Four New Paintings

I'm supposed to be working on my Nanowrimo novel, so of course all I want to do is paint. I've done four paintings in two days to try out my new watercolor crayons. I like the little girl in the snow the best. It's called 'Snow Day'. Next time I'll tape the paper down to a board first so it won't curl as much. These were all painted with a combination of watercolor crayons, watercolor pencils and white acrylic paint. They dry quickly. They are in a folk art or naive style. Ironically, once you've learned to paint in art classes, it's harder to go back and paint in a primitive style and throw proportions to the wind.

Mixed Media

If you missed Suziblu's workshop yesterday you can see a video of it here:


I hope to go to one. Now she lives about an hour and a half from me.
Yesterday I worked on some mixed media. One has a mermaid and one has the face of a woman and some butterflies. But the paper was too soaked to continue last night so I'll do some more today. Mixed media does take a long time to dry sometimes so plan ahead.

I joined suziblu's mixed media ning group yesterday. The badge is over to the right if you want to check it out.