Mixed Media Illustrations

I've been working on some illustrations that blend two of my favorite media, painting and cut paper:

Painting with Patterns

Are you ready to re-invent the color wheel?

These paintings are created with acrylic paint, enjoying it's wonderfully opaque qualities, over a black surface. We added the earth pigments burnt umber, yellow ochre, and iron oxide to our primary color studies and expanded our understanding of color theory with many new mixing experiments and combinations.

We got inspired with geometric patterns from folk art, graphic art, and woven textiles. The bold results really pop! They grab our attention even from across the room. 

Art Elements

Art Elements, a class at Family Learning Program for artists ages 4-7, is underway with explorations of line, color, shape, and texture through super fun collaborative poster design, weaving, printmaking, collage, painting, and color wheel projects!

Pictured here are color wheel and Kandinsky-inspired painting activities:

The students persevered to meet my challenge and impressed me with their understanding of color juxtaposition!

I can't wait to see what they'll create next.