Maine Puffin Demo Video

​Hope your July is going well - I've been busy at the Portland International Jetport with 2 day's a week -   Art Exhibits,  and completing daily paintings, but I did mange to post a few new FREE demo videos for you! 

FREE DEMO VIDEO​~ Watch me paint a Maine Puffin with Alcohol Inks.

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Hope you enjoy! Please feel free to give them a try on your own - and send me your results or share them on my Facebook​​ and Instagram​​ page!

Happy Painting!!

Kellie Chasse

kelliechasse@gmail.com

Watercolor Art Lake Scene Paint Step by Step Online Class

My new course is up and running.  Take a look at the Intro video to see what the painting looks like!

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WATERCOLOR COURSE - Simple, Easy and Step by Step!

Have you ever wanted to take up watercolors, but found most classes are too heavy and academic? These classes are similar to a Paint Night but we use watercolors. The classes are Easy, and no basic knowledge of watercolors are needed. You can usually finish your first painting under 2 hours.

This course is simple and easy to follow, plus minimal materials are needed to start painting today. Use any watercolors or brushes you have on hand, but I'll give you my favorite supplies and a PDF list to go by.

The course is broken down into small easy steps and I'll paint along with you. If you have questions as you go along please feel free to send me a private message or ask openly on the discussion board.

Watch it over and over or enjoy a private painting class with your family and friends along with some coffee, tea, or wine.

Once completed, feel free to share your final product with the class in the discussion. I love to see the final work of my students.

Have fun and enjoy!

Day 5 of 30 in 30 - "Call of the Loon"

"Call of the Loon"

Original 5x7 Watercolor

PURCHASE INFO

If you've ever been to the lakes in Maine you  made of heard the call of the loon - it's such peaceful experience.

I was able to spend some time last week with my family up to camp on Thomspon Lake in Oxford, Maine. We took a ride in the boat, went swimming, and watched the Loons...and had some Margaritas! 

ENJOY!

12 Days of Christmas Sale, Day 9 - "Maine Chickadee"

12 Days of Christmas Sale, Day 9 - "Maine Chickadee"

Original Watercolor, Gouache, and Ink - Matted to 8x10" Mat - Original Price $124.95 - NOW $55.00! First person to send me a private message saying "INTERESTED" on Kellie Lynn Art facebookPage gets it!

As my gift to all my followers, I'm celebrating the 12 days of Christmas by offering up ONE SPECIAL SALE ITEM each day from now until Christmas! Sales prices only available until 12/24/14.

#12daysofChristmas

Paint a Red Cardinal - CraftMania Watercolor Class

ONLY 3 SEATS so hurry!

This would make for a wonderful Holiday Card!
Come join us at CraftMania in Auburn, Maine for a Saturday
afternoon of watercolor painting! Class is on December 6th from
1-3pm. Price is only $30!

Please bring the following supplies - Watercolor Paints, Watercolor
Paper, 2 brushes (one oval Wash and one Fine Detail), a mixing tray
for paints, and some paper towels.

SOLD Thirty Paintings in 30 Days - Day 25

 "Puffin"

Original Watercolor/Gouache/Ink

Update: SOLD

These adorable little birds are gone for the season!

 Here is some great information I found on the Maine Birding Trail website.

MAINE BIRDING TRAIL website:

"Atlantic Puffins come ashore to breed in late April and begin returning to the sea in August. Some linger into September, but the fruitful season for visitation is only about a dozen weeks long. Tours begin at the end of May and usually finish for the season in mid August.

Puffins are truly pelagic. When fledged, young puffins will not return to land until they are mature enough to breed about five years later. Once they leave their islands, all the puffins disperse across the ocean and are seldom seen, even from boats. Puffins are rarely seen from the mainland.

A century ago, puffins were nearly eliminated from the state as the colorful birds were prized for their feathers and their eggs were gathered for the dinner table. In 1973, the Puffin Project was established in an attempt to bring them back to their historical range. Although the project has been a resounding success, major threats still remain.

Open air dumps in the 1900s caused an overpopulation of gulls, which competed for space on nesting islands and they often preyed upon puffin chicks. Gulls remain a significant obstacle. Food resources are also in great peril. Overfishing and the elimination of spawning habitat has greatly diminished herring and other small fish species relied upon by the puffins."

