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...
by Kathy Collins | Feb 16, 2019 | Main |
Still with the dropper? Yes, I’m continuing my series using Dr. Ph. Martin’s concentrated watercolors. Sketching with the “eye dropper” that comes with the set of watercolors is just so much fun. For these paintings I do a quick watercolor...
by Kathy Collins | Dec 29, 2018 | Main |
At this time of year, inspired by shop windows, ornaments, and even my Christmas mug, I want to paint with red. So I pulled out my Dr. Ph. Martin’s paints again and picked from the crimson end of the spectrum. Looking at a sketch completed at a previous live...
by Kathy Collins | Nov 10, 2018 | Main |
Trying to paint in spite of some sort of chronic fatigue type syndrome, I have to devise ways to get something down on paper quickly while in a recliner. So a few days ago I pulled out my Dr. Ph. Martin’s concentrated watercolor set (not to be confused with the...
