Kay Lodahl Glass Art and Watercolor Painting

Every Monday is a class at Spokane Art Supply where a group of people are welcome to attend and receive instruction on different watercolor painting techniques demonstrated by Shirley Bird Wright, a local artist.

I enjoy the laid back and friendly atmosphere of this class and most of what I know about painting, I learned from Shirley.

This particular piece was yesterday's project interpreted as I imagined.  My journey, in the last couple of years, has shown me that I tend to lean toward the use of warm colors in my art work, so it seemed natural choosing the colors for this piece....and when Shirley dropped the reds into her demo piece, I was a happy person!! 
The deer came to me as an afterthought as well as the snow that I added to the branches.  

Might become a Christmas card... maybe.  

For those in our local area, be sure to put the Deer Park Craft show on your list of todos for tomorrow, Dec. 7 from 10 to 4 at the Deer Park Elementary School.   For more information check this link...

https://www.facebook.com/events/615748438464154/

Mike and I will have a booth there with mostly fused glass.  And we accept credit cards..   so come do your Christmas shopping and avoid the long checkout lines....

Okay, It's confirmed.  Girls love pink.  This set sold right away but I sure can make more...

This a little Holiday piece we did in Shirley's Monday art class.  My interpretation..  I added background color, texture, and snow.  Might make some Christmas cards out of them...

Latest set I posted on my Etsy shop...  I really like doing this style...  

I struggled with this project even in class.  There was something missing on the first picture that I just couldn't quite put my finger on...  a tip received from a friend on FB, gave me the incentive I needed.  Go darker and perhaps some shading.

Shirley is always telling her students, and namely me, to "Go darker".  It never fails to make a big difference.



This is a watercolor tip from Sterling Edwards..  I think I will frame it for my art room!!

 "One thing that I had a hard time adjusting to when I was learning to paint with watercolors was the unexpected dry back of colors. They looked so rich and intense when they were applied but then they dried back considerably lighter in value. So now what do you do? Do you go back into that area and redo the color and risk getting mud or looking overworked, or do you just leave it alone and live with the lighter value? One of the principles that I teach at workshops is what I refer to as "go dark, then go darker&qu…