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These journal pages were created with watercolors and patterned paper. “Something to Crow About” was our theme and the feathers and area around the roosters allowed us to journal about what we each have to crow about! Come join us at the Visual Journaling Classes at Gypsy Muse Studio.

Mixed Media Panel Classes at Gypsy Muse Studio are just fun. I am always so excited to see what amazing panels come from these creative people. We work with acrylics, ink, gesso, papers, watercolors, and so much more. Here are just a few beautiful panels created in class.

What a great job these folks did on their altered books, this was a long workshop and the results are a reflection of what a great job they did.

The following watercolor pieces were created using wet into wet technique, as well as a little salt. Come create a watercolor stained glass in our next Sunday watercolor class. Sign up now, space is limited.

My Sunday watercolor class did a fantastic job creating these beautiful dandelion seed heads. They learned three new techniques, art masking, salt, and splatter, then using their watercolors they were able to create some really great compositions. Not the easiest thing to tackle for beginning watercolor artist, but I think they handled it like pros. If you are interested in joining our watercolor classes, email me at sharen@sharenchatterton.com , next class, Sunday Feb. 19th.

I’ve finally finished my painting of those delicious summer strawberries, that I picked up at Central Market in Southlake. Poured out on the kitchen counter, I took 50 or so pictures from different angles. Then as I was painting the strawberries, I would buy a pint of ripe berries, use a few for reference and eat the rest. Now that’s the way to paint. I love creating the optical illusion of depth and sparkle that makes these strawberries take on that mouth watering look. I’m not sure this image does the strawberries justice, but they look as if you could pick them right off the canvas. This is a 36″ x 48″ gallery wrapped canvas, with the painting taken around the edges. It is created with professional grade acrylics and coated with an acrylic varnish to protect it for posterity and ready to hang on the wall.

“Summerlicious Strawberries” has officially been moved out of my studio, and I am ready for my next piece. If you are interest in this piece or have a comment or critique, I would love to hear from you. Email me at sharen@sharenchatterton.com or leave a comment here.

February’s sketchbook Challenge theme is opposites. I did a couple of sketches, one is of butterflies, who would of guessed. I did a black swallowtail, a painted lady, a couple of made up, not true monarchs. The small butterflies are on 2.5″ x 3.5″ watercolor paper, about artist trading card size. All four are done in watercolor and black felt tip pen. I’m going with the fact that butterflies have wings on the opposite sides of their bodies. The second one I did is the red cardinal, the contrast of this bright red cardinal and the neutral winter landscape are at opposite ends of the spectrum. Also included an image of my February create a calender page. For February I did pansies, once again in graphite a 5B and a blending stump. As always, thanks for looking and I hope you enjoy what I’ve shared.