Artwork, travel, and musings by artist, Gail H. Shelton.
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Still doing a few of these mixed media pieces to take down south to a shop. I hope she decides to keep some of these! or I will have a lot to sell at my own gallery! I have had some good feedback on these..so I am hopeful they will like them. I am also getting a couple of my colored pencil pieces printed in Baton Rouge: the "Let ir Bee" drawing and the "Basket of Blues" drawing of some blue crabs. I will pick them up on Friday, and have them to sell at the shop as well. sheltongail@hotmail.com |
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Still enjoying painting a few of these small watercolor/acrylic pieces. I go through my photos of the birds and find several that I like. Then I try to envision what kind of background will best highlight the bird. I do several abstract pieces of paper, using different colors, compositions, etc. When I like the background, then I begin to paint the bird in acrylic onto the watercolor paper. Hopefully, when finished, the plan all comes together! sheltongail@hotmail.com |
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Still working on these abstract, mixed media pieces. I like doing the fun, loose, wet backgrounds. They happen in just a few minutes, and then you have to wait for them to dry. It is always neat to see how they will turn out. The white specs are made by sprinkling salt on the wet paper. It soaks up the pigment, and leaves the white areas. Then I paint the bird over the background. I just recently took this photo in south Louisiana where these white pelicans spend the winters. It is 11 x 14, and $100. sheltongail@hotmail.com |
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A few more that are headed down south to the Louisiana Marketplace. As soon as I posted the first one (the egret in the blue background), someone wanted it! So it is sold already!! Hopefully, customers down there will be receptive to these as well....fingers crossed! sheltongail@hotmail.com |
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| This is the Louisiana Marketplace on Interstate 10 near Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. This unique shop carries art by 175 Louisiana artists. It is an eclectic mix of all kinds of paintings, sculptures, mixed media, along with antiques, junk, and assorted collectibles. I was here recently, and the owner would like to have some of my work in the shop as well. |
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So, here are a couple of little watercolor originals that I am taking down there at the end of the month. They carry a mix of realistic and more impressionistic pieces, and they have very few watercolors, and no colored pencil pieces. I will be taking a few colored pencil prints and a couple of originals too. And we'll just see how it goes! sheltongail@hotmail.com |
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| Lily Pads Acrylic on Canvas |
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| Bella Acrylic on Canvas |
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| Florals at the Gallery We have a new show up at the gallery through the end of February. JoAnne Thompson is exhibiting her beautiful acrylic paintings. She is an accomplished painter, first taking watercolor classes from me many years ago. She continued taking courses in oil and finally acrylic, which came to be her medium of choice. She has a studio at River Oaks in downtown Alexandria where she also teaches some acrylic painting classes. We are proud to exhibit her work, and share her colorful, joyful view of the world. sheltongail@hotmail.com |