Summer Splendour - Mixed Media Painting - 24" x 24" on canvas

AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE HERE

ART TOUR GROUP SHOW - ART SQUARE GALLERY - SEPT 12 - 25, 2017

I'm looking forward to the opening reception of our group show tomorrow night, Wed Sept 13 from 6pm to 9pm. As the Art Square Gallery is directly opposite the AGO, visitors can visit our show and then avail of free Wednesday nights at the AGO. Please drop by and say hello.

Here are two of the paintings I am showing.

"Awakening"

Detail from "Summer Splendour"

"Morning Glory" - Mixed Media Painting on Canvas - 12" x 12"

"Nightshade" - Mixed Media Painting on Canvas - 12" x 12"

Faces ... Faces ... Faces

One of the things I like to do when I am not making collages is draw and paint faces. Here are some that I've done recently. I hope you enjoy them.

The papers I used for the first two faces were scrap pieces left over from a gelatin plate printing session. I drew the faces first in pencil and then went over them with a black marker so that they would show up against the strong background colours. I then used coloured markers to paint the other details. I really liked the contrast between the randomly painted background and the strong black lines and was very pleased with the way they turned out.

I did the next three faces on gessoed pages of my sketchbook. The paper was quite thin and the gesso gives it some body. Once the gesso was dry, I drew the faces with a Stabilo All black pencil and then activated the pencil with a paintbrush and water. I love the effect you can create with this pencil. On the third face I added some details with coloured pencils.

I drew the last face with graphite on a heavier sheet of paper and then coloured it with my favourite colouring pencils, Prismacolor Pencils. This was so relaxing to do and I enjoyed every minute of it.

Owl - Original Mixed Media Collage Using Hand Painted Paper on a Cradled Wood Panel - 6" x 6"

Available to purchase HERE - Sold

Trees - Giclee Print of Original Mixed Media Painting on a Cradled Wood Panel 6" x 6"

Bluebird - Mixed Media Painting and Collage - 6"x 6" on a Cradled Wood Panel

AVAILABLE - in my ETSY shop - Sold

Printmaking Unleashed with Traci Bautista

Traci Bautista's new book Printmaking Unleashed was recently published. To celebrate its release, Traci held a 31-day #printmakingunleashed challenge in which I participated. Traci posted a daily prompt, based on material from her book, for 31 days in a row and participants posted a daily response. 

Here are some of the pieces I posted. To see more of my posts, check out my Christine Jermyn Art Facebook page.

Trees, Mixed Media on Canvas, 16" x16"