Bird of Paradise on Yupo

Background was applied and and then image was drawn, lifted with a clean brush, and then painted. A fun project! I got the idea from Jean Haines video lesson: dab one pigment on a corner and another pigment on the opposite corner, wet and smear with a brush, let dry and then let the background speak to me about what photo ref would work best. A fun, get-the-creative-juices-flowing exercise! I'll do more of these!!

Final Works from Sandy Sandy Zoom Classes

These weekly classes have been GREAT! Sandy is such a tremendous, encouraging teacher and we have worked on substrates I've never tried. . .like black cotton rag! I have a nice set of Daniel Smith Interference and Pearlescent paints and was underwhelmed by them on white paper. . .on black paper, it's magical!! LOVE these paints and love the option of black paper!

I wash hitting a wall with my daily sketch/watercolor work. . things just weren't flowing right! The "fix it" was getting back to Yupo (which truly is the best substrate for me to loosen up). Here are 2 Yupo pieces from class.