Monthly Archives: August 2011

It’s all clean and stuff now. You can see the deets here: http://www.amyjackson.cc/paintings/cedarbreakswc.html Goes well with Well Thought Out Twinkles, Silversun Pickups, btw, or maybe that’s just me. Album to get. I added:  orange and white watercolor pencil, baby pink … Continue reading →

The first layers of watercolor are done! Now I need to add depth and dimension with all the tools in my toolbox: pencil, watercolor pencil, pastel, and more watercolor — very carefully I might add — after almost a month … Continue reading →

We got the last groceries and are holed up for the proverbial whatever may come hurricane IRENE (come on Irene jokes long gone aside thank you) … Honey Crisp Apples are in and Huge and Crisp. as well as America’s … Continue reading →

The first layer of the cedar background is thusly completed! Whew! (wipes brow) That’s a lot of work for a tiny round brush, I must say. I did change up the mix with a little blue and white added for … Continue reading →

Something about an earthquake that only causes minor damage and minor injuries is a wake-up call, makes you count your blessings, makes you want to call everyone you know and make sure they’re okay even though you know they are. … Continue reading →

I was only sure of one thing when I started painting today … that I had mixed the color right. I started in the middle left, started small, and it went well, so there you go. I branched out, and … Continue reading →

Significant progress painting today after resting for several days … needed the energy reboost. The foreground is mostly white and pink and sandy and the background is evergreen from here on out, so I have to pick what to do … Continue reading →

Made lots of progress on the painting yesterday afternoon, after resting with a migraine and aches most of the day, hot beans. We did wash Chipper as well in the morning, and he smelled a combination of roses and wet … Continue reading →

Now we’re getting somewhere … right? You can kind of tell what it’s supposed to be? heh … I’m really liking the direction this is taking so far … and the colors … really fun to mix and deepen, lighten … Continue reading →

I took eight other photos, of the palette, the various tools, the brushes, etc., for the Paiute children’s Powerpoint, a few of which I’ll need to take over, no worries. A good start. The main thing is that I started … Continue reading →