Category Archives: Mixed media

Jul12

The Cold Wax Process

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A cold wax, and oil paint demo from Kim Sobat.  I have looked all over YouTube for a simple explanation of using these two mediums together, and this is it.  I hope you find it interesting, and useful.  So far I’ve tried it on a watercolor painting I just finished, an acrylic abstract, and recent oil painting to help preserve it.  The watercolor painting, and the oil did well.  However it seems  to me that it just presents more problems for an acrylic painting.  The one thing I haven’t tried is mixing the cold wax with the acrylic as I’m using it.   Rather than trying it on a painting, I think it might be better trying it on a small sample of watercolor paper.  What do you think?

As Kim’s work continued, I slowly began to see what he was trying to achieve.  

Each time he put another color on his paper, I thought….hell no!   But as it progressed I could see where he might be going with it.  Then as Kim finished it up, I began to really like the completed piece.

Maybe it’s worth trying cold wax again!

Jul7

My Latest Painting…..

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artist Karen Samenow

20 x 20 canvas

I just finished my latest painting…  It started out with the intention of being rocks, and before  knew it, the painting was telling me this wasn’t rocks, but people.   Every intuitive artist knows, they don’t know what a painting is going to look like when it’s finished.  For that matter, they don’t know if it’s even finished.  We can always go further, or go too far, and that I guess is up to the artist.

Presently I have another on the easel, and it’s telling me to STOP!    So, I’m watching it to see if it tells me anything else.  They are so picky, and bossy these paintings.

If any of you have ideas about the title, please let me know.   I need to name it!

 

 

Jul5

One of My Favorites!

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I refer to Bob Burridge often, and that’s because he is not only abstract but he has fun time painting and ……he’s loose!

Loose is something I aspire to on a continual basis.  Recently I’ve decided if I can’t play like a kid, I don’t want to play.  But, I do want to play, so I must change my evil ways.  I’m playing, and having more fun..

I hope you enjoy Bob Burridge, he’s one of my favorite artists…..

Jun23

The Impossible is Possible!

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Garden Fantisy

Garden Fantasy

After agonizing over this, and thinking about what my friend would have painted, I finally decided to do it my way!

It’s really finished, I only have two more much like this one to work on, and although I’d like to do them differently, only time will tell if that will happen.  Bob Burridge mentioned in one of his monthly news letters that he was using Cold Wax to seal watercoler paintings, so that’s what I did.  I very carefully covered it with cold wax, and lightly buffed it.  It didn’t run, or transfer, and worked just fine.

The frame is the only thing left to decide on.  I don’t do frames any longer so I thought I’d mount it on canvas with some sort of border.  I’m not sure right now exactly what this means ,because I have to find a canvas that’s the correct size for not just the painting, but a little extra size for a border.

Part of my inspiration comes from Zebra Designs & Destinations.  It’s been a while since I’ve seen a post from Z, so this is a shout out to them as well.  Z is always an inspiration, and living in  Equador, it is so different from the US that I’m fascinated with what goes on there, and how Z finds time to be creative.

 

Jun21

A New Artist

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After searching around YouTube for a bit, I ran into this video, and it sparked my interest.  I thought the artist that paints the dogs was amazing.  Although I don’t paint like this, & I’m not really shure what my style is, it triggered my interest, and I thought you might be interested as well.  I hope you enjoy.

Jun7

Transfering a Photo

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Over the years I have transferred many photos, one that comes to mind is a photo of my sister and myself when we were little….yes we were once little!  It turned out pretty well, but as many as I’ve done, it’s always been a pain to do.  There are many different ways to achieve this, and this is just one of them.  Enjoy!