Hi Everyone,
Some days it's a struggle just to get a blog post up. Actually these last couple weeks have been a struggle. One sick kid after another has led to lack of art productivity. Throw in the first formal event I've had to attend in 6 years and it complicates things even more. I haven't painted a painting in over 2 weeks, aaaahhhh!
I did experiment with Daniel Smith Ground. I got a sample of DS ground with one of my paint orders and you're supposed to be able to paint the stuff on any surface and have a watercolor surface. It's kind of like gesso. I decided to apply it to some artists panels to see how it worked. It was okay, not great! I would never be able to paint a painting to my satisfaction using it. But it was fun for crafty type projects, it was a little like painting on aquaboard, which I still don't have a handle on, so maybe with lots of practice/frustration you could get a professional product.
So what do you do when a painting is failing? You let your little boys improve it:) Steven and Sam created their own Valentine's after I threw in the towel on the last 2 panels. They created beautiful paintings!
Carrie
Some days it's a struggle just to get a blog post up. Actually these last couple weeks have been a struggle. One sick kid after another has led to lack of art productivity. Throw in the first formal event I've had to attend in 6 years and it complicates things even more. I haven't painted a painting in over 2 weeks, aaaahhhh!
I did experiment with Daniel Smith Ground. I got a sample of DS ground with one of my paint orders and you're supposed to be able to paint the stuff on any surface and have a watercolor surface. It's kind of like gesso. I decided to apply it to some artists panels to see how it worked. It was okay, not great! I would never be able to paint a painting to my satisfaction using it. But it was fun for crafty type projects, it was a little like painting on aquaboard, which I still don't have a handle on, so maybe with lots of practice/frustration you could get a professional product.
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| Sam with his heart--And Moose too:) |
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| Sam modeling Steven's heart, since he accidentally deleted the pic of Steven showing his work off. |
Carrie
