tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34712632125687933322024-03-13T04:30:30.566-04:00Sandy MaudlinWelcome to my painting world. Here you'll discover the art journey I've enjoyed while experimenting with many kinds of watermedia. In my studio on the west side of Cincinnati, Ohio, I offer several weekly Open Studio Group Sessions filled with great info and critiques, as well as weekend workshops occasionally throughout the year. You may also find me traveling in Europe teaching watermedia workshops. Leave a comment if you like. Hope you will be back soon. Thanks for stopping by.Sandy Maudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.comBlogger513125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471263212568793332.post-83362605853275713442023-07-07T15:13:00.008-04:002023-07-30T19:46:58.618-04:00You’re invited to our art show<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGL2OK02yKzXqnpk6FCzqytKyi8xxGanbT5Y3qQvkiDdsZ3ElEldcVGXDA0d0ExtPPWtWthKXGAwZDMy2oAvdapOEHPm6EnUI-ySCYIWLGuRer6pcZ9TYpkNRBElkf-e6KU_hKE1rUKufdoMCsgjUrH0sEVCBBCc8vRZXmd75OUM-8Ml8nXfgRReeXiE/s2380/IMG_0288.PNG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiyOnLET_nYfGqDJ6YN-dJPQyB8wsqcG21aUbQI-kwnQl1D2r_p1GxURZ-I9WcNVYjNqZ9AoFTZUiPLJOMgBSO9KlhsHN0URcCb_9WznLrGTlrqlqVCIYdg5o8w3GFtWbRKlXrBSiJ3qXXOARmanxpl1luw2GOnUKB5NNC8_9HuWJofY4WhtSDl8-Y4rY/s2458/IMG_0503.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2458" data-original-width="1948" height="523" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiyOnLET_nYfGqDJ6YN-dJPQyB8wsqcG21aUbQI-kwnQl1D2r_p1GxURZ-I9WcNVYjNqZ9AoFTZUiPLJOMgBSO9KlhsHN0URcCb_9WznLrGTlrqlqVCIYdg5o8w3GFtWbRKlXrBSiJ3qXXOARmanxpl1luw2GOnUKB5NNC8_9HuWJofY4WhtSDl8-Y4rY/w415-h523/IMG_0503.jpeg" width="415" /></a></div><br />Sandy Maudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471263212568793332.post-39591747255299336602021-08-10T20:30:00.001-04:002021-08-11T14:55:51.972-04:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LlJm9BZNsZ8/YRMYLDfZQ8I/AAAAAAAAzok/VuXWeCHXass6eC0jgW2AWA-7CthrutxPQCPcBGAsYHg/s4032/IMG_7754.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="357" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LlJm9BZNsZ8/YRMYLDfZQ8I/AAAAAAAAzok/VuXWeCHXass6eC0jgW2AWA-7CthrutxPQCPcBGAsYHg/w475-h357/IMG_7754.HEIC" width="475" /></a></div><br /> A peak into a part of our courtyard at the old convent. The railing on the far left is by the stairs that lead up to our art studio. <p></p><p>I’ll be teaching my 7th Watermedia Workshop there in July, 2022. See the sidebar for more info. Spouses are welcome, too, and can read in the spacious gardens, swim in the pool, or take a long hike around the ‘block’ to see sheep and the quaint countryside while we paint, and of course, they will go on our excursions with us to nearby villages and markets. </p><p>See sidebar for more info. Hope you’ll join us.</p>Sandy Maudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471263212568793332.post-35871076706340575322020-07-22T14:56:00.002-04:002020-07-22T15:01:38.232-04:00<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hOsUkl9qVp8/XxiJcXyao1I/AAAAAAAAwNg/kmmHOeBhGvESqeqSOFSYu0xqX3wN8QPDACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/B828DB91-6D7F-4220-951B-49C34100B7B8.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="2048" height="357" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hOsUkl9qVp8/XxiJcXyao1I/AAAAAAAAwNg/kmmHOeBhGvESqeqSOFSYu0xqX3wN8QPDACLcBGAsYHQ/w512-h357/B828DB91-6D7F-4220-951B-49C34100B7B8.jpeg" title="Well Played" width="512" /></a><font face="verdana" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">WELL PLAYED</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Graphite and fluid acrylics on Yupo with added texture from stamping gesso first. 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Sandy Maudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471263212568793332.post-67290778484870152372019-04-19T08:48:00.001-04:002020-09-21T11:18:17.711-04:00The CostThere’s no other pix to share on good Friday but this painting done with just three da Vinci watercolors and two brown watercolor pencils.<br />
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I’m housesitting 1000 miles from home, and I’d packed a few paints and a big sheet of arches watercolor paper - 22 x 30” - and some oiler boilers I’d Just ordered from CheapJoe’s. I used a comb dipped in Miskit to save some streaks of pure white on the left hand end of the long paper.<br />
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While the miskit dried, I made three separate bottles with Da Vinci watercolors - Hansa yellow, phthalo blue, and red rose deep, mixing with water in those three oiiler boiler’s until they were really dissolved. (Weird how even now I know the names and brands I used.)<br />
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My intent was to enjoy painting, splashing, misting, squirting colors together to make a kind of background to build a painting on, maybe even an abstract. It was a ‘vacation’ away from responsibilities and ongoing busy life.<br />
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Spontaneous and fun (but my sprayer wasn’t very good.) I stood the painting upright and let it drip while I went and put on a bathing suit. There was a perfectly good hot tub waiting to be used.<br />
