by Kathy Collins | Jan 6, 2018 | Main |
That’s how long it will take the Voyager Spacecraft now heading out of our solar system to reach the next star. I have been watching the astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson’s wonderful videos about space and time and was amazed by this fact. Did it make me...
by Kathy Collins | Dec 2, 2017 | Main |
So far Washington’s snow is staying in the mountains where it belongs. But in my warm studio I pulled out some photos from years back when the white stuff blanketed the Trail near my house. I played with the composition, in fact, turning the path into an icy...
by Kathy Collins | Nov 3, 2017 | Main |
The rains have returned to the Seattle area just in time, because I had planned on painting wet street scenes. I pulled out photos of streets with back-lit buildings and people. I love back-lighting because it gives me an opportunity to create special effects like...
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by Kathy Collins | Oct 14, 2017 | Main |
Originally sketched from the model at a life drawing session, I later redid this drawing using watercolor sticks (which are pure pigment in the shape of a crayon). The sticks work just like watercolor applied with a brush: when I touched the lines with a damp brush,...
by Kathy Collins | Oct 13, 2017 | Main |
Certain events conspired to keep me around home—fires in California and a bout with bronchitis. Since I was not feeling too bad I decided to make the most of my home stay, and among other things, took walks in the neighborhood, always with a phone camera. Today,...
by Kathy Collins | Sep 17, 2017 | Main |
Last week i spent 5 wonderful days at Samish Island, alternately painting, walking, and visiting nearby Edison. There is one house in the town which always intrigues me, and I have sketched it many times on past visits. It appears to be an ordinary mid-century...
