Grecian Doorway

I had surgery on my left arm and hand in April. I worked on this over the month as I recovered and completed it today. I call it Grecian Doorway.

 

Normal is Boring--first exhibit

 My collage "Normal is Boring" was selected to be on display at Able Artists Gallery in Tallahassee, FL, as part of the Artists and Autism: Celebrating Neurodiversity Exhibit. I'm very excited!! Opening to the exhibit will be April 1st for First Friday in the Railroad Square Art District.

Here is the explanation of the piece: "The colors depict the rainbow of diversity. The words in the background are the voices around that may or may not make any sense. The colorful sections of the brain work, but maybe not in a linear sequence, and the puzzle pieces are the scattered thoughts they deal with on a daily basis."

Works from the past week.

A study of my dog Dixie.

A doodle following a workshop by Kate Furrow. [website]

A sunflower field in the Ukraine [prewar].

#sunflowersforukraine

A study (trial #1) from a plein air watercolor class (that got rained out).

Trial #2 of the plein air photo we worked from.

Woods study from a pic I found on Pixabay.

 

Support the Ukraine

 My second sunflower, but I like this one more. From a tutorial from Allison Lyon.

I also worked on an acrylic painting today. Here's the set up.

I got the background painted in.

Daffodil

 

Daffodil from a Louise De Masi tutorial on Patreon. This is a study from my sketchbook. 

Manatee

 A watercolor I worked on in between writing. 

Art Update - 1st time entering an art show

 

© 2022, Miriam Wood.

I finished this mixed media (watercolor and gouache) painting yesterday (2/18/2022) and decided to enter it into a local art show. All entries will be displayed in their online gallery. Several pieces will be on display in person at the Tallahassee Capital Building. I am just aiming to be included as an artist in the area and have something in an art show. I entered this painting I'm calling "Pinto" and the oil painting seascape I call "Storm".

I went ahead and joined the Council on Culture and Arts of Tallahassee and Leon County (Florida). You can see their website at https://coca.tallahasseearts.org/

When not playing with paint, I have been working on a historical romance which was requested by Harlequin this past week during a FB pitch event.

From an online watercolor workshop by Kat Furrow. Check her out.

More practice

 I have been practicing my watercolors. Here are a few shots of what I'm up to in between writing.

I got this exercise from artist Allison Lyon on You Tube

I got this exercise from a workshop on Skillshare.

The last image is a practice watercolor I did along with artist Kat Furrow and her free workshop on Facebook. She's fantastic.

Feathers 2

 A second try at the feathers.

I'm working on Canson XL paper. Not 100% cotton as many instructors suggest. I have some on the way via Amazon though. I used Cotman watercolors by Winsor and Newton. I'm going to try using the pan watercolors a bit instead of the tubes. I absolutely hate wasting the color pigment. Well, not wasting now. I am using a palette I can seal closed to save them, but still. 

First seascape

 I painted my first seascape per a Bob Ross tutorial. I painted this on 1/28/2021 as I waited for my college freshman to come home for the weekend. 

Seascape 1

Inspired by Bob Ross

1/28/2021

Oil on canvas

Beginner Watercolor Painting

 Okay I am brand new at watercolors. Can you tell?

Abstract flowers 1

I did this "Abstract Flowers 1" as my first watercolor in years during an online class. It actually looks prettier in person. The workshop was given by artist Kat Furrow on Facebook. Her work is gorgeous.

Today I did a little practice with the paints and brushes. I've got a ways to go.

Swatches 1

Just practicing using the watercolors into gradient shades.

Feathers 1

from tutorial Louise De Masi on Patreon

I joined her Brush Marks tier to get access to her tutorials. Love it. 

This is a decent first attempt. I overworked the colors.

Set up in progress

 I am in the process of setting up this website for my art.