This is the sweeter side of Milky … when he’s asleep.
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(3″ x 5″ pen & ink with watercolor wash on paper)
Displayed artwork © 2019 Kim Reading. All rights reserved.
Juggling, omitting , and resizing whatever elements she wants in her painting is the artist’s prerogative. Powerful fun.
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(20″ x 13″ watercolor on paper)
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This is another Anita Lehmann assignment from The Beauty of Composition. Learning to trust composition grid and golden rectangle.
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(8″ x 13″ ink on Shizen watercolor paper)
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Are you feeling bombarded by conflict? News. Talk shows. Sports. It’s on every screen and every device every day all day. I think it’s really getting to all of us. Take a deep breath and hug yourselves. We’re all in this together.
(each sketch: 3″ x 5″ pen and ink)
Displayed artwork © 2019 Kim Reading. All rights reserved.
This is from one of Anita Lehmann‘s wonderful assignments in her online class The Beauty of Composition. She had us cutting up photographs, choosing what to eliminate, choosing what to keep, moving bits around the composition, changing pressure for depth emphasis, and generally getting down and dirty with charcoal.
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Happy Friday. I hope you’ve flown the coop for some weekend fun.
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(12.5″ x 5″ mixed media on paper)
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When I’m not sure how to get my hands moving, my ‘go to’ subject matter lately is faces. Quick sketches, usually one-liners, distorted and that’s what I love about them.
This one in particular is a favorite because I cannot read his expression. Is it disgust, boredom, disbelief, exhaustion, disdain, contempt, interest, confusion? He shows great concentration and appears almost ready to speak. What do think he’ll say?
(Reference: photo of Robert Mueller) (Click to enlarge)
(3″ x 5″ pen & ink with watercolor wash on Moleskine®)
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Another acrylic experiment here resulting in an altogether different abstract — layers of opaque paint, taped-off areas (later removed), acrylic washes, and a bit of solvent thrown in for fun. Complete lack of control. I had no idea what would result. Pretty wild.
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(10″ x 22″ acrylic on cradled birch panel)
Displayed artwork © 2018 Kim Reading. All rights reserved.
I’ve been taking acrylic painting classes and experimenting on my own this year. I’m still not comfortable but that’s a good thing — I have no sense of what to do, so anything I do is a really good lesson. How do I begin? Do I like these colors together? Does the paint feel better thin or thick? What if I throw this on it? Or add this line?
Wonderfully, it is all just paint! I’ve overpainted some panels many, many times with no guilt at all for hiding the previous. This abstract, for instance, is about the eighth layer of paint it’s seen. Vastly different from the first lay of colors, it now feels right to me. This one is done.
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(12″ x 12″ acrylic on cradled birch panel)
Displayed artwork © 2018 Kim Reading. All rights reserved.
A favorite hike to my favorite beach with a favorite friend (and a great blue heron). Yes, Monday was a good day. 
Posted in Pen & Ink, Watercolor
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