A Series of Small Things

acrylic on canvas for notecard

Gouache on cardboard, for a card

Gouache on canvas, maybe for a card

gouache on card stock

Can you even tell the differences between the second and third version? This is WAY worse than editing.

I couldn't help it.  The thing needed more texture.  I like lumps.

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

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.

 

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

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

Acrylic on canvas board

Tempera on cardboard--all others acr y lic

Water Color on Water Color Paper by Katherine Gotthardt

Tempera on water color paper by Katherine Gotthardt, 2002

Tempera on cardboard, early 2002.  One of my very early attempts.  I was going to get rid of it, but my family won't let me. 

Oil on a metal trash can by Katherine Gotthardt, 2002

Oil on canvas by Katherine Gotthardt, circa 2003

This was one of my earliest attempts at painting (as an adult).  I did it around 2001, and I think it's oil.  It's on canvas board.  There's a lot of glare from the camera here.