Category Archives: Turtles

Watercolor Postcards

Posted on January 30, 2018 by mckitt123

A couple of Postcards, done in watercolor, to mail to the grandbabies

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A Blast From The Past….

Posted on August 13, 2017 by mckitt123

Man, I should clean out my studio more often….  I found all these pieces tucked into a file folder.  They are REALLY old.  Like maybe 8 or 10 years old.  Some are experimental, some are pretty decent, actually.  I’ll be … Continue reading →

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TinyShop ….

Posted on June 11, 2017 by mckitt123

So, my TinyShop at Nest Collective is SLOOOWWWLLLY coming together.  Paul and Chuck built me a wall (No Trump Jokes!!! ha ha ha), and Lorna helped me a LOT with staging it. The Wall The Products – I’d like to … Continue reading →

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I finished a Journal!!

Posted on February 8, 2016 by mckitt123

OK, I totally get why someone would work sequentially, page by page, in their journal, rather than drawing in ANY journal, on ANY page that they happen to open it to, because I just FINALLY completed all the pages in … Continue reading →

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Sooke Juried Fine Arts Show

Posted on March 1, 2015 by mckitt123

Well, I just finished submitting some pieces of my art to the Sooke Fine Arts Show.  You are allowed up to three entries, at $15 per entry.  If any of your pieces are accepted for the show, and they sell, … Continue reading →

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WOW vs It’s a Keeper But……

Posted on August 30, 2014 by mckitt123

It’s a given that you’re not going to knock it out of the park with every painting.  Some of mine definitely make me go WOW, that really worked.  Some of them, however, are good….  not just pretty good, but good…….. … Continue reading →

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What’s Goin’ On In the Studio….

Posted on July 9, 2014 by mckitt123

Man, I’m finding it hard to get into the studio this month, we’ve got so much stuff going on.  I was starting to get a little freaked out because I only have 20 paintings for the WineFest Art Show, then I … Continue reading →

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Turtle 2 – Done

Posted on May 18, 2014 by mckitt123

Yowza, another one done.  I am learning so much as I’m doing an image more than once.  On this piece, I had painted the entire turtle “shape”, as opposed to painting within a platelet.  Turns out that this is NOT … Continue reading →

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Turtle 1 – Done! Turtle 2 – Begun

Posted on May 17, 2014 by mckitt123

Well, I’m calling this one Done! Remember, this was my FIRST attempt at a turtle, and I’m doing the second one just a bit differently, as far as process goes. I find that the outlining is a bit too “busy”, with … Continue reading →

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Turtle 1

Posted on May 13, 2014 by mckitt123

OK, so the next painting in this series will be a turtle.  I’m doing a practice turtle first, so I took an old canvas that had a lot of texture on it, from a multi-media piece I’d been working on.  … Continue reading →

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