"Cherry Blossom Puff"
Oil on canvas 8x10
FOR SALE $250 FRAMED $185 UNFRAMED
I will post pictures of it framed soon, it will be a super nice frame.
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Sunday, April 22, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012
Rhododendrons Final
Here it is! "Rhododendrons" is finished and is For Sale!
14x14 oil on canvas
14x14 oil on canvas
For inquiries email juliawichmanartist@gmail.com
Click on the picture to see it better.
Click on the picture to see it better.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Rhododendron painting update
I had painted the majority of the flower earlier, I think before Christmas even... And now, a couple of paintings later, I'm getting back to it to get it done for an art contest that I'm entering soon! I've painted more than half of the leaves and background now and really love how it is all looking with the colors and the contrast. I am more pleased with it than I thought I would be. The colors are so vibrant, it makes me happy! Gotta love COLOR! I have had a very productive week working on this painting and launching my Etsy shop, Jule's Fleurs. Check it out etsy.julesfleurs.com
Exciting times!
Friday, February 3, 2012
Birch Tree Lesson ish
So last week at one of my schools we did the standard birch tree watercolor lesson from:
http://www.deepspacesparkle.com/2011/01/birch-trees-watercolor-lesson/
We tore masking tape and laid it down as a mask for the trees. I had a couple assistants helping me, but I think we could have done more with helping them tear the tape and lay it down to look more like trees (like thinner towards the end of branches etc.) Even still they turned out great. :) The kids had fun with painting sunsets and those looked awesome in watercolor. We didn't all do birch trees, but I had them all make a shadow side on their trees and showed them how that made the tree look round. I have a lot of new students so I'm having to teach them blending and shading like I did for the class last semester. Also, we switched it up and used colored pencils for our trees.
These are a few of the projects from one of the classes :) The one on the bottom right is not finished yet ;)
This project is good for students beginning in art. It is simple enough, but it teaches about masking an area to keep it clean and how that looks afterward, how to use watercolors, horizon line, and shading with colored pencils.
http://www.deepspacesparkle.com/2011/01/birch-trees-watercolor-lesson/
We tore masking tape and laid it down as a mask for the trees. I had a couple assistants helping me, but I think we could have done more with helping them tear the tape and lay it down to look more like trees (like thinner towards the end of branches etc.) Even still they turned out great. :) The kids had fun with painting sunsets and those looked awesome in watercolor. We didn't all do birch trees, but I had them all make a shadow side on their trees and showed them how that made the tree look round. I have a lot of new students so I'm having to teach them blending and shading like I did for the class last semester. Also, we switched it up and used colored pencils for our trees.
These are a few of the projects from one of the classes :) The one on the bottom right is not finished yet ;)
This project is good for students beginning in art. It is simple enough, but it teaches about masking an area to keep it clean and how that looks afterward, how to use watercolors, horizon line, and shading with colored pencils.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Clipper Ships
This project was inspired by Deep Space Sparkle's lesson
http://www.deepspacesparkle.com/2011/05/watercolor-clipper-ships-art-lesson/
I found a painting of a Clipper ship online, and then drew step by step on the white board with my students. They did great! lots of sails and some complex shapes. I haven't done this with my second school yet, but will post pictures here when I get to it.
After the drawing, everyone painted the sails and I showed them how to do the shading along the left side and bottom to make the sails look full of air. I also showed them how to do a very light wash over the whole sail and then darken with more pigment in the shadow area and blend out. I had to show most of the students on their own painting what I meant, but eventually they all figured it out. Lots to learn!
I tried to show them how to paint the waves light on the peaks and darker down below, but I don't think that ended up coming across very well and I just ended up letting them have more fun with that part since the first part was more intense.
I also showed my students how to draw a dolphin and whale jumping out of the water, and I required each to draw one. Some of the students in my second class chose to do some outlining in sharpie pen.
Lots of pictures this time! Grades 1-5.
http://www.deepspacesparkle.com/2011/05/watercolor-clipper-ships-art-lesson/
I found a painting of a Clipper ship online, and then drew step by step on the white board with my students. They did great! lots of sails and some complex shapes. I haven't done this with my second school yet, but will post pictures here when I get to it.
After the drawing, everyone painted the sails and I showed them how to do the shading along the left side and bottom to make the sails look full of air. I also showed them how to do a very light wash over the whole sail and then darken with more pigment in the shadow area and blend out. I had to show most of the students on their own painting what I meant, but eventually they all figured it out. Lots to learn!
I tried to show them how to paint the waves light on the peaks and darker down below, but I don't think that ended up coming across very well and I just ended up letting them have more fun with that part since the first part was more intense.
I also showed my students how to draw a dolphin and whale jumping out of the water, and I required each to draw one. Some of the students in my second class chose to do some outlining in sharpie pen.
Lots of pictures this time! Grades 1-5.
Connor's harbor boats
My brother asked me to paint a "harbor" painting for him for his Christmas/birthday (two days after Christmas) present. He built a room for himself in our garage and wants art on the walls hah. So I started on a painting for him before Christmas, I got the sky done then... Then a few weeks ago I painted the ships and water, and today I finished it up finally! It's not much of a sunset like he wanted, but it was the best overall picture that I could find for a source.
Click on the picture to see it larger!
I had fun painting the cloud, especially the edge of the cloud as it whispily blends into the sky. I used my new manganese blue mixed with lemon yellow to create the turquoise in the lower right corner and also mixed in with the blue in the ocean. Ahh so peaceful :)
I had fun painting the cloud, especially the edge of the cloud as it whispily blends into the sky. I used my new manganese blue mixed with lemon yellow to create the turquoise in the lower right corner and also mixed in with the blue in the ocean. Ahh so peaceful :)
Chinese Brush Painting
This is a project I created on my own, based off of Chinese Paint Brush painting. For the first week I taught the class a little about traditional Chinese painting, and then we did two small paintings on watercolor paper with the Chinese brushes. Sadly I didn't get pictures of these.... We did two of the four gentlemen, which are the plum blossom, the orchid, the chrysanthemum and the bamboo. They turned out pretty good, although it was a little difficult for the students to use the Chinese brushes and the watercolors at times. They're good kids, and put up with a lot. If I do this project with my other school I may just use regular paint brushes.
The second week we did a painting based off of a simple painting in the Chinese Brush Painting book I was using. It is of an orchid dipping into the water and two fish. This one we did on rice paper which was even more difficult because it soaks up water like craaaazy and the brushes hold water like craaazy. They all practiced first and did quite well :) I would say this would be best for upper elementary and up, but my first and second graders are incredible so who knows... haha
Maybe using regular watercolor paper and regular round brushes would make these projects, even if they are less authentic. Chinese painting is so simple and beautiful.
This was the one that my fifth grade brother did. He and my sister (one year younger) are in one of my classes, and if I forget to get pictures of the whole class's projects I just use theirs. My sister's is below.
Oh! we also painted ornaments! Most of the students painted a bird that was in the book, it was so cute :)
The second week we did a painting based off of a simple painting in the Chinese Brush Painting book I was using. It is of an orchid dipping into the water and two fish. This one we did on rice paper which was even more difficult because it soaks up water like craaaazy and the brushes hold water like craaazy. They all practiced first and did quite well :) I would say this would be best for upper elementary and up, but my first and second graders are incredible so who knows... haha
Maybe using regular watercolor paper and regular round brushes would make these projects, even if they are less authentic. Chinese painting is so simple and beautiful.
This was the one that my fifth grade brother did. He and my sister (one year younger) are in one of my classes, and if I forget to get pictures of the whole class's projects I just use theirs. My sister's is below.
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