Try looking in the monthly archives. February 2021
Artist of the Week
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- Feb, 13, 2021
- Lisa MacDonald
- Charcoal/Graphite/color pencil
I belong to an art group on fineartamerica.com called “Old Masters and Traditional Arts” (old as in over 60 years old). This is a talented group so it is an honor to be chosen Featured Artist of the Week. Here are the 4 images featured: The paintings represent a progression from 2013 to 2021: The […]
More Monoprinting
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- Feb, 13, 2021
- Lisa MacDonald
- Charcoal/Graphite/color pencil
Acrylic PaintingMonoprinting is addictive! You never know exactly what you will get but you can control the process somewhat by having a vision of the result or striving for a particular effect. When I watch videos of people who have been doing this for some time, I noticed that they turn the art around as […]
Monoprinting
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- Feb, 13, 2021
- Lisa MacDonald
- Charcoal/Graphite/color pencil
I remember being told that to be a successful artist you need to develop a style and stick to it. This means painting the same thing over and over again. That may be fine for commercial artists who find a niche and then sell that idea exclusively. To me, part of the amazing journey of […]
Art During COVID-19
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- Feb, 13, 2021
- Lisa MacDonald
- Charcoal/Graphite/color pencil
An Unfortunate Time to Move We are living in unprecedented times where we are naturally concerned about vulnerable people; therefore, we must all do our part. Some of us have more complicated scenarios to work through than others. My husband and I chose to move back to Alberta just before the lockdown came about. I […]
What Color is Snow?
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- Feb, 07, 2021
- Lisa MacDonald
- Charcoal/Graphite/color pencil
Snow Has Many Colors As I dropped off my winter painting to McMaster Innovation Park for the 31st Exhibition, someone comment that snow was hard to depict and that my painting was beautiful. I painted this one in only three colors: Paynes Gray, white and a bit of black, as a monochromatic. The idea was to limit the colors; however, with a […]