Painted Raven Studio

Color study #1 - not a lot of detail at this point - just experimenting with colors and values….AND discovered I need a few new brushes!

Have you ever heard the expression ‘value does all the work and color gets all the credit’? Well it’s true and before I start painting I’m going to do a couple of value studies and then move on to making color decisions…. What color to tone the background? What colors will I be using? What about the background? Canvas or paper …ugh… I’m going to have to just lean in to the decision making process - ha!

I’m starting a new piece for the OAG Small Works Show in June and one of the challenges of figure drawing is getting the gesture correct…in this case how to make the figure feel ‘weight’ on the back leg and the head to feel like it’s ‘hanging down’. The sketch needs to be accurate before I can start painting so I’ll be double and triple checking!!!!

These girls will be two steppin’ into the gallery this Friday for First Friday Art Walk from 5:00 - 7:00 pm at

First Friday is this Friday May 1st from 5:00 - 7:00 pm at . I’ll be there and so will these sweet little Mothers Day watercolors $22 ea or $35 for 2. Come see all the talented artists at this gallery!!!

My friend Pam Morgan has these amazing alcohol ink kits and I was able to spend my afternoon making these yummy alcohol ink projects - and these are just my first tries! You can check out her kits at Pam Morgan Studio

Moving in day!! There was a lot of furniture building, painting, and tweaking going on the past month or so…add to that an Art show and taking care of family….but here we are…this is the before …Will post an after pic as well - still so much to do!!

I’ll be at Street SmARTS Gallery this Friday for ‘First Friday’ and I’m bringing some new watercolors with me! 6:00 - 8:00 pm 3405 N Villa OKC OK. Hope to see you there!!