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While enjoying the luxury of that hot tub, I remember looking at the splashes of beautiful colors with all the drips, and couldn’t wait for it to dry so I could take off that Miskit to see how those resulting white streaks were going to fit in the picture, whatever it turned out to be.<br />
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Turning the paper different directions after the Miskit was removed helped me decide which way would be up. I’m a planner who likes to be in control, so this was all new to me.<br />
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Well, dang! The only blasted thing I could ‘see’ amidst all those pretty colors was a man’s profile with a nose bigger than Jimmy Durante’s. And the white lines left by the Miskit seemed to suggest a woven sort of hat on top of the head shape. Or crown of thorns.<br />
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That did it. I certainly wasn’t EVER going to paint another “religious” picture of any kind. I changed into street clothes, leaving that vibrant pink, gentle yellow, and turquoise blue painting sitting in the hot Texas sun. I grabbed keys to the car I had to use and remembered how to get to Walmart. I needed a decent sprayer, after all.<br />
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Probably seven steps into Walmart, I didn’t hear it or see it or think it - but I KNEW the title to the painting. It was to be titled “The Cost.” At least that was settled. Bought only a sprayer and headed back to the house.<br />
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I set up a studio space inside. Good lighting. Air conditioned. I needed a mirror. And to figure out something to eliminate and to add in to bring this painting along. Watercolor pencils I’d packed😊 I really wanted to keep all the pretty pink drips and not touch them.<br />
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First thing I did was to pare that gargantuas nose down to Jewish proportions as best I knew how. Needing a more distinct eye, I’d look in that mirror at my eye as I partially closed it like I was in torture. Easy to do considering the past few years of trying to survive being super mom, super good church person etc. You get the ‘torture’ part, right? <br />
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Eye was the easiest, mouth, the most challenging. Hair was tentatively placed with thorns added onto crown. Set it above the mantle to critique. What to do next? <br />
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Then the house owner came home, surprising me, several days early!!! I was embarrassed to have this fresh new piece of my heart blaring out into his home so blatantly. He saw it and said something like “that’s really nice,”. Very kindly cause he’s a kind brother.<br />
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But I didn’t yet know why it was called The Cost. Took a while. Seems I’d thought if only I could get it all right, do a perfect job, quit screwing up, I’d be worth something. But HE paid that cost long ago. I could relax and lean on Him. Still learning that over 30 years later. He’s still patiently showing me. Love is beautiful.<br />
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And that’s why today is called GOOD FRIDAY. All good<br />
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Sandy Maudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471263212568793332.post-21524189695052037412019-02-21T07:22:00.001-05:002019-02-21T07:22:22.034-05:00Goofy Giraffe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Using Fluid Acrylics over watercolor paper that was previously covered with various textural products as well as colors, I had so much fun painting this goofy giraffe. In the photo I took at the zoo of him, his ears were turned back and not visible, so I had to ‘add’ both ears. Below is how the surface looked earlier, before glazes of Fluid Acrylics were added.<br />
Goofy Giraffe”. 11x14” Collected<br />
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Sandy Maudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471263212568793332.post-68002787277781896022018-12-10T16:32:00.000-05:002018-12-10T16:34:05.827-05:00Painting Birds Workshop <div style="text-align: right;">
Learn how to create textured subjects with wettable graphite in Sandy’s upcoming workshop in March (see side bar on the right.) It’s fun, easy, and fabulously full of texture.</div>
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Our art show will open December 8th from 1 to 4pm at The Barn, at The Women’s Art Club in Mariemont/Cincinnati, Ohio. With over 40 artists showing their work, you’ll see such diversity in both technique and subject matter. Each artist presently attends my open studio sessions each week, and the talent is amazing. If you’re in the area, please stop by. Free admission and refreshments, too.<br />
