Eclectic Studio - Tammy Morrison-Koenig

I am always fascinated by the colorful houses of the east coast of Canada and thought I would share it with you. This is an ACEO Canadian maritime landscape trading card measuring 2.5 * 3.5 inch. Hope you enjoy. watercolor on 140lb CP Click Here For Auction!

I must really like little boy's in blue as this is the second painting this week I have done with the same color pallette. :) I really love the renaissance feel to this painting, which I seem to be doing a lot of lately. Other examples can be found here http://tampster1.blogspot.ca/2011/08/trying-to-loosen-up-little-portrait.html#.UpoBMcRrZjo and here http://tampster1.blogspot.ca/2013/01/the-old-lady-in-window.html#.UpoBlsRrZjo SOLD Boy in Blue Hat ****Artist Trading Card*** 2.5 * 3.5 inch Watercolor on 140lb CP paper Hope you enjoy Tammy

This was my serious project for the week. My little boy blue checking out the tadpoles at grandma's. It was quite a chilld day and from his vantage point he could still see the little fishes and baby frogs and didnt mind just exploring this new world.:D 6 * 7 inch watercolor on 140lb CP paper Hope you enjoy Tammy

Back from a week at the beach and couldn't be more refreshed and inspired. :) Anyways as always Im a little behind the 8 ball when it comes to posting but I have been invited to participate in Calgary Art Walks 2011 in conjunction with Canadian Artists for the Poor in support of ending poverty. I have donated my Mountain Bluebird Painting in support of this project. So come on down for an afternoon of all things beautiful. Thursday July 7 between 10-3 on Stephen Ave Mall. I Hope to see you there. :) http://www.artistsforthepoor.ca/calgaryartwalk.html *** update - with a few thousand people in attendance, wonderfully talented artists and mother natures co-operation it made the show a complete success. :)

I love the way this mini still life painting turned out. I painted this on a cad red toned background and added layers both transparent and opaque acrylic over the top. It really adds a feeling of continuity to this painting.   2.75 * 2.75 inch acrylic on stretched canvas includes mini display easle **SOLD**

So every once in a while I google myself - just to make sure I am not having anything negative associated with my paintings and I came across this article in the World News!!!!!!!. http://article.wn.com/view/2011/01/08/A_splash_of_watercolour_in_a_dull_month/ If you scroll to the bottom of the article smack dab in the middle is a link to my you tube 2009 video of my paintings. You cant even imagine how excited I am! :) I am very honored and privilaged to whomever came by and admired my work enough to give me a feature spot. *** big hugs **** Thank you!

2.75 * 2.75 inch acrylic on stretched canvas SOLD 2.75 * 2.75 inch acrylic on stretched canvas SOLD 2.75 * 2.75 inch acrylic on stretched canvas. SOLD These all come with their own mini easles for display purposes for a total measurement of 5 inches. Sometimes I think I should have called myself "paint in my hair and kids at my feet" These last few weeks with the holidays and a constant stream of house guests that have been here WAY longer than expected due to flight cancellations have left me a little more then frazzled and in desperate need of a vacation. :) But I have been able to sneak away and get a few of these mini's completed. Now hopefully I can get a chance to complete my sketchbook in time. :O Until next time Tammy

10 3/8 * 12 3/4 inch watercolor and ink

Full Sheet 22 * 30 in Mixed Media acrylic over a watercolor underpainting on 140 lb CP This is my first full sheet painting and it couldn't have been completed at a better time as I have just found out that my mentor/ teacher and friend has lost her battle with Cancer. I am hoping that she finds peace now. So I am dedicating this painting in her memory.

Another painting started .. i just love the expression on this teens face.. it represents that genre very well.(man i sound old all of a sudden) LOL Anyways just a simple pallette Skin tones - raw sienna, alizarin crimson, and ultramarine blue. Work slow .. develop your warms .. thin washes wet on wet and **let dry in between*** When you are waiting for the initial skin tones to dry move onto another area that does NOT touch and adjacent area that you have worked on. For the jacket I used just a simple wash of UMB and Burnt Sienna. Cobalt blue for a bounce of stronger color in the white shadows. Keep developing your skin tones. dampen a small area at a time, drop in your color and walk away. For the hat I used a light wash of perm. rose.. dry and then cobalt blue. Enhance the shadows and the stiching on the hat with a mix alizarin crimson and UMB that you have been using on the face. This will help to tie everythig together. I also used perm rose and cobalt underwashes on the s

5 * 7 Watercolor on Strathmore aquarius synthetic paper

12 * 7 inch watercolor on Strathmore aquarius synthetic paper This was an an excersise taken from the watercolorist guide to exceptional color- an invaluable book in my collection.