SOLD! Thirty Paintings in 30 Days - Day 23

Loon Swimming on a Foggy Morning

Original Watercolor

in 4x6" Mat $55

SOLD

Love this still serene scene from this summer. We stayed at a friends camp and the Loons would swim by every morning making their beautiful Loon call.
Here are a few pictures of the morning and a quick video of THE CALL OF THE LOON, one of my favorite morning sounds.

Day 30 "Protector" Rooster Alcohol Ink Painting

"ROOSTER"

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Day 30 "Protector"

Last day of the 30 Day Painting Challenge, and I've had so much fun! To finish it off I painted a rooster. It symbolizes protection, courage and also is associated with kindness as it cares for the chickens. 

He's a colorful bird!

5x7" Price $45 - https://www.etsy.com/listing/177400213/rooster-protector-original-alcohol-ink

#rooster #AIArt #Alcoholinks #Art #kindness #kellielynart #mainteam #etsy

Day 25 of 30 in 30 Challenge "Easy to Spot" Cardinal

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Guess what....using some of my new ink colors today, very exciting! This Cardinal was painted with Raisin, purple twilight, and Meadow Green. Funny, when I first started with the inks I really had a hard time manipulating them but after some practice and "sticking with it", it's become very rewarding.

More Alcohol Inks available at Kellie Lynn Art Etsy Store.

 

 

SOLD - Day 24 "Renewal" Peacock

"RENEWAL"

 

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SOLD
Prints are available HERE

I tried for a more realistic looking Peacock this time! I really like how this one turned out. Somehow I  managed to keep my style a little loose but with some details in the face.

This time I used a pencil instead of an ink pen to draw  out the basic shape of the peacock bird. I learned on my last piece that the pen ink will run when the alcohol touches it....should have seen that one coming!

You may also be wondering what all the paint dots are underneath the bird. I made myself a ink chart. This is a great way to help determine your color choices! I can see them laid out in front of me before I drop them onto the Yupo paper. 

The colors are not exactly as they are on the labels. Well, they may have started that way but inks are messy and before long most of the labels are covered with ink making it hard to tell! Before I would pick up any old blue and go with it!

I started out by painting the background first, then added the layers of color over once it dried.

I'm still planning on doing a video demo in February....so if you have never tried AI you can see a few tips that I've learned from trial and error.

Stop on over to my Kellie Lynn Art Facebook Fan Page - would love to have you as a FAN!

Day 20 "Tufted Coquette"

Tried a very different approach using Alcohol Inks this time with a bird. Here is my Tufted Coquette. This has been a challenge with AI! Thanks for sharing the photo Paint Colorful Birds for Fun!

"Tufted Coquette"

 

Purchase Original 9x12" HERE  or you can  Purchase Prints Here

#original #alcohol #ink #painting #bird #tufted #Coquette #Maineteam #art

SOLD! Day 13 "Standing Out" Cardinal

Day 13 "Standing Out"
Practicing wet on wet technique (I saw that another artist used bold pinks on her cardinal so I though I'd try it.) So sorry I can not find the artists name.

 

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Day 10 Hyacinth Macaw - Parrot Bird Watercolor

I've really met some fabulous artists along the way with this challenge! It's so nice to be able to keep in touch over facebook. So if you haven't already found me on there...here is my Kellie Lynn Art Facebook Page link, I would love to connect with you!

Hyacinth Macaw 


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$100
5x7 Watercolor with FREE 8x10 Mat

I saw the original photograph on the PMP site and the color of this parrot just jumped right off the page at me!

*Special thanks for the Photo reference by Pauline

Day 8 Resting Mallard Duck

Day 8 of 30 paintings in 30 Days

Rolling along on Day 8 of the second 30 day challenge in 2 months...and it has really become second nature for me to paint daily. The only problem for me is coming up with things to paint, so the PMP (paint my photo) site has been great for me. I found this beautiful Mallard Duck by Nicola B as my reference photo.

Really trying to work on my wet on wet technique since I tend to want to paint every feather I see!

  "Resting Mallard Duck" 

$100

  5x7" Watercolor on 140 Cold Press
Special thanks to Nicola B for the Reference photo.