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“<b><i>Memories</i></b>” Acrylic and gesso on Arches cold pressed with acrylic ground 11x15”Sandy Maudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471263212568793332.post-53980576566405275032017-12-01T00:09:00.002-05:002017-12-01T00:09:38.733-05:00Wet and Wild Workshop<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This January, we will be in The Villages, Florida, for a four day workshop. The first two days will include my techniques using alcohol inks with watercolor, as seen in this painting of a sea turtle. Color and texture are incredibly striking with these techniques.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hope to see you there.</span>Sandy Maudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471263212568793332.post-60334623610983367232017-11-12T18:45:00.000-05:002017-11-12T18:46:25.576-05:00YUPO WORKSHOP DEMO<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Fairborn Art Association hosted my Yupo workshop this past week near Dayton, Ohio. This painting was the first demo I did showing how to use Fluid Acrylics on Yupo with my Tape Batik process. It's called Tape Batik because the way the paint leaks under the edges of the tape on the Yupo looks a lot like a silk Batik. The second photo below shows the first layer of tape covered by the first layer of paint. It's an intense process with considerable planning involved, but so worth it for the results. <br />
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Their art association was so positive, very creative, and we had an extremely productive week! Thanks so much for asking me to teach there. They are an excellent organization!<br />
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My next workshop is in The Villages, Florida, in January, then in February, Calgary, Canada. Join us if you can. See the right hand sidebar for more info.<br />
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<br />Sandy Maudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471263212568793332.post-82373207782460441912013-10-30T23:16:00.001-04:002013-11-01T20:37:42.668-04:00BARCELONA PIGEONS<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">A statue of a Spanish dignitary seems very attentive to these two Catalonian pigeons. This is a TAPE BATIK done on YUPO with Fluid Acrylics. I had to paint it because it made me laugh when I saw them having their discussion with the robed figure in Barcelona. This was one of the demos from our YUPO workshop a couple of weeks ago here in my studio, and l</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: small;">ots of adjustments were made once the tape was removed.</span><br />
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<br />Sandy Maudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471263212568793332.post-35205388827846708472013-09-30T17:27:00.000-04:002013-10-30T23:25:28.702-04:00YUPO and French Cooking!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: small;">This array of cooking utensils is put to hard work when we are at our workshop in France. Next year we will be there in October, painting in the studio as well as on site, but always coming back to LVC for delicious meals. It is the best!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: small;"><strong><em>"COOK'S QUARTERS" </em></strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">Fluid Acrylics and watercolor on YUPO 26x40"</span></span><br />
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<br />Sandy Maudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471263212568793332.post-4674318004324657472013-03-18T15:55:00.001-04:002013-03-18T16:02:53.833-04:00YUPO POSSIBILITIES<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spring in full bloom is perfect to paint on YUPO. The colors are<br />
so vibrant since the paint never soaks into the 'paper.'</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exploring shapes and values while making texture the<br />
'Queen of the Show'<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So many techniques to explore with this surface....here I have <br />
employed my own 'TAPE BATIK' method on YUPO.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Color and texture become even more appealing on YUPO.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paintng on YUPO can be challenging, especially for portraits.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Impressionism, absrtact art, realism... any subject and style can be <br />
painted on YUPO using a variety of mediums. My favorite is <br />
Fluid Acrylics on YUPO with watercolor added as needed. Hope you<br />
are painting on this surface that some call an<em><strong> ice rink for paint</strong></em>. Try it!<br />
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Sandy Maudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471263212568793332.post-29035556833082521242013-01-26T12:29:00.004-05:002013-01-26T12:34:02.676-05:00WINTER REDS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A light dusting of snow on the ground looks so beautiful this time of year. So far, it's been a decently mild winter with a bit of a recent cold snap. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The birds love eating at the feeders, and seeing them from my studio is a joy. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here's one of the cardinals, painted on hot pressed Arches, 140#, with watercolor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><em>"Dressed in Red" </em></strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">Transparent Watercolor on 140#HP Arches 10x15" <em><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">COLLECTED</span></em></span></span>Sandy Maudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471263212568793332.post-47678391250822453992012-12-21T21:19:00.003-05:002012-12-21T21:19:59.149-05:00CHRISTMAS<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Sandy Maudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471263212568793332.post-10408356595969596172012-12-02T16:18:00.003-05:002012-12-02T16:26:06.079-05:00YUPO ADJUSTMENTS ARE EASY!