Acrylic was a medium that took me awhile to master. I thought it was those little bottles of paint they sold in the craft isle at Walmart. I didn’t even realize they sold tubes of acrylic paint in the art stores. I thought it was oil paint and would always walk around it. Then one…
This was another watercolor painting that I used black ink to make the image stand out. The texture on the right was made with sea salt. I put water on the page, laid down the sea salt, then began applying colors to add the texture. I think when this one gets framed, it is going…
When I moved back to Tennessee in 2011, Cornhole boards had just come on the scene. They were becoming very popular, but the only images were stock images such as checkerboards, football teams, etc. Someone approached me and asked if I could paint one board with a hunting scene. My first board was horrid. But…
There are several techniques that I have found that I adore. I like to see texture in my paintings. So if it looks flat, I will add sea salt to a painting and paint a light tone on top and then remove the salt. It give the most amazing effect. I have tried the rubber…