Malia's Virtual Sketchbook: painting

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Tuesday, December 18, 2018

More Picture Hillsboro 2018-2019 Final Submissions

Here are the final pictures I chose to submit to the city event. If you are a Hillsboro area artist or art collector/appreciator I would be happy to talk to you! Just send along a message! You can reach me at my etsy shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/mautio

Old Library at Second and Lincoln

8x10 in Frame

$150, $175 Framed

Watercolor on Cellulose Watercolor Paper

AVAILABLE

Man Resting at Brookwood Library Fountain

8x10 in Frame

$65 or $100 Framed

Watercolor on Cellulose Paper

AVAILABLE

MAX Arch at Baseline

8x10 in Frame

$125, $150 Framed

Watercolor on Cellulose Paper

AVAILABLE

Old Meets New Orenco Fall Day

10x14

$250 Framed or Unframed

Watercolor on Arches Cotton Paper

AVAILABLE

Orenco Woods Nature Park Technicolor

Watercolor on Arches Cotton Paper

$300 Framed or Unframed

10x14 Frame

Original Image larger than matted area,would suit

custom frame nicely

AVAILABLE

Orenco Woods Nature Park I

8x10 in Frame

$150, $175 in frame

Watercolor on Fluid Cellulose Watercolor Paper

AVAILABLE

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Experiments with Masking Fluid

Experiments and Uses for Masking Fluid in Watercolor

Painting Major Mitchell's Cockatoos

What I learned:

-Apply masking fluid where you want there to remain a clean crisp white line

-Make sure your masking fluid dries all the way, as well as the paint and paper around it, which can affect its removal

-Once you have a little ball of masking fluid, you can use this to help pull off easily and cleanly other remaining masking fluid, it's highly attracted to itself

-the lines will be harsh, so plan for how you want to soften them if you would like

-Using self mixed greys, browns, and neutrals on your pallette is probably better than shading with black except for areas which are truly perceivable as black

This is a Naked One

I used the same self-made template and added some black shadowing,
though if I do this again I will probably try to mix a warmer pink-grey to use for the shading instead.

Black added over the masking fluid white. All the white areas
remained white thanks to masking fluid. I like the crisp clean lines they give,
though they can be jarrinh

Stay tuned and there may be a tutorial on how to make a bird like this (and maybe with a template for you to trace.) I'm not sure about the aesthetics but I certainly enjoyed this painting exercise.

Playing in Acrylic

Playing in Acrylic

In my experience, most anything looks good in acrylic, so I've been having fun with it along with my husband and my friend. So a few of these paintings are by then. Anyone can do it!

Gang Gang Cockatoo and Yellow Flower

by Kenston Battrick

Lovebird Diva on the Stage

Lovebird on the Stage

Lutino Lovebird

By Maxwell Lee
A Buddha Head on a Cloud

Max's house, by Maxwell Young Min Lee

Maxwell Young Min Lee
Tree

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

2014 Week 8 Paintings: Watercolor and Stickers Collage

2014 Paintings Week 8

Watercolor and Stickers Collage

So it's coming a little early. I liked the painting techniques. They are relaxing and easy, and its fun to decorate them with ink when I'm done. And it's been really fun to use the stickers from my collection of Japanese stickers. There is such a variety and they are so funny! I make the stickers available at my etsy www.etsy.com/shop/mautio I'm always adding new stock and getting attached to some of the items myself, that's why it's fun to put them in my work.

And also fun to practice my imperfect watercolor art. But I guess I don't aspire to perfect renderings, they're not important after the advent of photography. BUT I do want to develop a style. Even though it seems I've explored so many different styles by this point. Thanks for visiting!

I had a cold so I didn't do much in depth or research into my other projects. But I'm starting to come back to myself.