#mallard #duck #bird #Maineteam #maine #nature #animals #green #pond

SOLD! ACEO - Paint My Photo "Christmas Robin"

Day 7
"Gary's Christmas Robin"
ACEO - 2.5x3.5" Watercolor


I love painting from photographs, but I'm not that great at taking them! HOLY COW...I stumbled on a fantastic website for me! It's called PMP or Paint my photo, here's my link if you want to check it out.

Basically it's where photographers share their work on the Paint My Photo site for artist to use. They have a lot of talented people on there!

1 Day Auction starts at $24.99

Click HERE to BID

From Gary's Jones photograph on PMP - Thank you Gary!

SOLD! ACEO - Artist Trading Card or ATC "Red Cardinal"

Day 6 - "PROUD"

Thought I would change this up at bit! I've decided that my "STYLE" is Change. I am always switching things up with my art. I really enjoy the detailed paintings, but I find my self getting burnt out or creatively stressed after completing a major detailed painting. It's not a bad thing really, but I just find that I need to work on something less "EXACT". So the ink paintings have been a great change of pace for me.

Six days in I was ready to detail again...but didn't want to commit to a big detailed painting. I've been meaning to do some ACEO's so it' the perfect time during this 30 day challenge! These are small 2.5 x 3.5 Trading card size.

ACEO's are miniature pieces of art!  All of them are the exact size and can be traded or swapped.  They can be any media, but need to fit a standard trading card sleeve.

I found a package of 10 cold press watercolor paper by Strathmore at my local Craft Mania store.
Getting ready to have more fun with these! Going to try to keep them simple, we'll see how I do.....keeping things to a minimum.

Boxes Of Cards - Great Gifts!

Boxes of Cards ready to go! I have made each box assorted - 8 different cards/envelopes to a box. Here are a few samples as to what's in them. These make wonderful little gifts for the holidays!

$20 Box of 8 Assorted

"Here's Looking At You" Swallowtail Catapillar 30 In 30 Day 27

 Have you ever seen such a thing? 

What am I looking at  you may say? 

Looks like it's staring right back at you doesn't it? That's not a eye though....it's actually the back end of a Swallowtail caterpillar! 

 

 "Here's Looking At You"

8x10 Framed - $100

A photograph friend took a funny little picture this summer of a swallowtail caterpillar, not knowing what it was at the time. She was showing me her photos on Monday and this one jumped right out! It was one of the funniest little insect/bug/creatures I have ever seen!

It may be a strange choice of subject matter for a watercolor - but he just "cracked" me up. I mean really....that's an eye! Bet the birds think twice with this kind of back end!

Special thanks to Michele Wood for the photo reference.

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"Hanging Out" 30 in 30 Day 16

Missing my birds at my new house, although we put up a bird feeder,  my guess is that it's too low for the birds to feel comfortable feeding at, so I haven't had any (sad face).  Note to self....must put a tall post on my list for this weeks buys.

Started this painting a while ago but wasn't happy with it, so it got tossed to the side.  Decided to pull it back out and work on the background  some more (it was very dull). I punched up the color a bit with some fall leaves, there...much better.

"HANGING OUT"

Think I have the Monday blahs, maybe it's because it's raining outside again....guess I'll have to put on my big girl pants and get painting,  maybe I can get a few done ahead of time for this week. Finding the painting is the easy part of this challenge...it's the picture taking, blogging, posting on facebook, twitter, etsy, society6, ebay, ...all the heavy work! :)

My first cup of java is complete after finishing the blog post....so Monday blahs are already lifting! Make it a great day!

"Hummingbird" 30 in 30 Day 11 - by Kellie Chasse

It was so amazing to see all the hummingbirds at Jo-Mary Lake during this summer and last. A number of seasonal folks had their little sugar/water containers up and running! Since we only came up on the weekends, and sadly not many this year, I didn't hang a feeder, but our cousins site was very enjoyable! I counted over 9 birds at their feeder one time!

"Hummingbird"

 

Hummingbirds are amazing little creatures. They are one of my favorite birds to watch. A few years back I started putting up window boxes with red impatient flowers in them....and was super excited to find these lovely creatures stopping by for a little morning breakfast!  I would jump up to try to grab my camera every time I heard the little humming sound at my open window, but had the hardest time capturing the little buggers! They don't stick around for long.  

Progress Steps

I started loose and then messed it all up in the second step, ugh... so I ended up doing a lot of details.

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