush strokes, but really what good is the application of a color if it’s not the right one? Mixing the right color in the right consistency takes time. https://youtu.be/33ZQqA3tKaI
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