Class by

 Wan Marsh

at Random Arts

                                                           Beauty Comes From Within
                                                   The picture above was finished at home.
                                                  The picture below is my piece from class.

                                                        Wan was an excellent teacher!
                                                      I was so consumed with the class
                                                      that this is the only picture I took.

                             If you ever get a chance to go to Saluda NC make sure you stop by                                          Random Arts where you will find some really fun goods!

My fabric.

Flying Sweetly Fabric Collection

I'm so happy to share my new fabric collection Flying Sweetly, available for order now. 

Shipping Summer 2014

P&B Textiles has a beautiful new web site with all the new fabrics.

Help me spread the word, share with your local quilt shops.

Have a HaPpY Day!

Kim

Tropical Fusion-My First Blog Hop

Hey y’all!

I’m so happy to have you visit !

I have been painting and creating for over 25 years.

Painting my dreams since 2009.

Became a Licensed artist in 2013 with fabric shipping in July 2014

from the Flying Sweetly Collection.

This is for Tropical Fusion- The Camouflaged Frog

Inks and Fluid Acrylics on Watercolor Paper.

I started out by blowing the inks with a straw, creating odd blobs.

Then the nose of a frog appeared.

I LoVe Intuitive Painting!

I defined the frog and leaves with green then blew some orange for the flowers.

And separated the background with our Radiant Orchid.

A little more detail to the outlines and a few more blobs of  green.

More to come…

You have probably hopped here from Lisa

http://lisadeighan.com/?p=564

 I hope you enjoyed her beautiful work

The Blog stops here!

BUT….

If you would like to start at the beginning of the Blog Hop it starts here at Mary Tanana’s Blog

Thank You Mary for hosting such a wonderful Blog Hop.

http://groovitydesigns.com/2014/01/18/tropical-fusion-bloghop/

and…

Thank-You Lisa Rivas for creating our Blog Badge.

http://www.lisarivas.com/blog/

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New Place

Hello Friends! 

I have a new place now,

 so join me there to see what's happening in my art world.

http://www.kgartstudio.com 

Make sure you hop over to 

the moon from my attic

the sweet and talented Alex Colombo has shared her interview of me.

Make Art Thar Sells - an e-course

Make Art That Sells...what a course. WOW!

5 intense weeks

 followed by a two week period

 to create a piece of art for the 

Global Talent Search

The course was amazing.

My portfolio grew and will grow with at least 3 new collections.

 This was my first assignment. I drew everything, painted it, scanned it and created the layout in Photoshop. Things got a little distorted, but now I know how to do it. One lesson learned.

 This is one of the layout's with handwritten lettering and a light chocolate background.

 I really liked the cream colored background. I think it would make a nice kitchen towel and I like the clean font.

 I played with Photoshop and created the pattern from the spots on one of the mushrooms.

 While working on the pattern I also played with colorways...another lesson learned!

 One more pattern from the peas.

 This was in my comfort zone, but not something I would have ever dreamed of painting. Acrylic on canvas board.

 This one a favorite. I love collage. I love the intuition it takes to create such a piece. This will grow into a 4 piece collection. Mixed media on 24x24 wood panel.

 This one was just fun! 100% Photoshop. I went through my pictures and chose some colorful pieces, cut them out from the backgrounds and collaged them together. This will also become a collection. After I submitted I realized I had made a mistake. The word bubble should come from one of the other animals. I have a special place in mind to submit this collection. I hope they like it!

 Another fun piece.Every week I wanted to incorporate my chickens into a piece of art, but they never fit the assignment. Finally, I got to fit them in. Would make a great journal cover, huh?

 

This will also become a collection of four. They will be perfect for a set of dinnerware.

Here is the link for Make Art That Sells with Lilla Rogers.

http://www.lillarogers.com

Hugs! Kim

Represented by Lilla Rogers

HOLY COW!

2 year deal with Lilla Rogers

What a Dream!

The contest deadline is Wed June 26 @ Noon EST.

Although my art is completely different than that of Lilla's Artist, I'm still going for it....

with All my HeART and Soul!

Join in on the contest.

I BeLiEvE it will change your life!

There are several surprises that go along with it!

So GO!

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The Search.
Global Talent Search

Make Art That Sells an e-course with Lilla Rogers

Make Art That Sells

an e-course about Licnesing

and I am taking it!

The course is in two parts. 

We are in the third week of Part 1, 

but don't worry it begins again on October 7. 

Part 2 begins October 7 as well.

Be sure to click the link above to read all about it.

 

Peas and Mushrooms

 My Portfolio is growing!
The class is awesome. Definitely pushing me out of my box. I drew the mushrooms, peas and bowls. Colored them in by hand, but changed the colors in Ps. Then laid them
                                    out in this pattern. All new to me.

 The Peas and Mushrooms was my first assignment. Don't get excited now....the next class Part 1 will have different themes. I loved the creamy background of the first one, but agreed with friend Deb Velasquez that the darker background made the icons 'pop'. I am such a beginner with Photoshop, I can do a little, but as you see...my layout is a little squished.

 Above on the first pattern I played with Colorways. It began as red, but for my assignment I used more of an orange which reminds me of candy corn. All created in Ps except the little circles. I took them from the mushroom cap shown at the top of the blog.

My second assignment was Pods...flower pods in a circular design. This one stressed me out a little, so I went to the studio and painted this Passion Flower on Mulberry paper. This was my finished assignment. Several friends thought it looked like needlework...hum...great idea! I am in licensing discussion with a needlework company. I think I'll share it.

My art is being viewed by Lilla !

and many top companies anyone would love to be licensed with.

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