Cobalt Blue abstract art

30x22 acrylic on Lanaquarelle 140 lb hot press paper, painted last week in Douglas Walton's workshop here at our Heritage Museum. Initially I had designed this to be a horizontal nonobjective work, with cobalt sky at the top. However, Doug likes to change, shake up, and mix up, so he had me turn it vertically then finish development. Lastly, I used bubble wrap stamping to unify the design and you can see it if you look closer or enlarge the image. Again, our work was all developed from 3x3 tiny squares of various color combinations.
COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Hidden Hearts

22x30 acrylic on Lanaquarelle 140 lb hot press paper, the last one done in Doug Walton's class on Thursday. Its abstract design is based upon a tiny 3x3 square of 5 colors chosen thru a random drawing. Top background is glazed with Liquitex fluorescent red. As I worked, dark and pastel pink hearts appeared, hence the title. In my tiny square, the black only went about 1/3 of the way across from right side; Doug had me paint it all the way to indicate a mountain. Later when it is back from the Heritage Museum show, I may take the black out and further develop the heart theme. More detail is what I like so this one's my favorite of all the pieces done.
Image is COPYRIGHT 2014 Kay Smith.

Caboose Artists at Doug Walton's Big Spring TX Workshop

Left to right:  Leada Wood, Linda Rupard Irvin, Estelle Howard, and Kay Smith posing in front of Doug's large orchids at Heritage museum this week. We missed you Carole Berry and Sue Bagwell!

Trees From Walton Workshop by Leada Wood

Estelle's Trees from Walton Workshop 2012

Sue's Trees from Walton Workshop 2012

Leada's Tree from Walton Workshop 2012

 This was one day of painting in this year's Walton Workshop.
We had to draw 10 tree shapes and then Douglas chose the one that we were to put on paper and paint. We did an underpainting and then used black paint and then Carmenized the rest of the painting. The paintings were as different as the artist in the class. It was a very interesting exercise. We did a lot of journey drawings and underpaintings and had a wonderful time taking our art to a new level. Douglas is an expert at bringing your creativity to an all time high! If you have not been experienced with Douglas Walton you must give it a try!