3 little demons. gouache on black. 8 x 8
It's hard to believe The Nightmare Before Christmas is 30! Jack & Sally, another ultimate spooky couple, surrounded by a cast of some spooktacular characters & stop motion animation! It's a must see if you appreciate animation & understand the work that went into it. I've painted a couple ideas inspired from it & will share this month.
I have to say, it's vey cool to be able to go out & pick your own mushrooms for an omelette or fried rice or whatever. When the vegetables were done - due to frost, Storm replenished the garden beds with straw and mycelium and now I can go out and pick a mushroom for my meals. Wine Caps! Fresh, tasty and good for the brain, we have mushrooms with almost every meal. He said they should also come up in the spring before I plant the next vegetables and improve the soil!
Have a peek below, it doesn't seem like many but they pop up over night! They are also large so you only need one.
It's one of the coolest experiences - I mean it's one thing to go out and pick a tomato but this is a level up as far as I'm concerned. I am really looking forward to the Shitake from the Shitake logs he has prepared in the woods!
That's for the spring.
It's absolutely beautiful out! It's as if a July afternoon, shorts and a tank top - getting some sun, lounging with my girls -in between painting lessons :) I am forcing myself to take 2 hours of lessons a day! Later I try to incorporate what I've learned into my own paintings, very stimulating. :)
*Note: see the white of the tub above? They grey on the rim of the tub and a bit on the base - is NOT painted...
I let my gouache white get too runny and then when it dried -it actually fell off the paper, in this example it actually works'. The way to prevent this is NOT let your paint get too watery, I simply added more white from the tube & thickened it up, problem solved. Gouache can be a little fickle - not as much as water colour.
Enjoy this terrific day - the next couple are said to be the same - reaching a high of 29 two days -for October it's perfect - a fantastic opportunity to explore the woods, see the leaves, crunch along in the sunshine.
Created to create.
It's hard to believe The Nightmare Before Christmas is 30! Jack & Sally, another ultimate spooky couple, surrounded by a cast of some spooktacular characters & stop motion animation! It's a must see if you appreciate animation & understand the work that went into it. I've painted a couple ideas inspired from it & will share this month.
I have to say, it's vey cool to be able to go out & pick your own mushrooms for an omelette or fried rice or whatever. When the vegetables were done - due to frost, Storm replenished the garden beds with straw and mycelium and now I can go out and pick a mushroom for my meals. Wine Caps! Fresh, tasty and good for the brain, we have mushrooms with almost every meal. He said they should also come up in the spring before I plant the next vegetables and improve the soil!
Have a peek below, it doesn't seem like many but they pop up over night! They are also large so you only need one.
It's one of the coolest experiences - I mean it's one thing to go out and pick a tomato but this is a level up as far as I'm concerned. I am really looking forward to the Shitake from the Shitake logs he has prepared in the woods!
That's for the spring.
It's absolutely beautiful out! It's as if a July afternoon, shorts and a tank top - getting some sun, lounging with my girls -in between painting lessons :) I am forcing myself to take 2 hours of lessons a day! Later I try to incorporate what I've learned into my own paintings, very stimulating. :)
*Note: see the white of the tub above? They grey on the rim of the tub and a bit on the base - is NOT painted...
I let my gouache white get too runny and then when it dried -it actually fell off the paper, in this example it actually works'. The way to prevent this is NOT let your paint get too watery, I simply added more white from the tube & thickened it up, problem solved. Gouache can be a little fickle - not as much as water colour.
Enjoy this terrific day - the next couple are said to be the same - reaching a high of 29 two days -for October it's perfect - a fantastic opportunity to explore the woods, see the leaves, crunch along in the sunshine.
Created to create.
