by Kathy Collins | Oct 2, 2019 | Main |
My favorite painting tool is my 2 inch flat brush. It is made of synthetic fibers and is thick at the base and comes to a nice sharp edge when wet. When people ask me how I paint a watercolor so fast, I just show them this brush. It is not only quick but it promotes a...
by Kathy Collins | Aug 25, 2019 | Main |
Recently I have had compliments on my framing, which incidentally is not done all by me, but with much help from the friendly folks at Tsuga Fine Art and Frame in Bothell. Someone once said to me that the right frame can make an average painting look good and a good...
by Kathy Collins | Aug 6, 2019 | Main |
I’m excited about the Red Sky Gallery opening at the Lake Forest Park Town Center. Seventeen of my paintings will be available there, with an emphasis on the beach scenes. The gallery is on the second level of the Mall and will also feature jewelry and gifts...
by Kathy Collins | May 30, 2019 | Main |
Sometimes inspiration comes from looking at piles of old paintings. I found a series of colorful abstracts from a couple years ago and decided to add some collage materials on top of the paintings just to see what would happen. In the above mixed media work...
by Kathy Collins | Apr 14, 2019 | Main |
Last week was my first visit to a Samish Island Paint-Out in over a year and things had not changed a bit—wonderful painter friends, excellent food, and trails to explore! I filled a notebook with sketches and then recreated them in watercolor on Fabriano...
by Kathy Collins | Mar 13, 2019 | Main |
Pulling out last year’s sketchbook, I was inspired to paint from a drawing completed in Wailuku, Maui. I started out using paints already on my palette: ultramarine blue, cerulean blue, raw sienna, sepia, and alizarin crimson. These colors, except for the...
