Abstract

This is another Anita Lehmann assignment from The Beauty of Composition. Learning to trust composition grid and golden rectangle.

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Who doesn’t love black • white • red in a shared field?

(8″ x 13″ ink on Shizen watercolor paper)
Displayed artwork © 2019 Kim Reading. All rights reserved.

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More Acrylic Play

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.

Acrylic Play

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.

Pendulum

A little mini-abstract. Playing with watercolor.

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(2.5 x 3″ watercolor)
Displayed artwork © 2017 Kim Reading. All rights reserved.

Watercolor Meditations — Second Series

This second series, inspired by the wonderful Carla Sonheim’s 2016: “Y” is for Yellow class, is a study in overlapping three transparent colors. It was a meditative process that appealed to me during my otherwise “quiet” art summer. The results were unexpected and colorful.

Small 5 x 5″ birch panels are the substrate onto which paper watercolor paintings were affixed. Each was finished with three separate layers of protective UV semigloss varnish. I plan to do (at least) 4 more to make a symmetrical block of nine.

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(5 x 5″ watercolor paintings varnished onto cradled birch boards)
Displayed artwork © 2016 Kim Reading. All rights reserved.

Happy Easter

Digital eggs and a bunny who sprang from a blotch of extra paint. Must be Easter.

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(4″ x 5″  digital art using Sketches^® by Tayasui)

(4″ x 4″  mixed media acrylic and Micron pen)
Displayed artwork © 2016 Kim Reading. All rights reserved.

Follow Me

Keeping it simple. Dabbling in black and red ink—applied using eyedroppers.

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(10″ x 7″ india ink on plain paper)
Displayed artwork © 2015 Kim Reading. All rights reserved.

Kids Art Week – Oil Pastel + Paint People

This “Kids” assignment goes up in a snap. And it was a great reminder how I love the buttery goodness of rubbing oil pastels on paper. Thank you, Diane!

All you need is a little acrylic paint and a few bright oil pastels. Look up Lesson#5 in  Kids Art Week.

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(1″ x 11″  acrylic paint & oil pastels on construction paper)
Displayed artwork © 2015 Kim Reading. All rights reserved.

Happy Solstice!

Whether you’re heading to the Fremont Solstice Parade, the Edmonds Art Fest, the beach, or your own backyard, ENJOY THE DAY. It’s a gorgeous summer solstice in the Puget Sound area. And don’t forget your sunscreen, hat, and water.

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(2″ x 3″  digital art using Sketches^® by Tayasui)
Displayed artwork © 2015 Kim Reading. All rights reserved.

Me Glork

It just looks like a Glork.

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(3″ x 4″ watercolor and colored markers on plain paper)
Displayed artwork © 2015 Kim Reading. All rights reserved.