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Finished, again..... Changes on Yupo are so easy to make, once you figure how what changes to make to improve the painting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Using the Valueviewer Ap, I snapped pictures of the painting before and after, then switched each photo to a Notan, showing the dark and light value patterns in the pictures. The pattern which dark and light shapes make in a painting is the first thing we notice from a distance. If it is a good pattern with good shapes, we will want to see it closer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Good patterns have interlocking and overlapping shapes which are irregular, unpredictable, and move somewhat diagonally through the picture. Notice how more predictable and regular the pattern is in Step 1, the black and white taken from last week's post. The Finished Pattern of the finished painting has more irregularity to hold the viewer's interest longer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Same picture, different placement of darks and lights.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">How many times have we loved a painting because of the colors? The textures? The subject matter? But without a really good pattern of lights and darks, a painting will soon become less exciting no matter how great the </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">subject, colors, or textures.</span>Sandy Maudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471263212568793332.post-64435240958158728112012-11-27T16:48:00.000-05:002012-12-02T16:30:24.526-05:00YUPO WORKSHOP IN FRANCE<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Our workshop is beginning to fill up for next year's French workshop. The processes shown here will be shared during our eleven days at Le Vieux Couvent. We'll be exploring YUPO in many unique ways.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">This is from one of the villages in the beautiful Dordogne region, so picturesque and paintable! </span><br />
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Sandy Maudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471263212568793332.post-43796520236151459232012-11-15T23:24:00.000-05:002012-11-15T23:25:49.478-05:00WORKSHOP WASH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Painted on Yupo with fluid acrylics, this painting shows wash day in Le Vieux Couvent in France. Lisa, Leslie, and Paula headed back to the studio to paint as soon as the laundry was hung to dry. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Next September we will be painting on Yupo, also known as Lana Vanguard in Europe, for the eleven days we are in Frayssinet. Sooo many possibilites and creative adventures abound when we paint on Yupo! For more workshop info, please contact<a href="mailto:maudlin@embarqmail.com"> Sandy</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong><em>"WASH DAY"</em></strong> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Fluid Acrylics on Yupo 19 x 19"</span></span> Sandy Maudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471263212568793332.post-37059858477838307832012-10-24T08:49:00.001-04:002012-10-24T22:53:31.758-04:00TAPE BATIK IN FRANCE<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Capturing a feeling is what many artists, including myself, hope to do when creating a painting. The casual French country gardens at Le Vieux Couvent in France were so inviting and intriguing. On every path there was a new surprise, and exploring the gardens was always inspiring. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Watercolor on 140# Arches</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This scene, from a photo taken during this year's French workshop, shows some of their ancient steps as well as the charming, natural beauty of the area. Capturing the feeling of really being there still eludes me, though. Using my tape batik process, I painted the picture after I was back in the states. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Next year's French workshop will be in September, perfect timing for all the grapes growing at LVC. Everyone speaks English so comminication was easy, too. The meals were the BEST ever ever ever, and we were so well taken care of. It was a <strong>total immersion</strong> into 10 days of creativity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Can't wait to return. Please contact me if you would like to know more about this future workshop --- see the side bar on the right. Being there was incredible!!!!!!!!!!</span>Sandy Maudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471263212568793332.post-1485857580853357512012-10-07T16:00:00.002-04:002012-10-07T16:18:08.778-04:00YUPO in FRANCE<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: small;">Last month, our YUPO workshop in Frayssinet, France was an experience of a lifetime. And I'll be going back in Septemebr of 2013 to teach another workshop there. