Sketching – Page 7 – Own Your Encore

Color Advice

Recently I have been following Annie Sloan to learn more about her color background and training. Sloan uses bold color on home furnishing in ways that do not seem out of place. Recently a story she posted caused me to go out and purchase 2 new chalk paint colors … I never imagined I would…

MSRitzman

August 13, 2021

Sketching

Annie Sloan, color choices, Color week

Drawn To Class

To keep up with daily sketching means that ‘every day’ I need to put something on the page. Some sketches take a couple minutes, a ‘sketchbook’ entry typically takes 45-50 minutes and a botanical drawing can take many hours. So I’m always looking for new ways to fill the page of my ‘daily sketchbook’. When…

MSRitzman

August 4, 2021

Sketching

color choices, Daily sketch, Field notes, Jean Mackay, watercolor practice

Choose a Color Scheme

One of the tasks in a watercolor class assignment this week includes selecting a ‘color scheme’. It seems like a simple task – thus the topic of Color Week 29. Monet loved to use a limited palette. He achieved more luminescence by having to utilize more mixes rather than from a variety of colours. Typically…

MSRitzman

July 28, 2021

Sketching

Belfair Wa, color choices, Color scheme, Color week, watercolor practice, Wetlands

Vera Neumann Inspiration

Americans are likely familiar with the name Martha Stewart … But they might not recognize the name Vera Neumann a woman who was arguably an equivalent as one of the most successful female design entrepreneurs of the last century Elle decor ELLE decor ‘Vera Paints a Scarf’ exhibit Here at Color Week 28 I like to…

MSRitzman

July 21, 2021

Sketching

color choices, Color week, Vera, Vera Neumann, watercolor practice