Eclectic Studio - Tammy Morrison-Koenig

Well as a mom of 4 kids I often get inspired by watching them at their easle's. Well today we decided to give the old fingers a go round and see what we can come up with. I actually like alot of what is going on in this piece. The movement in the back water gives the illusion of other fish or seaweed moving around - I dont think this could have been created with a brush. Not the best "painting" but definatly a good basis for another one like it.

Inukshuk Winter 9*12 Acrylic ** For Sale** $160 CAD This is the second in a series - This year has really taught me to paint what I love. It comes across the same way as talking with a smile. :) The Way Home 9*12 Acrylic on canvas board ** For Sale** $145 CAD

You learn from experience- What started out to be a drawing exercise... escalated! A Small 7*9 watercolor - 15 min free hand sketch. Trying to better my perspective drawing, as I am No Landscape painter! This was done with a very limited pallet, consisting of UMB, BS, Cobalt, Yellow Ochre and a touch of rose madder and of course the mud left over on my palette from other paintings ;) Few things I learned, PLAN, PLAN, PLAN This is a very flat toned busy painting. I lost alot of my highlights because the man in front was kind of a last min addition and the tall lady on the stoop was scrubbed back, If you look closely you can see where her head once was. The painting is missing its "sunshine" Warm tones, they seem to have got lost amongst all the greys. Still overall I am still pretty happy with it- matting and framing really do make the difference!

Here are a few bookmarks that I put together. This has been an insanly busy last few months so in place of my usual Christmas card I will be giving these out.

Just thought I would post a few pictures of my latest endevour - Our Wedding "on a budget". If you have ever tried to price out the cost of getting married. You would know the that it is ridicously expensive. So with a budget of 2000 and my own hands here are some examples of what can be accomplished with the help of your local Dollar store. I had and idea of where I wanted to go with this wedding but color choces were pretty much left up to what I could find on sale. Colors ended up being Teal and Black 1. Invitations - Being a craft person, I did utilize some basics that I always have on hand: glue, white copy paper, Scissors. I did have to go out and purchase Card stock, ribbon, and a rubber stamp. 1. Get a piece of White card stock and stamp your image that you will be using for the front cover 2. I found the image for the invitations for free off the internet printed them off on a sheet of 8.5 * 11 Copy paper. This will give you a guide line on how large you want y...

In this mini demo, I decided to test out some colors from the bottom of the paint tub. Using 3 colors 1 red, 1 yellow, and 1 blue and all the mixes that fall in between, no reference and painted with my left hand( I a righty) These quick 15 min studies show how color really influence the overall feel of a painting. From top to bottom RED- perm rose BLUE - Phalo and YELLOW- lemon all of these colors are quite cool in temp and very staining. Feels like late day - very hazy not a bad little color study Painting 2 RED - Crimson BLUE- turquoise YELLOW- Cad Med- Feels like mid day storm approaching. Dont like the painting its self and if i was to do another one i would add more contrast in the sky, reserving some whites while adding more yellow-orange. Also would strengthen the RED - VanDyke YELLOW- Burnt Sienna Ans BLUE- Ultramarine Really love this painting-stong contrast, which makes it feel moody. Gives a definate time of day, and the composition isnt to bad either.

Well I have been meaning to paint this for a while now, as you can see it is a little intimidting. In this watercolor demo I started with a detailed line drawing and then started bouncing around adding some local color to the clown faces with a wash of yellow ochre and cad red. After that dries i start placing some shadows using a thin wash of cobalt. The darks of the eyes are a mix of cad red, hunter green deep and paynes grey. Worked a little on the upper portion of the painting today. Really like the oranges against the blue. Just makes that litle portion sing. This painting reminds me of "paint by number" and with all the little variations i almost have to treat it that way. Day 4 and aprox 15 hours into it.. hmm i may be able to get this done by the end of the year. ;) This time around i worked a little adding my oranges (grumbacher red and gamboge) deeper values were made by adding a little burnt sienna. This will be heightened even more later on in the painting ...