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: small;">Words cannot describe! The location, so French country; the studio, excellent; the accomodations, superb in a finely refurbished ancient convent; and the food! Unsurpassed!!! Each and every meal was delectable, presented so beautifully and so delicious! French gardens, a pool for an afternoon dip, a lilypad pond to enjoy while reading a book or sketching, flowers, a courtyard for our lunches and late afternoon apertifs'. Life was so good. Can't wait to return. Each of us felt like we had been totally <em><u><strong>immersed</strong></u></em> into ten glorious days of creativity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Email me at </span><a href="mailto:sandymaudlin@gmail.com"><span style="font-size: small;">sandymaudlin@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> to find out more about the workshop experience for next year.</span> </span></div>
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<br />Sandy Maudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471263212568793332.post-63207190080014508562012-08-18T13:20:00.003-04:002012-08-18T13:22:07.394-04:00FINALE!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">These fireworks are finished! Yeah! The Grand Finale is always full of ooh and ahhs, and the show we saw that evening was awesome. This is watercolor on YUPO with Fluid Acrylics. Lots of fun, yet challenging to do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Off to the studio to pack for the France workshop.. lots of treats in store for everyone there next week. </span></div>
Sandy Maudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471263212568793332.post-88882713884163552232012-08-13T09:44:00.003-04:002012-08-13T09:46:44.166-04:00NEW PAPER<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Painting on a new surface is always exciting and challenging, and the last time I painted on Indian paper was about twenty years ago. This paper, Punjab, comes in a beautiful, handmade book, sold at Daniel Smith in Seattle. I loved the paper! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This little sketch book will be going to Frayssinet, France with me very soon where, hopefully, it will be filled with paintings of the beautiful French countryside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Inspiration for this quick painting came from a rainy night in France last spring. This couple was splashing through the rain while crossing Pont Marie. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Thanks, Linda, for the great sketch book!</span></div>
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Sandy Maudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471263212568793332.post-21717555462246128892012-07-14T15:23:00.002-04:002012-07-14T21:36:01.605-04:00FIREWORKS, PART ONE<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Watching fireworks is lots easier than painting them. This is my first attempt, using fluid acrylics on Yupo. The real show was spectacular overlooking Lake Wawasee. The next painting will be considerably larger. This was a trial run, and my hope is to capture that intense, breathtaking, spectacular display of light, texture, and color without making a garish painting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><em> "WOW!"</em></strong> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Fluid Acrylics on Yupo 5 x 7"</span></span>Sandy Maudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471263212568793332.post-53398264494820808462012-05-28T10:07:00.000-04:002012-07-08T23:04:43.046-04:00CREATIVE HOLIDAYs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There is a feeling in Venice that's magical. Such a beautiful and paintable place... especially if you wander the less traveled areas. This painting is of the most visited spot, St. Mark's Square with the Doge's Palace, and the surface it's painted on is YUPO. Both texture and color are just phenomenal on YUPO, and it seems like play when painting on this slick surface. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">YUPO is called Lana/Vanguard in Europe. In August, I'll be teaching a ten day workshop, in Frayssinet, France, all about YUPO! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">There are numerous approaches to painting on this 'paper,' and it will be so much fun to explore all those possibilities while being wined and dined by <a href="http://www.vacancesenvie.com/SandyMaudlin.pdf" target="_blank">Bill and Corinne at Le Vieux Couvent</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Open to all artist who <strong>love to paint</strong>! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">A special technique I developed will be included in the instruction - <em>Tape Batik on YUPO</em> - along with many, many other special YUPO processes to help you create your own masterpieces. Join us! Click on Bill and Corinee's name above for all the info or contact Kristin at <a href="mailto:dancingsun404@yahoo.com">dancingsun404@yahoo.com</a> for more info. I can't wait.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><em>"PALACE PEOPLE"</em></strong> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Fluid Acrylics and Watercolor on YUPO 19 x 26"</span></span>Sandy Maudlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10962887841683409190noreply@blogger.com10