Mixed Media Artist - daily painter of portraits, flowers, abstracts and birds
Katie Jeanne Wood
Alice
Acrylic portrait painting of a child
9×12 inches
Available here
If you’re interested in purchasing this portrait painting, Alice is available here.
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This is a newly revised child portrait painting. It’s acrylic mixed media with collage throughout. I went with a distressed look with this one, and it was fun to create. I didn’t use a reference photo, just my imagination.
Look What Emily Found
8×8 acrylic mixed media collage
child portrait painting
Available here
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Glazing in layers with
gel medium (for oils), transparent white
& a flesh tone I mixed.
Since it was warmer outside, I was able to open windows yesterday. It inspired me to dig out my oil paints to paint portraits once again.
This is an older painting I’ve had in my “need to finish” pile. This painting was pretty much done already, but I wanted to touch it up, and add some layers by glazing.
I love the depth that glazing gives, but I got a killer headache from using the gel medium, even with a fan in the window. I thought I had purchased Gamblin solvent free gel medium, but I didn’t. Ugh. The brand I bought is C.A.S. AlkydPro, which is cheaper, but definitely not worth the sacrifice I had to make to use it. As far as glazing with it goes, it worked great, but I don’t recommend using it if you’re prone to migraines when using oil mediums.
It has a harsh odor, and the headache came on me within 10-15 mins. Even though I stopped painting, the pain got worse as the day progressed, and by the time I went to bed last night, I was pretty miserable. The headache is still there ever so slightly today, making it clear – I’m never using the C.A.S. brand of gel medium again.
I still want to glaze, tho, so I’ve been searching the internet all day for something better to use. I haven’t made up my mind fully, but I’m probably going to buy Gamblin gel medium because it’s odorless. If anyone knows of a better solution for glazing, please contact me or leave a comment below.
If you want to get started painting in oils, check out this blog post I wrote titled The Basics You Need For Oil Painting. I discussed my issue with migraines when using oil mediums.
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Bird Girl
SOLD!
Just before Covid hit I wrote about opening a shop at Goimagine. I signed up, and got approved right away, but haven’t set up a shop there yet. The problem being, the only means of payment they have is Stripe. I already have Paypal, and Apple Pay. I don’t have or want a Stripe account, so that put a kibosh to opening a shop there.
Sleep Well, Darling
Oil portrait painting of a child
Available at auction here
Not offering Paypal, the oldest way of paying online, has got to be reducing the amount of sales they’re getting overall. It isn’t a smart move, imo. Not only can I not set up a shop there, but I also can’t shop there.
Created Equal
Acrylic portrait painting
BIN hereSOLD!
They might have incorporated Paypal by now, I don’t know. I’m no longer following what the company does. I waited so long, I lost interest. I wish them well, and love the concept of giving all the fees to charity, of course. It’s just not in the cards for me at this time. I had to take matters into my own hands, and move on.
Blue Winter Daze
Little bear & chickadee bird painting
BIN here
SOLD!
I’m happy I did because for the past couple months, I’ve been bitten hard by the eBay bug, and have been having fun over there with auctions ending nightly. It’s my preferred venue right now.
Fed Up
Acrylic portrait painting
BIN here
If you ever need me to work with you on the price of a painting, please let me know. I’m open to layaway plans, and will bill you monthly or however often you’d like, whatever amount you can afford to pay. All it takes is a 20% non-refundable deposit, which goes towards the price of the painting(s). Contact me for more information.
Watching: Dead to Me Season 2. Only have 3 more episodes to go.
Listening while I paint: Dungeons & Dragons: Big Trouble audiobook – this was kinda fun. You get to pick what happens as the story unfolds. It took me several tries to get to the happy ending. I got it from my local library through the CloudLibrary app.
An Uncertain Choice Audiobook by Jody Hedlund – also from the CloudLibrary app
This isn’t a book I’d ever take the time to read, but I figure I’d try listening to it. It’s free, and I get a little bored painting sometimes. We’ll see.
Reading: Latvia: Europe’s Nation of Introverts
Artists I’m admiring: These two guys share the same name, but their art is very different.
Gareth Jones on DPW. I tried to find his website (never did), and that’s how I ended up finding another Gareth Jones.