A little painting about love.
9"x12" on paper
Media: watercolor and ink
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David and I are starting the process of preparing to move away from Austin. As part of that I'd love to offer the paintings I've got on hand at a much reduced price. 50% off (or make an offer!) of any of my available work. Thanks for supporting me as an artist all these years!!! Here's the link: Kali's Available Work
"Keep knocking and the joy inside will eventually open a window and look out to see who's there." - Rumi
9"x12" on paper
Media: watercolor, wax crayon, and ink
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David and I are starting the process of preparing to move away from Austin. As part of that I'd love to offer the paintings I've got on hand at a much reduced price. 50% off (or make an offer!) of any of my available work. Thanks for supporting me as an artist all these years!!! Here's the link: Kali's Available Work
Weather the storm. There is beauty amongst the chaos.
9"x12" on paper
Media: acrylic and ink
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Where the sand meets the ocean, the ocean meets the mountains,
and the mountains meet the sky.
In life there are always mountains to climb and descend...and also those to traverse.
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I'm currently reading The Overstory by Richard Powers. The theme of trees is beautifully woven throughout and has spilled into my art. It's a lovely book if anyone is looking for something to read.
"The Wisdom of Trees"
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"The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the
beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature." -Joseph Campbell
"The Beat of the Universe"
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"The day you will take a flight, to add a feather in your cap, the world will stand still, to behold your radiant light."
-Sukreeti Rekhaja
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Last night my dad texted me wondering if I'd also like to have "eyes on the sky." Of course I did! I called him back and David and I went out in our front yard and through the gift of technology my dad, his wife, David, and I were all looking up at the same big sky marveling at planets.
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| "What Sunshine is to Flowers, Smiles are to Humanity" |
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| "The Wonder of Color" |
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| "Side by Side 1" |
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| "Side by Side 2" |
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| I painted over their faces because I didn't want any of the ink to show. I could still just barely see it to use it as a bit of a guide. I also decided that I needed to redo the buttons on his shirt on the painting on the right. |
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| I did a lot of work on their faces and some on their hair. |
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| I continued working on their faces and began adding some highlights here and there. His buttons are back, too. I added nails to the bench boards as well. |
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| After struggling with his left hand for the majority of this process and never managing to get it right with the small scale I had to work with (and likely my lack of skill), I made the decision to let his hand just rest. Once I did that the entire painting relaxed into being ready to be done. |
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| I added a second layer of white to the marks on the back of the bench. I began adding elements to her dress and I worked on his shirt. |
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| I worked on shadowing throughout, added color to her dress and shoes, darkened the back part of the seat, and added a deeper tone to their hair. |
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| I added more graffiti type elements to the background, continued adding color to her dress, decided that I needed to rework her eye in the left painting before I paint it, and added highlights to the hay bale. |
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| I continued working on details of the figures and I added the graffiti-like art on the bench behind them. |
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| More details on the figures. |
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| I painted over her dress. I'm liking the one on the left more than the one on the right. I'll probably working to make them more similar. I also worked some on the wood of the bench, aging it in some places and reshaping it in others. |
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| I added color to the flowers on her dress. I'm just playing with that. I know that I'll likely totally paint over it sometime soon. I also added a pink tint to their skin. |
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| I sketched in their facial features so I'd have a better idea of where I'm going. I also added a lot of details to his shirt. |
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| I began weathering the wood of the bench. |
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| I added color to their hair and details throughout. |
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| I combined three colors to create the blue for her dress and a couple of colors for his shorts. |
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| I painted his shirt white and did another layer of skin tone on both of them. |
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| I began working on her shoes and I used white to map out where elements on her dress will be as well as both of their hair. |
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| I applied a second coat of watered down white paint to the figures. (Sorry the photo is a little blurry.) |
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| I began filling in the first layer of flesh tone. |
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| It's really, really, really hard to see in this photo, but I sketched the brother and sister. |
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| I did a very watered down layer of white paint on the figures. These sweet little ghosts are soon to become lovely children. I can't wait!! |
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| I added some red elements to the background. |
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| There was some lettering in the photo I'm working from so I added it as well. |
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| I used watered down black to give the background a more "messy" and aged look. |
