Category Archives: Learning
Days 4&5: 30-n-30
Sunday, I decided to play with a painting from worship last month which didn’t get finished and I thought I would gesso over and begin again. It looked like this: Using the paint left over from that session, I began … Continue reading
Day 26: Hookers Green Hue (Sep 2015)
I bought Golden’s Hookers Green Hue because I had it in my watercolor palette but have not used it. Today’s endeavors brought some delightful surprises. I’m definitely keeping this color. It has a very high tinting strength – a little … Continue reading
Day24: Pthalo and Magenta Play (Sep 2015)
This has taken a few days with a few cover ups with gessoed tinted with cadmium yellow light in the yellow band. It was fun.
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Tagged 30 Day Challenge, abstract art, Acrylic Painting, Color Mixing, Color Theory, Fantasy Drawing, Fine Art, Painting, paintings, Paisley Paintings, Pthalo Green, Quinacridone Magenta, Suzan, Suzan HK, Suzan Hughes Kennedy
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Day22: Magenta Heart (Sep 2015)
My new favorite paint – up to now barely used- Golden’s Quinacridone Magenta. Not quite finished with this one.
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Tagged 30 Day Challenge, abstract art, Acrylic Painting, Color Mixing, Color Theory, Fantasy Drawing, Fine Art, Heart Paintings, Painting, paintings, Paisley Paintings, Quinacridone Magenta, Suzan, Suzan HK, Suzan Hughes Kennedy
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Day 21: Quinacridone Magenta (Sep 2015)
Some of the work in doing the audition sheets is becoming predictable but there is always a surprise. Today I worked with Golden’s Quinacridone Magenta and was somewhat surprised when I realized that the colors I have worked with have … Continue reading
Day 18: Pthalo Paisley Heart (Sep 2015)
This little 4″ x 4″ x 1 1/2″ acrylic on canvas painting is inspired by my recent pen and ink attempts at paisley patterns. It was fun and I used the paint left over from my Pthalo Green (Blue Shade) … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 Day Challenge, abstract art, Acrylic Painting, Color Mixing, Color Theory, Fantasy Drawing, Fine Art, Painting, paintings, Paisley Paintings, Paisley Patterns, Pthalo Green, Suzan, Suzan HK, Suzan Hughes Kennedy
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Day 17: Pthalo Green (Blue Shade) (Sep 2015)
Today’s audition chart is with Pthalo Green (Blue Shade) by Golden. My surprise for today was that this color is almost exactly like the other Pthalo Green and Viridian that I have. Three tubes of paint nearly the same color. … Continue reading
Day 16: Cobalt Blue Hue (Sep 2015)
Today’s audition chart is with Cobalt Blue Hue Heavy Body by Winsor & Newton. My surprises for today include learning the colors used to make the hue (Ultramarine Blue, Copper Pthalo, and Titanium White) and the shade that looks a … Continue reading
Day 12: Seahorse IV (Sep 2015)
I used some of the paint from the past two exercises to work on one of my aquarium paintings for day 12 on actually day 13. I hope to catch up this week or maybe I’ll skip a day. Dentist … Continue reading
Day 11: Alizarin Crimson Hue (Sep 2015)
There are some colors on my palette I don’t really understand. Since my goal for this 30 day challenge is to get to know my paints, I chose to do an audition chart for Alizarin Crimson Hue Heavy Body by … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 Day Challenge, abstract art, Acrylic Painting, Color Mixing, Color Theory, Fantasy Drawing, Fine Art, Painting, paintings, Suzan, Suzan HK, Suzan Hughes Kennedy
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Scanning Pen & Ink Artwork II – Almost Finished!
Thanks to wikihow.com/Remove-Background-With-Photoshop-Elements I was able to remove fairly quickly the background of this image. I did the same process on a different letter (A) and found that the narrow strips of white were not able to be made transparent … Continue reading
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Tagged Drawing, Fantasy Drawing, Ink, Ink Drawings, Ink Medium, Suzan, Suzan HK, Suzan Hughes Kennedy, wikihow
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Scanning Pen & Ink Artwork I
Having been confined to quarters for several days and some of that to my couch, I have used this some of this time to work on my pen and ink drawings. That is … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Drawing, Learning, Pen & Ink
Tagged Drawing, Fantasy Drawing, Ink, Ink Drawings, Ink Medium, Suzan, Suzan HK, Suzan Hughes Kennedy
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Pro-Photo Techniques DVD #1 Review
I just finished watching this video. I would like to see it again but alas, I must get it back to Netflix. This video was produced in New Zealand and you can tell it by their accents as they talk. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Learning, Painting, Photography, Ratios, Video
Tagged Art, Artists, arts, Composition, Education, Joy Henry, Lessons, Lighting, Painting, Portraits, Pro-Photo Techniques, Video
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News from My Studio
You may have wondered where I’ve been. Well April and May have been very eventful. I have been on the road a lot! Many trips to my Mom’s to help her recover from an illness. She is doing very well … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, arts, Digital Photography, Fine Art, Lessons, Netflix, Painting, paintings, Photography, Suzan, Suzan HK, Suzan Hughes Kennedy, Video
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West Texas Art Guild Demo Info
I am giving a demonstration on some of my favorite Golden products tomorrow at the West Texas Art Guild Meeting in Colorado City, Texas. For those of you attending and/or interested, here is some information from http://www.goldenpaints.com. I have reformatted … Continue reading
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Multi-media
Thanks to all who joined me at Emmanuel Fellowship Church for a workshop on collage techniques. Someone once told me that they may quote a source of material once or twice but after awhile, it becomes theirs. I don’t know … Continue reading
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Tagged Abstract, abstract art, acrylic, Acrylic Painting, Acrylics, Art, Artists, arts, Christian, Christian Art, Color Mixing, Color Theory, Drawing, EFC Prophetic Art, Expressionism, Fine Art, Leada Wood, Lillian Jane Neal, multi media, Painting, painting tissue paper, paintings, Sketching, Spiritual, Suzan Hughes Kennedy, Workshop, Workshops
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Drawing Eyes
I have been asked many times how to draw eyes. I have found an artist, Mark Crilley, on YouTube who has some very good – if not excellent – videos on this subject. Here is a link to his video … Continue reading
Business Cards at Vistaprint and Photoshop Elements 11
Monday I worked all day long on my business cards. I wanted to include them in an order for bridal shower invitations I had designed. Working on the invitations with the Vistaprint interface was pretty much a snap. I did … Continue reading
I learned so much during January’s 30 day challenge. Okay realistically speaking – I knew I would not paint every day but I wanted to paint more daily and I did! Here are some of the things I learned: Small … Continue reading
Grisaille – Verdaccio Techniques Link
Here is an excellent article on the differences between grisaille and verdaccio techniques written by Michael Georges in a piece he wrote on underpainting. PLEASE NOTE: This article includes an image of an art work that contains a nude. http://www.wetcanvas.com/Articles2/3261/292/index.php
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Tagged Acrylic Painting, Art, Color Mixing, Color Theory, Fine Art
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