Koi Collage 2 by Texas Daily Painter Nancy Standlee

Koi 2
12" x 6" Collage on MDF board

See my post about my first Koi collage painting HERE and the links to some great collage artists. I just had to collage another Koi today after hand painting some papers and then tomorrow get back to planning more activities for the art journaling workshop at Dena's Ranch in July.

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"He Always Wore His Red Cape When He Danced" ~ Acrylic Figurative

"He Always Wore His Red Cape (when he danced)"
Acrylic on Canvas
12" x 12"

This is another in the "Friends and Lovers" series that I've recently added to my updated web site. Click HERE to view the others.

I've recently posted about my workshop with Cheng-Khee Chee and painting some Koi. In 2008 I took a Nicholas Simmons Workshop, see the blog post and the Koi painting I did HERE and Nick had us using liquid acrylics.

I highly recommend you go to Nick's blog and watch his "Bad Watercolor Day for Hitler." Nick are you a Quentin Tarantino wannabe? Shades of "Ingloureous Basterds"!! It makes no difference to me acrylic or watercolor. They are both watermedia and just paint some Koi in either one. Congrats, Nick on the Belgium show. If you are a Facebook fan, here is Nick's profile.

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Cheng-Khee Chee Workshop ~ Day 2 ~ Koi

"Koi"
Watercolor 1/2 sheet
15" x 22"

This was painted using the saturated wet technique, wetting the 140 lb. Fabriano paper front and back, laying in the background colors and then finding the koi. This week I'm in a 5 day workshop with master watercolorist, Cheng-Khee Chee from Duluth Minnesota. His work is influenced by the East-West experiences and tradition. His creative process is strongly influenced by Taoist philosophy - finding the most natural and effortless way to express the essence of a specific subject that he has deep feelings. His wife, Sing Bee, helped me mix up my colors for a special palette in muffin tins similar to the one below that Chee was using. It's fun and a little intimidating and the 20 plus members are working hard. I'll post a slide show of images later. The first day was using the traditional watercolor technique and I painted a rooster but later for that also.

Koi ~ SWA Entry ~ Giclees ~ FAR

Koi
$675.00
Full sheet 22 x 30 acrylic watercolor on 140 lb. paper
This is one of my entries into the SWA juried show. You can enter 3 pieces and if the judge likes one, you will be in the show. There are times when the judge doesn't like anything sent. We are going digital so your 3 images are in 300 dpi on a cd and I hope there isn't another like me that will have to rush them over tomorrow the last day of entry. On my previous blog post I told about painting koi and will let you know in February if I get in the show.
Today I picked up 4 giclees I've had made from Gamut Control and I'm very pleased with the quality and I will write more about that later. They tag your fine art reproductions and send the images to FAR Fine Art Registry and you have a portfolio on line. The artist adds painting descriptions, profiles and biography. While there type in Nancy or Standlee and you will see my page and what I'm talking about. On the Gamut site my catalog page is the very bottom image.
I hope you have a restful weekend. I think I have a rodent in my attic because of sounds overhead and overheard the last few days and some have been alarmingly loud - weather is predicted to warm a little so I'll feel more like looking into this problem. He sounds big!!