Month: October 2019Page 1 of 2

Bird and Sun Ollie #2

This is Ollie’s school project. She had it selected and hung up in her class as a special honor. Nice work! It’s a watercolor painting. I love the…

10, Ollie

Fall Leaf Painting #9

My first painting from a real life object instead of a photo or painting. RATING: 1 VERDICT: The right side is awful. The painting isn’t true to the…

1, Momo

Clouds Painting #8

I painted this one on the cardboard back of a discarded small notepad. The goal was to work on blending (background). For the clouds I was trying to…

4, Momo

Apple #2

10, Linden

Road with Fog #1

This is Linden’s first painting. It’s awesome! Here was the source photo he used for inspiration.

3, Linden

Clouds Paintings Progression

This is a chronological list of all my paintings of clouds. I am working to improve blending and to make my paintings more refined.

Momo, Progress Posts

Clouds Painting #7

In the tutorial the artist (Feliks) uses a fine goat hair brush for blending. The problem is the brush is on backorder. Also it’s, cough, $45.95 for one…

3, Momo

Peach Blossoms #6

For this painting I tried a different tactic. I started with a minimal illustration style painting for inspiration. It’s much easier to paint when you don’t need to…

3, Momo

Acrylic Painting Classes in Minneapolis Area

Below is a list of community and artist centers in the Minneapolis area that offer acrylic painting classes. I will be updating this list as I find more….

Tutorials & Classes

Clouds Painting #5

I took another stab at this general painting style. The goal is to get better at blending. My Process: painted the background following the same blending tutorial found…

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