by Kathy Collins | May 16, 2017 | Main |
For months watercolor sticks were sitting around in my studio yet I never used them. Then one day a few weeks ago I picked them up for no particular reason and started drawing. The sticks applied smoothly to the watercolor paper, like crayons, and felt good in my...
by Kathy Collins | Apr 4, 2017 | Main |
The first and most important step in painting is to begin with good shapes. But what does that exactly mean? Renowned painter Tony Couch has described artists as shape-makers He points out that every good shape has two different dimensions (ie not square or circular),...
by Kathy Collins | Mar 25, 2017 | Main |
While painting from a photo of a fairly typical barn, I wanted to make the composition a bit more interesting. But how to do that? Well, there are a few tweaks to the photograph that may help. For one, start by simplifying the scene. As with most farms there was a lot...
by Kathy Collins | Feb 18, 2017 | Main |
The other day while thinking about what constitutes success in the art world, I noticed an article about a gallery in London called “The Sunday Painter.” Intrigued, I read more and concluded that this term, which has always been a pejorative, may...
by Kathy Collins | Jan 30, 2017 | Main |
I love grey skies and clouds—no surprise since I grew up in the Pacific Northwest. Nine months of the year beaches in the state of Washington are misty places, and it is these atmospheric conditions that provide me with much of my inspiration. But how to...
