Katie Jeanne Wood

Mixed Media Artist - daily painter of portraits, flowers, abstracts and birds

I’m Bored, Heart Rocks, Studio Pics, Day 4 of 30 paintings in 30 days

I'm Bored

I’m bored
Boy wearing green and blue sweater, leaning his head on his hand.
Art journal page.
Prints are available here.

Day 4 of 30 paintings in 30 days.

painting heart rocks

painting cups
 
paint cups
 
Some of my favorite photos are black and white.
 

prepping canvas

prepping canvas with torn up pieces from zines I bought years ago.

prepping canvas

prepped canvas

Happy weekend everyone!
It’s freezing cold here, and going to snow again tonight. 🙂
I’ll be bundled up in layers,
painting my little heart out in my studio.

Art Journal Project

art journal

 
Wanda and I started an art journal project back in 2009. We just finished it up last week, and this is the book I got to keep. What a project this was with many starts and stops..and many, many life changes for both of us since 2009. My grandfather died. My mother died. Two of my cats died. I got married. Her daughter got married. Her mother, father, and sister died. Lots of heavy stuff. We can close the chapter on these two books, finally..but I have a feeling there will always be a project brewing between us.
 
Photo and artwork by Wanda Marie Miller
 
I urge everyone to partner up with someone special, and do this..even if it takes you 4 years to complete.  It was worth the time, and it didn’t cost us much money to ship the books back and forth..we each did a large chunk of work at a time, so it wouldn’t be too expensive. There were times when we didn’t see a book for 6 months or more, and then we’d swap them back..and what a surprise it was to receive it in the mail, and see how much the other person accomplished.
Katherine Jeanne Wood - art journal page
 
Photo and artwork by me, Katherine Jeanne Wood
That’s me in the photo. 🙂
And, now to hold a finished book in my hands..ahh!! It’s magical, I say!
 

Handpainted journal cover

8x10 Print Collage Portrait Painting Young Woman, Face, Green, Orange, Flowers, Black
Always on My Mind
hand painted journal cover
If you’d like a print of this painting, you can get one here.   
 
Something a little different today..I painted something just for me! That’s a shocker!! I never paint for myself, so it was time. Yay! Collaged painting on my new notebook. I got my inspiration from Alisa Burke‘s blog post a couple weeks ago called Back to school altered notebooks. 🙂 I’m going to keep this one at my desk for jotting down notes while I’m online. 
 

I need to hire a maid for my studio. There are three other tables that look worse than this one. No room to work!! Ack.

I found this on Pinterest the other day, so thought I’d share..When You Hate Your Handwriting: 8 Lettering Ideas for Your Art Journal. These are great ideas.

 
 

 

I have an obsession with bald women and oil paint

art journal page
art journal page done impasto style in oils

I got in the habit of editing video on Wednesday or Thursday. Then with the holiday last week, I blew it off. This week, same thing..I didn’t even give editing video a thought. Oops! I guess I think I’m still on holiday. haha So, no painting video again this week. Instead, you can take a peek inside my art journal, how’s that?

art journals
just messing around..
that’s the beauty of art journals
you can do whatever you want, and
you never have to show anybody.
 
portrait done in oils
 
I’m afraid I’ve fallen deeply in love with oils. I never thought it would happen because I tried them, and wasn’t that fond of them. But, with everything, especially paint, you have to try and try some more. Once or twice isn’t enough. Painting and being an artist is for a lifetime. I often say I will never retire, and I won’t..I will be doing this as long as I’m physically able. So, I’m not one to give something a whirl and give up. Good thing because now..I LOVE oil paint, and I never want to use acrylics again. Oh, wait..that’s probably not a good thing because I have just about enough acrylic paint to last me for the next 2 years. lol Okay, not really..but I did go on a buying spree not too long ago, and I have a bucket full of paint, not to mention shelves full, too. So, I’ll have to switch over to oils gradually, I guess.

art journal page done in oils
 
I don’t know what my obsession is with painting bald women, but that’s all I’ve been painting for 2 days now. I don’t think these ladies would look good with hair. I like them better this way. Bald is beautiful.

In case you missed it..here’s a video of me painting a bald man laughing hysterically in acrylics.

Happy PPF!

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