A Series of Small Things

Trying to merge what I learned in the landscape class with my own style.  Acrylic on canvas board. Looks good as a postcard .

Strange vase and an augmented, stencil dragonfly.  Watercolor pencil on paper.

I learned how to use a fan brush and a sea sponge during a 90 minute class where we created a spring painting in ac ryli c on canvas board. Might make a nice postcard.

In the dream, David bought a packet of something like sea monkeys and threw them in an empty in-ground pool.  These huge, dangerous creatures grew and we had to hide the pets so the creatures wouldn't eat them.  This was one of the creatures.  Actually, it was longer than this, but I ran out of space on the paper.  acrylic on paper  

watercolor on paper, to be used for note-card  making  

Acrylic on paper

acrylic on paper

 

Acrylic on canvas board--will be edited and become a postcard

acrylic on canvas board--will become a large, blank note card

watercolor pencil on paper (better than my first attempt which was scary)  

colored pencil, marker, glitter decoupage on paper

watercolor penci l on paper (a me ditative exercise)

Watercolor pencil with faux jewel

The eye of God is not round, nor does it ever close.  (colored pencil on paper)

Watercolor on paper.  I think I will re-scan this later.  The bottom doesn't look blurry like that in real life.

watercolor and watercolor pencil on card stock

watercolor on watercolor paper

This is a "needed a break" exercise.  I'm actually going to print it out to see what it looks like.  Sometimes 3-d stuff looks cool on paper.

I was bored and wanted to do real art but was too tired. Hard not to get those little watercolor pencil crumbs on the sketch pad.  I think the watercolor paper works better.  I'm left-handed so I have to pay attention to smudging anyway.  Maybe I'll try regular colored pencils next time.

Acrylic on canvas--will look better on a postcard, just like "Lollipop Trees."

Acrylic on canvas board

Watercolor pencil on card stock

Watercolor pencil on watercolor paper coated with glitter découpage

Watercolor with stencil on watercolor paper

This started out as a little watercolor pencil stencil that I filled in and outline d .  I scanned it, then imported it into PowerPoint and played with the options.  Kind of fun.

Watercolor pencil stencil on watercolor paper

Tempera on cardboard--all others acr y lic

These magnets will be on sale for $4.00 at Arts Alive and/or by appointment.

Poetry by Leigh Giz a , scanned painting by me.  These magnets will be on sale for $4.00 at Arts Alive and/or by appointment.

Poetry by Leigh Giz a , scanned painting by me .  These magnets will be on sale for $4.00 at Arts Alive and/or by appointment.

I cannot take credit for the art or the poem on the magnet to the left.  The poetry on both cards is Leigh Giza's .  On the right, the background art is a scanned piece of my painting "Woman United."

Poetry courtesy of Leigh Giza --except the one on bottom left because I couldn't come up with anything else LOL! What you see in the background is a scanned image of pieces of my paintings and stencils.  This is a fun partnership!

Talented writer Leigh Giza has offered some of her lovely, short poetry which I've snatched for magnets.  Some are (and will be) hand painted, others matted on scanned pieces of my original art.  It was a pleasure having an arts and crafts day yesterday and we are both excited to present our offerings at Arts Alive !  More coming, so stay tuned!

acrylic on canvas with a splash of watercolor by Katherine Gotthardt

Someone told me this little tempera on cardboard painting I did back in 2002 looked like a Grandma Moses piece.  I'm not so sure about that, but it sold on eBay, which I thought was hilarious.

This is a piece of wood with a stiffened rope hanger.  I think used tempera paint.

Water Color Pencil

Water Color Pencil on Walter Color Paper (that sounds so redundant)

Watercolor Pencil on Watercolor Paper

Watercolor pencil on paper -- first try with stencils and paper this size (post card) , so the spacing at the top is not right . 

Acrylic on Canvas Board by Katherine Gotthardt

Acrylic on canvas board by Katherine Gotthardt