Eclectic Studio - Tammy Morrison-Koenig

I came across this article that i thought I would share. Simple amazing. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1203226/Pictured-Incredible-watercolour-paintings-boy-aged-just-SIX.html People ask me all the time where I find the time to paint while raising my kids. They have been told since they were young that if they want to eat- dad's gotta work. If you want to go to college mom's gotta work. LOL ;) No seriously, art/craft supplies are stashed in every nook and cranny of the house. I even utilize the kids finger paints for the bath. Shhhh! They are never the wiser if you wash your creations away. I paint at my kitchen table while the kids are eating. I incorporate learning time/ craft time into our daily schedules. While I am painting i teach colors, shapes, numbers etc. I also tend to work in watercolor and pencil/ink for the majority of my work during the week, I have wrecked to many brushes because of having to drop everything to deal with bubba's, bum's and mel...

Finally got enough courage to enter a competition and would appreciate your support in voting for my March of the Clowns Painting. Tammy's entry on the Winsor Newton Artists' Acrylic Competition. You can vote for them here!

  This is one of my most helpful tips - create color cards. I have about 100 of these tiny 5*7 reference cards that show different color mixes under different circumstances. Some for people, landscapes, floral etc. This one represents some caucasian skin tone color mixes. There are alot of people out there that use Cadmium red in their mixes but i find that it doesnt lend it self to glazing well and it is a pretty strong color. If I use it it is usually right at the end for detailing.