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Monday, September 9, 2013

A wonderful summer


This has been one of my most favorite summers I can remember. I have been meeting so many wonderful women teaching this summer. It has added so much to my life. I am getting more and more ideas for classes since teaching and creating art is what I plan to do the rest of my life.
I am addicted to art supplies and although it is wonderful to have all this stuff around, I get a little overwhelmed so I am going to try to reduce my palette and amount of supplies I use so that I can really get to know them. It will be very hard to do, but this thought keeps going through my head to simplify....at least for now.
Here are some examples of my love affair with R&F Oil bars. I did get carried away and bought alot of them because they are very seductive so hopefully this will be my last product for awhile.




I have been working with more stencils and plaster in my portraits and love experimenting.


And last but not least, I just finished a wonderful magical weekend at a Misty Mawn workshop. She inspired me 4 years ago to paint. I started taking her online classes and haven't stopped painting.Meeting her in person was such a wonderful gift. I had so many epiphanies this weekend such as painted with a limited palette, even the background pulls the painting together,marks all pencil is magical, purchasing jars of paints rather than tubes (paint doesn't dry up as fast) and so many more Misty secrets you can only discover if you take her class. Watching her paint is quite magical. It is so tempting to try to copy Misty but then you aren't on your own journey, so that is never an option for me...but to take some of her magical experience and incorporate it is the whole idea. Misty is a huge role model for me. Her integrity and originality is unquestionable and she is a fun gal to be around too! Here are some of the wip that I did in the class.



Oh, I forgot, my door at Random Arts is finished. Love the beautiful knob Jane added to it.
 
 
 

8 comments:

  1. Kate, Misty may be your inspiration but your mine:)
    Hugs Marilou

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  2. I hope to take one of your classes Kate, I love the ethereal look to your portraits and of course the texture. It sounds like you are so on the right path, your direction, your teaching and even limiting your palette to what makes your heart sing. Jodi

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  3. First time to your blog and your work is just stunning.
    Hugs Linda

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  4. I recognize a few of these, Kate, and love, love, love the door you did for Jane. Great meeting you - lovely pieces!

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  5. wow I have never seen anything like this. so are amazing.I am so curious if you see the image before you create or if the image takes it form as you create..totally breathtaking.
    hugs
    susan s

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  6. Thank you Ally. I usually have reference at first but at some point I leave it behind and work from inside.

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