Just Finished This Maine Live Red Lobster Watercolor Painting

Just wanted to share with you all my latest watercolor painting. I have been searching for a great red Lobster photo for 2 years now. I new that Mr. Blue needed a buddy! 

Mr. Blue Original is Sold but Prints are available!

While I was hanging out on instragram trying to figure the whole who to follow and all that techy stuff, I ran across a beautiful piece of jewelry Maine jewelry shop called WattsinMaine. While scrolling through her amazing Maine inspired gold necklaces and bracelets I saw this Lobster shot!

They were so kind when I asked for permission to use their photo as my reference! 

Original Photo by watts in maine

I started out with a sketch and added Masking fluid to keep the area white.

The claw was next, there are so many color! I used a wet into wet technique to layer them. The first wash was a light orange, red, with a bit of purple in the darker areas. Once that was dry I did the same steps, but chose a darker shade of each.

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I decided to piece out the big guy, almost like I would if I were eating him LOL!

Claws first and the tail last. 

I find all these color details too over whelming, so I didn't want to punch in the color everywhere at once. This helps to keep my mind at rest....I painted one section at a time as to not get overwhelmed by the whole thing, plus I could see all the variations of color in each small section.

Maine Red Lobster Art

Finally I finished the body and tail and then tweaked the eyes a bit more. I wanted it to seem like he was looking right at you (DON'T EAT ME). My big dilemma was do I leave the background white? I love Mr. Blue's white background...as I was able to Photoshop him into other background colors.

Prints are now available in Acrylic, Canvas or Framed, plus they have shower curtains, pillows, and totes....cool huh! My son wants the shower curtain for the bathroom!

Looking forward to looking for a Calico Lobster next...so if you have any pictures to share with me, please send me a email!!!

 I have a number of youtube video's with free previews and if you sign up for my newsletter I offer specials on my website for online watercolor and Alcohol Ink classes. They are beginner classes.

~Happy Painting

Kellie

Love By Design - Love Tree Series #10

The Love Tree Series ~ Help my family go to Ireland! 

These tree’s are inspired by the celebration of Family, Marriage, Birth, and Love. When you look at the Love Tree, I hope to inspire in you that sense of togetherness, and happiness from the heart.
All sales from the Love Tree Series will go towards our Ireland expenses.

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Love By Design 

The Love Tree Series ~ Help my family go to Ireland! 

Title: "Love by design" - #10 
Artist: Kellie Chasse

Alcohol Ink on Yupo Framed 11x14" White
• Painting Size 8x10 Framed 11x14"
• Ink on Yupo
• Alcohol Ink

Beautiful Wall art and fabulous Home Decor with a Fresh Pop of Color!

Fine Art Care:
Keep away from heat or moisture and direct sunlight.
Recommend using UV Glass when framing to prevent fading.
Keep the Painting from directly touching the glass with Matting. 
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What is Art? "Absolute Intimacy with another Mind"

My hubby sent me an article today and with it a sweet little not attached:

"Nice article about the importance of artists and writers in a distracted world.  Your work is not just beautiful my love, it is good for the soul."

Xoxo


I read it and thought, wow that's a  great article and there was this one sentence (Absolute intimacy with another mind) was a wow for me.  Have you ever really thought about how when you create something and another person looks at it...they are looking into your mind ~ pretty deep stuff huh!

My new AI Art prints came in today - pretty excited about it. I've learned how to take RAW pictures with my Nikon camera and set up my prints in Photoshop (Thanks to my husband)!

I then send them to my printer and they run them off for me!

I now have the Peacock in cards, 5x7, 8x10 and 11x14 print sizes! This one is an 11x14 in a 16x20 Mat. You can purchase them from my Kellie Lynn Art Etsy Store!