Tag Archives: abstract

Holy Creative Breakthrough, Batman!

Posted on January 3, 2018 by mckitt123

(Click any image to open it bigger, in a new tab) So, I saw this idea to draw “in the style of” an artist you admire, and then try that style, multiple times, and try and make it your own…..  … Continue reading →

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Cosmic Art…

Posted on July 9, 2017 by mckitt123

I’m still just loving the process and the outcome of these acrylic pours.  Here’s the latest one that I did on an old Record. These colors are little more muted than the previous ones, and I quite like the color … 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 →

Posted in Abstract, Acrylics, Bats, Bears, Birds, Clay, Dirty Cup Pour, Display, Drawings, Faces, Figurative, Fish, Flip Cup, Free Pour, Hearts, Moon, MultiMedia, Nest Collective, outline scribble style, Pouring Paint, Sculpture, Tiger, Turtles, Watercolor | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Studio Tour

Posted on April 25, 2016 by mckitt123

So, Lorna and I are in the Visions Studio Tour in July, and I’m going to do a few more paintings, and a bunch more Clay Pieces, before the show. Here are four Canvasses that I just started, in Acrylics. … Continue reading →

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Holy Exploding Plastic Bottles, Batman!

Posted on February 17, 2016 by mckitt123

And this is why I have “studio” clothes…. Do you ever see interviews with artists and they’re wearing regular, clean street clothes?  I’m like “Really??  C’mon on, you NEVER get paint on your clothes (or your face or in your … Continue reading →

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Arting With Jen – Project 6, 2015

Posted on January 25, 2015 by mckitt123

This was another acrylic project.  Any colors we wanted, but must have an abstracted, multi-media background, and a bird as the focal point.  Done on 10×10″ 400 lb gesso-ed Watercolor Paper.  We forgot to take pics of just the background. … Continue reading →

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Arting With Jen – Project 2, 2015 (Completed Pieces)

Posted on January 20, 2015 by mckitt123

So, we finally got back to our acrylic backgrounds.  My first one started out as this And ended up like this.  I used a figure shape that I found on the ‘net for this one. There is so much cool … Continue reading →

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Arting With Jen – Project 2, 2015 (Work In Progress)

Posted on January 13, 2015 by mckitt123

The last project was ink and watercolor, so THIS project is using acrylic and multi-media.  These are Works In Progress (WIP).  All we’ve done so far is make an interesting background.  I made Jen use my favorite color combo – … Continue reading →

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Abstract

Posted on September 2, 2014 by mckitt123

I am determined to keep attempting abstracts.  I love them.  They impress me when I see ones that are well done, cohesive, interesting… This canvas (18×24) has so many multi-media pieces attached to it, you would not believe it – … Continue reading →

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Abstracts – not as easy as you might think!

Posted on August 23, 2014 by mckitt123

So, I got back in the studio today, and I’ve been wanting to try an Abstract Poured Painting.  Here’s an example of a good one: Credit:  http://www.destinywomack.com/ I mean, really, how hard can it be?  Clearly you just pour a … Continue reading →

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Scrap Paint and an Abstract

Posted on July 11, 2014 by mckitt123

So, I wanted a break from the paintings I was doing, and tried an abstract.  I might do a whole series in the “Cross” format. The “scrap-paint-scraped-off-the-table” birds are taking way longer than I intended.  This was just supposed to … Continue reading →

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