Too Many Colors

I keep trying to use either too many colors or the wrong colors together and end up with weird results. I feel like I need to go to a science class to learn everything I need to know about the different kinds of paints, colors, pigments, properties, ...  Some paint is opaque, some translucent, some mix nicely, others don't, some colors are stronger, others get lost in the mix. So many of my experiments end up looking yuck! Then some happy accidents happen, something unplanned and not reproducible, but something I like for no particular reason. Art is so strange.

This is the test page where I was just experimenting with colors. I like how this unplanned mess came out better than the painted collage pieces I had been working so hard at!

 

I was trying to make something with an Easter Egg theme but I overworked it.

I'm not sure where I was headed with this, but yes, 

this one totally got away from me! 

 

Fail! Another attempt at an Easter Egg collage that ended up scrambled.

 

But I ended up learning some things about colors and the paints I am using and I experimented with a paint stamping method using a folded up piece of wax paper that I painted and scribbled a pattern on. That was just an "I wonder what would happen if I did this..." kind of moment that worked out nicely.


Finally, this was the post I was working on before my Internet connection sputtered for no apparent reason. In the meantime, I have been doing more watercolor pencil and crayon pictures and still experimenting with acrylic paint and collage. I'll post some of those pictures later.

Odd Combinations

I have been dividing my time between doing some watercolor crayon art or collage with acrylic paint art, but I can't resist putting the two together with PSE8. 

watercolor butterfly on acrylic paint and collage background

I will try to post more later but my Internet connection has been spastic lately and not very cooperative.

Watercolor Collage

A few PSE8 creations.

 

Some Ideas Just Have to be Digital

I get it. I like creating real art. Painting, pasting, drawing, experimenting, writing, holding a finished art object in your hands. It is very satisfying. But it can also be messy, materials are not always cheap, it takes up space and time and you don't always get the results you imagine. That is all fine but sometimes you get an idea that can only be achieved through the magic of digital editing. Less time, no mess, just a seat at the computer and you have instant visual gratification.

This was created from some of my scanned artwork and pages of old books.

No Delusions

Feel free to use the 'art' you find here. I have no delusions about the value of my amateur art. I enjoy giving it away if that means others will enjoy it.

Here are a couple of pictures I made recently on my iPad.

Some Recent Artwork

Just some stuff I have been making....

collage and acrylic paint

watercolor crayon and sharpie

watercolor pencil and sharpie

acrylic paint on folder paper

New Watercolor Crayons and Pencils

I bought some watercolor crayons (Staedtler Karat Aquarell Premium Watercolor Crayons) and pencils (Derwent Aquatone Woodless Watercolor Sticks) and have been trying them out making these colorful topographic like drawings. They have been easy and fun to use but I am only making simple shapes. I drew outlines with sharpie and colored in the spaces with the pencils and crayons, then I just used a wet brush to create the painted watercolor effect. I've never worked in these mediums before so I'm experimenting with the colors and how they dissolve and blend.