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!

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.

Whale Of A Note Card!

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Like I said, whale of a note card are 3 different designs from the whale fest here in 

Mendocino. The originals are still up for sale at the store in Fort Bragg till the end of 

the month, then I will possibly put them up in my store. I am selling them individually, but if interested in a pack, please contact me and I'll put one together for you. Prints will  be available

by next month on each one.  

Riding On The Beach

Riding On The Beach

This is from a photo I took when I was up in Long Beach

Washington and have been wanting to paint it. 

It's been a while since I painted in watercolor and I was enjoying the process.

 This one isn't for sale since 

I'm not real happy with the colors. I plan on trying 

another one with a better plan on colors.

We just moved to the Northern coast of California and their is a lot of inspiration here. When sitting at the beach painting I'm finding the motion of the sea is difficult to paint. I created a painting with the waves but I will admit I did take it into the studio to complete the painting with photos I had taken. Plien air painting is something I want try out soon. Here is the finished painting.

Ocean Breeze

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