How to Prevent Paint from Seeping under Taped off area

Paint a clear gel on the tape seam.  Paint the color of your choice once the gel has dried. 

Measuring for Rounded Corners

I went to the local Home Depot and had them cut three 27" x 27" squares from a sheet of 3/4" MDF board.  The sheet was about  $30.  There was some wood left over from the cut sheet for other projects.

To make rounded corners I measured 3" in from corner, drew a perpendicular line at that point using my T-square, and then placed the saucer at designated measured points and drew the curved corner.

Before cutting the corners, clamp the wood to a table, making sure the area you are cutting is positioned away from the edge of the table, leaving you enough room to cut without cutting into the table.  Using a jigsaw, I lined up the blade with the 3" mark and started on low power, increasing power as I went.

  

Young Girl with Easter Basket

20" x 30" Acrylic on wood panel      Close ups on right
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Brilliant Spring Meadow

Step 1 color blocking

Step 2 finish main focal point

Step 3 Add detail to sky and background

In step 4, the final painting, I added the foreground and more detail overall.

On left, Johann Baptist Hofner “The Young Shepherdess” 1866

 

On left, Johann Baptist Hofner “The Young Shepherdess” 1866

 On right, Nicole McCaigue “Girl and the Sheep”

12/2010, Acrylic, 24” x 36”
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I loved working on this painting. I am such a nature lover and this is where I dream to be, in a field surrounded by beauty with the warmth of the sun on my skin.

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Aqua Table and Chairs

Monday, February 23, 2010

Garden Retreat

"Garden Retreat" 15,5" x 11"- watercolor on paper -NFS

This is an area in my backyard that I look out at from the kitchen window. Gazing upon such a beautiful setting may be the reason why I don't mind washing dishes.

Note: the colors in the painting are much more saturated and brilliant than the photo shows.

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