New Paintings

August 10, 2009 | Posted By: Annie | No Comments
Filed Under Annie, For Sale, Our Artwork 

A while ago a local artist, Paul Flint owner of Suburban Paint (I covet so many of his paintings, someday hopefully one will be hanging on my wall) recommended some latex wall paint by Benjamen Moore, the new Aura brand. Well I finally tried it as a base coat and as a drawing surface for graphite and white china marker and I am absolutely in love. These pieces that you see below are some cedar waxwings that frequent my fruit filled yard. They are really lovely birds, I’m not sure that I have done them justice, but I really enjoyed drawing them. After I finish the drawing I fix it and then apply several acrylic glazes, several coats of varnish and then mask in the pendants on the sides. I credit the recent fetish for pendants to my Royal Buffet days, I just can’t seem to get away from them. . .

I’m sure you will definitely see a lot more in this style and medium combo, it is very artist-with-toddler friendly, low mess and can handle many interrupts. Besides the fact that I just love everything else about it. Thanks Paul!