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Hansa Yellow – Color of the Day
What a bright cheery yellow and a bright cherry bird! Hansa Yellow Opaque by Golden Paints is so fun!
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Green Gold – Color of the Day
I love the color green gold that Golden Paint makes. It works well as a complimentary color to many of the bright colors that I use in my birds. Green gold in wikipedia discusses the naturally occurring alloy of gold and silver that creates a green gold. In terms of creating this alloy, the maker…
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Gesso Fun
I am often inspired by other artists and try to discover how they created that wonderful “thing.” In some cases you can look and discover, other times it is trial and error, and sometimes you are lucky enough that they have are willing to teach you. In the theme of discovering gesso, I have been…
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Saratoga Library and Main Street Cafe Exhibits
In preparation for SV Open Studios I am showing a couple pieces of art around town. Saratoga Library March 4 – May 1, 2014 Main Street Cafe and Books March 29 – April 26, 2014 p.s. I just found out that I will also be…
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Adding Color to Gesso
Mix some of you acrylic paint into your gesso and never have to worry about a white canvas again! This trick works wonders and there are several companies that make colored gesso if you don’t want to mix uisng your paints, like Holbein Acryla. And if you like the color, try the black gesso! It…
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Pyrrole Red Light – Color of the Day
I read somewhere that Pyrrole red came from the automobile industry, but I use it to create flashy artwork instead of paint flashy cars. Pyrrole is great for lightfastness, does not fade much at all, and is a great mixing red when compared to cadmium colors. I found some great technical information to share about…
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Croquet Ball Art
An artist friend of mine asked me to paint a bird on a vintage croquet ball as part of her bird wall. I must say painting on a three dimensional surface was definitely a very different experience. She shared this picture and text online “A beautiful vintage croquet ball painted for me by a fellow…
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Teal – Color of the Day
I love the color teal, it is such a happy cool color. I find that I use it in a lot in my work. What is your favorite color? If you like technical information on this color, check out Golden Paint’s information page: http://www.goldenpaints.com//products/color/infopg.php?K=0002369
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Gallery Route One Closing Salon
Last chance to see the show at Gallery Route One. I have on display a framed colored pencil Varied Thrush drawing along with several framed sketches from members of the Journal Club and with some of John Muir Laws sketch books. The gallery is holding a closing salon on Sunday, March 23rd from 4 to…