"Sunny Day" mixed media tree landscape collage by Carol Nelson

"Sunny Day" 5x7 mixed media on panel

I did this tree demo for some students studying with me privately in my studio here in Colorado.  Students love doing these tree collages, and, happily, most are successful in creating a great painting.

The unusual thing about this one, is that I based it on a Hansa Yellow Medium under painting.  I hardly ever use Hansa Yellow by itself unless I'm painting daffodils - it's just SO BRIGHT.  It's also somewhat opaque.

My favorite yellow is made by thinning Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold.  (I'm referring to Golden Fluid Acrylics here.)  The Nickel Azo yellow is much warmer and just works better for me most of the time.

Being a primary yellow, it is very bright and cheerful, and who doesn't want bright and cheerful these days?

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"Twilight Dance" abstract tree landscape by Carol Nelson

"Twilight Dance" 36x24

This is a tree landscape in which I experimented with pouring and dripping on the canvas to simulate distant tree branches.  These drips were partially covered up when I painted in the foreground trees.  I like the abstracted effect of the loose, drippy background.

As with all my tree paintings, I paid attention to the value contrasts of light-on-dark and dark-on-light.

I painted this while we were spending a week at our condo in Breckenridge.  The couple that went with us loved it, and bought it on the spot.  Would that all sales came that easily.

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"Winter Garden" mixed media abstract colorful tree landscape by Carol Nelson

"Winter Garden"

This is another in my  series of tree collages.  What doesn't show in this photo image is the sparkle of the pearl mica flake - it just looks dirty yellow in the photo.

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"Blue Grove 2" mixed media tree landscape by Carol Nelson

"Blue Grove 2"

I included a couple angled shots of this painting because it's hard for the metallic background to show.  The foliage is made from crackle paste.  After painting it mostly shades of phthalo turquoise and paynes gray, I used Golden High Flow burnt sienna, and Com.Art transparent phthalo blue for airbrush to drop color into the cracks of the crackle paste.

I was given the package of High Flow paints at the Golden Art Educators program I recently attended in New Orleans, and the ComArt air brush paint was given to me at Jerry's Artarama when I taught a workshop there last April.  This is the first time I've gotten around to using either product.

The long pointed dispenser tip on the ComArt bottle really lets you pinpoint where you want the color to flow, which is a nice feature. These paints are very thin, with a consistency like ink.

I did this painting as a demo for my Mixed Media Trees workshop I will be teaching next week in Raleigh at Art of the Carolinas.  The workshop is only 6 hours, and I'm worried the class' crackle paste won't crackle soon enough for them to paint on it, so I need to have something to show them how it will look when it's done.

For more information about this 12 x 5 inch painting, click here to go to my website.

"Good Fortune" mixed media abstract tree landscape by Carol Nelson

Good Fortune

This is the final evolution of a painting I worked on for almost two weeks.  It started out as a nonrepresentational abstract, then evolved into somewhat of a geologic abstract, "Sonoran Journey" (see below).

I posted this painting on my website, Facebook, etc, but I never really warmed up to it.  When I'm not happy with a painting, sooner or later (sooner in this case), I start messing with it.

I posted several progress photos of this painting as it morphed into "Good Fortune" on my Facebook page.

It finally took a generous application of crackle medium, and premixed stucco patch to get the texture I could work with.  After that, it pretty much painted itself.

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"Golden Season" 12077, mixed media tree collage by Carol Nelson

Golden Season

This is a warm up for my mixed media tree workshop coming up this Friday and Saturday.  I wish the photo showed the cool paper I used on the background.

It's called red rosin paper and I found it at Home Depot.

"RED ROSIN PAPER is a high quality, single-ply sheathing paper, which is widely used in built-up roofing systems as a “first layer” protective barrier. This environmentally friendly paper is manufactured from 100% recycled fibers. The fibers are set in alum to resist bleeding. It is a multi-purpose building paper used as a physical barrier protection throughout all phases of general construction."

You know me, I'm always on the lookout for possible substitutes for expensive art materials.  This paper has kind of a rosy color and has a nice weight to it.

I actually bought a roll of this paper not to use in my work, but to use as a cover for my work table.  I had a sheet of it protecting my patio table as I was using spray paint on some other things.  I liked the look of the overspray areas.

My latest kick is using Rustoleum Hammered spray paint.  It's meant to go on metal, but it looks fantastic on paper too.  With the red rosin paper, I had to prime the paper with another color first before spraying the metallic hammered paint. 

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MINIATURE TREES - abstract miniature paintings by Lidija Ivanek (SiLa)

ABSTRACT MODERN DAILY PAINTER
LIDIJA IVANEK FROM CROATIA
Abstract miniature painting on on paper 10x15cm/ 4"x6", framed with black frame
Painting is for sale. Moneybookers accepted.
Contact through e-mail Lidija Ivanek

www.silaart.com

I am invited to participate at the traditional group exhibition of miniature paintings at the gallery Lipa, Gornja Stubica, that will be open on December 17-th. These two paintings are not my usual style, but I never missed to be part of that exhibition.

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"If Trees Could Talk" Contemporary Abstract Whimsical Tree Art Painting by Kimberly Conrad

Original 8x8 acrylic painting on 140 lb watercolor paper. This painting will fit
a standard 8x8 frame or may be matted and framed to a larger size.
To purchase, contact Kimberly at kkconrad2@aol.com
Visit my website: www.kimberlyconradfineart.com