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Layerings Watercolour Wet-into-Wet

If you missed a seat in the sold-out Watercolour Event you can watch it here! This recorded demonstration is part of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour education program and was aired live on October 29, 2020

I hope you will enjoy this collection of my original paintings of dragons and mice.  They have been set to music to give you a bit of a spooky thrill.

Sharing is appreciated especially with little goblins. 

See how you can build a painting with layers of negative shapes! Small berries and leaves will magically appear in this short video.

There is nothing I would rather do than paint. Absolutely nothing. As long as I have a brush in my hand, I'm in my groove. Here is a selection of...

Here's what works for me. Artist Network Television Interview on YouTube  Following a video filming session we took a few minutes to sit down and chat. 

Here is a quick video that will show you a DIY trick to use when wiring your paintings. This easy and inexpensive tip will save your fingers, walls and other...

Pair grey, beige or taupe with pure hues as you learn how to celebrate "muddy" colour in your paintings!

 

Catch a glimpse of Linda Kemp's Negative Painting techniques in this short video. Watch as cala lilies and hydrangea appear in this watercolour slideshow. Captions describe the steps.

Welcome, and thank you for visiting. In this short video you will see a series of small, square, paintings of animals and birds that I have created on Ampersand Claybord panels with Holbein Acrylics. I have written a little story to go with each character. I hope they will bring a smile to your face. You will find more of the collection and the accompanying stories by following the link for Beasts and Birds in Available Paintings.

According to medieval lore, cats got their name because catus, in Greek, means cunning (footnote). What the stories were referring to, of course, is the house cat’s amazing hunting ability. Fittingly, another ancient word for cat, musio, means “mouser.”