Craypas art

Grant Wood’s farms inspired this craypas resist landscape. Craypas were used to create patterns suggesting crops. Liquid watercolors were mixed to achieve a variety of greens to paint over…

'Take me There' 8x10 pastel ©Karen Margulis purchase here $125 You know you want it. Sanded papers. Pastels and sanded pastel papers make a wonderful combination but paper can be expensive. You might think that you aren't good enough yet to spend the money on sanded paper. You might not be able to find it easily in your local art store or of you do it is only sold in the pricey pads. I haven't bought a pad of sanded paper in years. Instead I purchase my paper by the sheet and cut it down to…

these are just so vibrant and yummy. i love 'em. their teacher is doing haiku poems w/ them in class to "go with" their art. :) so hey--why don't you all write a haiku here and i'll read it to my kids. if you want..... do it!

I found another infatuation when I was in Sedona this year. I still think about it. It was a small grouping of trees that had an apricot gold color. To make it even better they were in a field of long naples yellow grasses. My heart was on fire!!!!! While the paintings from that trip have already found their forever homes, I look at the photos I took of them and dream of new ideas. I thought I would share a couple of my favorites. Be on the look out you may see more new works soon.

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Craypas and kindergarteners can turn a great idea into a smeary mess! This beautiful flower still life was done by a kindergartener with craypas-and no smears. As always, students were instructed…