Carol Ann Conners Art Blog

I love how the frames make the poppies pop in these two paintings. Both paintings were painted last year. The flowers grew in our yard and driveway.

Thank you to Aspect Framing Studio and Art Gallery!

Punch

6″ x 6″

Inktober 52 Prompt 37

Kuretake Zig Cartoonist Mangaka and Copic Sketch Pens on Strathmore Artist Tiles Vellum Surface

Thank you to my husband Greg for being my model!

I am taking a class this week with Jed Dorsey and Dianna Shyne through Acrylic University. The first painting project had to be painted within 30 minutes. I took a few minutes longer, but I started late.

Artemis

6″ x 6″

Inktober 52 Prompt 36

Kuretake Mica Paste Ink Gold

Ecoline Liquid Watercolor Paint Blue

TCW Color Sprax Watercolor Powder Wisteria and Olive

Jack Richeson Semi-Moist Metallic Watercolor Paint Yellow, Mirror, Blue and Orchid

Strathmore Watercolor Tile

Andrea at Aspect Framing Studio helped us pick this modern frame in Seaport Blue from the Roma Moulding Rainbow Collection. We are pleased as punch with the results!

Armor

4″ x 6″ Mix media

Prompt 35 Inktober52

We finished watching 4 seasons of Versailles, so here is some gold mica paste in honor of Louis IV.

River Garden

11″ x 14″ Golden Heavy Body Acrylic on Blick Studio Belgian Linen Stretched Canvas

Awake

10″ x 14″

Daniel Smith Watercolor Paint and Faber- Castell Gray Shades Brush Pens on Lanaquarelle Watercolor Paper

ONE LINE

Prompt 34 Inktober52

Except for one curve in the tail, I drew this without the pen leaving the paper.

Daphne 🐾🐾 is the model.

The Six Rivers Complex Fire was started by lightening strikes. These fires are to the East and to the North of where we live here on the coast. This fellow is explaining the evacuation maps on TV.

Map

Watercolor and ink

4″ x 6″ Prompt 33 Inktober52