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What’s new on the easel?

April 9, 2014 by alaskanraven

I’ve been painting large full size sheets of Arches watercolor 300# CP paper. Luxurious thick paper that holds color and brushstroke beautifully. Throwing paint, splattering, letting the pigment fly and blend. Summer pictures of cranes. Lots of sunshine.

mixed media 22" x 30" paintings by © Raven, USA — mixed media
22″ x 30″
painted by © Raven, USA

Snow? what snow?

April 7, 2014 by alaskanraven

I am ignoring the white stuff that has accumulated outside of the window and instead I’m thinking about summer, and sandhill cranes and blue water ponds and oranges and warm…… “Walking Away”, 22″ x 30″ transparent watercolor, by Raven (c) 2014, Fairbanks, Alaska USA

Shipment arrives

“Sterling, look at that!” “Look at what, Felix?” “That huge box. From Canada.” “Looks like the artist received another shipment of Kroma paint. Watch, she’ll spend the rest of the day arranging it in her studio. All those tubes of paint go in some sort of order.” “Paint? What is that?” “Paint is color. She […]

Edges are important

“Sterling, What is the artist doing now?” “What do you mean, Felix?” “She spends lots of time brushing paint on the sides of her painting. The edges. You know what I mean?” “She makes changes on it when she changes the front of the painting. The sides appear to be important to her.” “But why?” […]

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