Maine River Rocks - Moving along slowly

Expressing my love of color on this one!

It's almost finished.

Haven't had much time to paint lately it's been a busy week. Had a number of workshops lined up and they are continuing through this week, but I just love my workshops!

Also getting ready for my Art to be displayed at the Highlands in Topsham from June-August, so I've been busy framing my some of my work. 

Got to get back to work!

Happy Painting ~ Kellie

Maine River Rocks - Getting Ready For An Art Show!

Getting ready for an Art Show coming up in June. I am working on a rock series. This one is a larger 22x30 on aquabord with my favorite 2" Wood cradle. These are great for me, no matting or framing required!

Maine River Rocks - 8x8" On clayboard

 Maine River Rocks

 

My first step was to transfer my drawing to the Clayboard then I layered a first wash on the rocks. Had fun with the different colors.

  

After the first wash of colors were down I added in a few more layers of glazes and added some texture. 

Last step was to paint in the dark background and then add a water wash over the top with white goauche to give them an appearance of being underwater.

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"Koi" Watercolor on 8x8 Clayboard

"Koi" 8x8 Watercolor on clayboard

Koi Fish are such beautiful creatures, and they can grow up to 2 feet long!

 In Japan the meaning behind a Koi Fish is that they bring good fortune and luck or perseverance in adversity and strength of purpose. 

I used a new watercolor canvas called

Ampersand Aquabords - 8 x 8, Aquabord, Deep Cradled, 2

 This is the first time I have painted on Aquabord - and I found it extremely fun. Although....I'm such a horrible direction's reader. You are suppose to wet the board first to remove any air bubbles. I didn't...but I was lucky it turned out okay. I did wet the area I was painting before I layered in the paint, so that's probably why.

                                                                




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