Mixed Media With Jelly Fish

 Jelly Fish Dance

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I decided to mask the jellies and use a acrylic wash in the background with this painting.It was fun to see if the watercolor and acrylic both had the same luminous look to them. You can look closer at it in my store to see more detail here. I watered down my acrylic paints and used a lot of the spray bottle that also had water in it to wash it out some. It's a messy technique, but a lot of fun!

Mama And Baby Dolphin In Pod

I've finalized the painting of dolphins and I feel I'm done. I've added some pale yellows to the mama and baby and to a few of the others to draw your eye to the baby. The bubbles are also a guide to move your eye around the painting. I've enjoyed working with the Daniel Smith moonglow on the dolphins and worked it into a few of my other paintings as well.

Traveling Dolphins Watercolor Painting In Progress

I'm about to complete my painting of dolphins. I've found I prefer working on 300 lb paper a little better with all the work I do than the 140 lb I'm using on this painting. These are the steps thus far in the painting.

Laying down the background and removing the pebeo. I find using the pebeo to be the best masking 

I've ever used, but it's still tricky laying it in without having to go back into the subjects and 

fill in background. 

 I painted the dolphins using Daniel Smith  "moonglow". It has 3 different pigments in it that looks like you are using several colors in the body of the dolphin.

Coming to final phase of the painting. My mother and calf were to be the focus but it looks like the larger one at this point is coming in sharper. Will work on the background a little more and bring the calf forward a bit.

Grey Whale And Baby Large Fine Art Original Wall Painting With Sparkles

It's always fun to go out to the beach and look for whales in the distance. Whenever I see the spray of one coming up for air, its still exciting to me. I painted the grey whale and baby when the whale festival was here in March. I had a lot of fun playing with my new PearlEx powders produced by Jacquard that sparkle when applied. It gave the painting a bright energy that I love and have used this on a few other paintings too. This is a large watercolor on 140 lb arches cold press paper. This measure's 30 x 20 inches.

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New Additions To My Store - A whimsical Side Of Me

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This is Cloud, our little girl that loves the camera and after many 

photos taken of her and her brother, she was losing interest.

This is a 8 x 10 high definition poster print on heavy matte photo stock paper. 

Original painting was created in watercolor. I would love for you 

                           to come visit my new store! I've been around since 2009 but really

                  haven't had much time to devote to my shop. But, I've found new inspiration! Hope 

            to see you there!

Humpback Whale and Baby Large Watercolor Painting Original

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The humpback whale and baby is painted on a 20 x 16 140 lb. arches watercolor paper. 

I enjoy watching the whales that come by our little town in Northern California. Right now it's the grey whale that's coming by soon followed by the humpback whales and blue whales in April through mid-December. You may even spot killer whales following the steam of family whales.  For a fun trip up to the northern california region,  you can attend the Mendocino Coast Whale Festival just north of San Francisco in early March. In the weeks following, there also is the Little River Whale Festival and Fort Bragg Whale Festival. Wine and microbrew tastings, gourmet food pairings, nature walks, photography lessons, cruises, art exhibits and kids' activities will be a part of the festivities.