Recent content by Donna T

Much better photo!

I think you’re more than ready to create your own characters! The world needs them! Who knows where it could lead - children’s books, toys, it’s all possible. I meant to tell you that I love the banana peels you made for the raccoons. What an adorable dumpster scene (never thought a dumpster...

This is really nice! My limited experience with glazing found it helpful for darkening shadows. Mixing blue into a color to get a shadow effect created mud but a thin glaze on top worked so well. I see some subtle pinks in the flowers and wonder if they are glazes?

You do the cutest characters - and calligraphy too! Very nice work.

Your figure work is always impressive, Bethany. The trumpet must have been a fun surprise.

Very nice! I like the textural look of the flowers!

This turned out so well, Wayne, and I like the colors. I can’t believe there’s no white but you lightened the areas that needed it just fine without it. What color did you glaze with a did you use glazing fluid or something else?

I love snow paintings and these are beauties! I like how a blanket of snow decorates the pine trees.

Your invented colors enhance this perfectly.

So beautiful!

I agree with Sno - the background adds a lot of interest. I like that she’s holding a head. Maybe she does sculpture and this is someone special.

They are some lucky goats and you made a great painting of them, Grapes! I like your loose brush strokes. You must have had to sketch them in quickly since they were eager to meet you.

A little shot might be good for you. This is so nice, Wayne, with the warm light bouncing all around. I don’t mind the glass and bottle being lined up.

I hope you’ll let us know if you find something that works. Doing collage uses so much of this stuff.

I didn’t know it was possible to make these mediums but there are tutorials on YouTube. I found this one for gloss medium that uses Elmer’s Glue and a water-based Minwax varnish: I have never tried this but it would be fun to experiment. Here’s one for matte medium that contains glue...