This ACEO is part of my Ritual series.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Abstract- Ancient Ritual 05 ACEO
This is another ACEO in my Ancient Ritual Series. I painted it today at our Art league. I have been developing a stamp for the backs of these cards, I have a few ideas, I just haven't decided what it will be exactly. Right now I just paint or do a small drawing on the backs.
10.00 SOLD
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Monday, May 14, 2007
Amy's Butterfly's
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Ritual 3 ACEO
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Dream Stream
Friday, May 11, 2007
Koi in motion
Large painting... 15 by 11 inches $250.00 + SH 5.00 Watercolor on paper.
I need to go back and count, I think this is number 34 in the Koi series but I have sort of lost count. I only actually have five in my flat files and I'm holding on to those for a show. A koi show, haha, yeah I know dumb joke.
Thanks for stopping by send me a email if you like... shantmarie@aol.com
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Koi Magic
I painted this on Clay board and fixed it with pastel fixative. Its Watercolor. The size is 5 by 7 inches. This is the 34 th Koi painting in the series. Many of these Koi painting are sold on ebay and if it does not sell here I will put it in my ebay store.
The price is $40.00.
It can sit on an easel or you can frame it in the traditional manner.
It should not get wet, but is quite sturdy.
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Sunny days cool nights
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
"Woods" a painting a day, by Shanti Marie
This small painting was painted today at the Tega Cay Art League at our weekly "painting Tuesday"s
Some of the members get together each Tuesday to paint and talk. We are all doing something different and our styles are all very individual. It makes it fun, just to share and watch other people paint, their choices and their approach. I decided to try a few bright colors here in the rocks, I like to paint rocks with different colors just to see what works. Some folks like them, others would rather have them realistically painted. Either way, I love the texture. I may be doing a few rock paintings this week as it is one of the techniques I teach.
The size is 6 inches by 8 inches. This is for sale for $35.00
Monday, May 07, 2007
Blue Ridge Mountain Mist
This painting was inspired by my trip to Wild Acres. The place is rather Mystical and it has left foot prints upon my soul. You have to visit the place to understand it.
I have been working on a larger paintings and will post them on my other blog a painting a week, feel free to check it out. http://h20color.worpress.com/ I will post one later tonight. Yes, its another Koi, Its hard for me not to paint them, I keep getting different things I want to try and people keep buying them. I wanted to have a Koi show with at least six big pieces. I only have four so far. The last really nice one I painted, I had to mark as "not for sale" so I can start to accumulate a few more.
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Gentle Koi
This watercolor piece is 5 inches by 7 inches its is on clyboard ( Ampersand) and has been sprayed with fixative.
You can choose to frame it like an oil painting or in the traditional manner of watercolor.
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High mountain Abstract
I started this painting with one thought in mind, it would be an abstract, I put down some masking and then the next thing you know it looked like snow covered mountains. Before I knew what was happening a mountain landscape began to appear before my eyes. So Then I figure, go ahead, put in some bright pink on the top and maybe something that looks like trees and its done...
I love these paintings, they are loose and free and the color combinations are always surprising.
11 by 7.5 $ 40.00 Shantmarie@ aol.com
Saturday, May 05, 2007
Carolina Sunset
11 by 15 100.00 watercolor on paper shantmarie@aol.com
Here is how you paint this painting.1. You paint the orange yellow color starting from the top all the way down the page going back and forth with your paint brush. Starting the stroke off from the side of the paper to the other side without stopping. This way you will not get brush marks. Then blot any paint that may be on your tape, you do not want this color to seep back onto you paper.
Now take a clean bush which you have squeeze all the water out of with a paper towel and pull out some high lights for the water this should be below the area you have chosen for your horizon line… Then also pull out a sun shape on the upper 2/3s of the paper. Let dryNow mix up some dark paint or use Payne’s gray and paint in a horizon line by painting some shapes straight across paint them by pulling these shapes up from the horizon line. If you want, you can draw the line in with a ruler because it has to be perfectly straight. I think my picture is a little crooked but it really is straight. Then paint the same shapes below the line to match the shapes above. If your paper is no longer wet you will need to soften the edges. Take a damp brush and soften any edges of these shapes .( definition of damp brush :A damp brush is one that has been dipped into water to clean it and then using a paper towel, pull out all the water in the brush)
Now paint the clouds with the Payne’s grey color or whatever dark you have chosen. As you paint in this color you will need to soften the edges with a damp brush and also take this clean damp brush and pull out some white clouds under the darker clouds. You will need to (each time)clean off your brush by pulling the color off of it onto a paper towel so you don’t deposit color where you just picked it up.
Now paint in the lower trees using a very dark Payne’s grey leaving some peek holes so the water will show thru. You will soften these trees edges as you did the other things and also put some of the yellow orange color into some of the Payne’s grey color in the center area so that the trees in the center are lighter . Let the trees on the edges be darker.
That’s pretty much it… You have to do this painting project quickly to avoid overworking it.
If you try this and have any questions just email me and I will be happy to help you with it.
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Friday, May 04, 2007
Wild Acres Update
Thursday, May 03, 2007
Mountain Birch
Today was a long day filled with lots of painting and good conversation with many fine people. Artists are always interesting and of course I actually fit in with this group of ceatives. I'm not getting much rest waking up at 7 am and going to bed after midnight. These daily paintings are getting painted as usual but I'm spending most of the day painting my Jay painting and my extra large Koi painting which is 3 feet by 4 feet. This painting was inspired by the beautiful misty feel you see here in the mountains.
The size is 11 by 7.5 price is 40.00
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Silver boy or Koi 32 SOLD
This is my painting for tomorrow, I'm going to be pretty busy, I'm leaving for Wild Acres, its their annual Spring gathering and all types of artists poets, musicians, and generally creative types will be meeting for a week long stay in the blue ridge mountains of North Carolina. I will be of course painting during the day and probably sitting by the fire at night. Hopefully it won't be too cool up there.
I am taking a lap top so I plan to keep you up dated.
Earlier today I decided to go out an take a photo to show you the baby Carolina Wren which is in the bushes next to my fence, well only a few hours ago it was screaming its head off and now its gone... The empty nest syndrome, now I know how it feels!
Koi and their liquid landscape
I love the colors in this painting and I also really enjoy the look of the water in these Koi paintings.
This is not a small painting it is an 11 by 15 and is on 300 lb paper it is for sale for $250.00. I will gladly ship it to you for an additional 5.50. USD please visit www.dailypainters.com if you wish to use pal pay.
Friday, April 27, 2007
The Oak and the Willow
Trees have always fascinated me, the different kinds, their bark, leaves and of course the way they seem to be so still but yet in constant movement.
Yesterday I was in my backyard and a small bird fell from a tree and it couldn't fly very well. Before I could intervene, one of my dogs got it and of course must of bit it too hard because it died. I felt bad all day after that. I have these feeders and all kinds of things to attract the birds and to have one of my dogs kill one of their babies really bothered me.
It was a small brown bird and I saw the mother nearby calling to it, it seemed like she had another baby with her and they must have been on their first day of flying lessons. The other baby bird was pretty wobbly too. They are Thrashers, they live in the big Azaleas I have in my yard and seem to raise babies ever year in a big gourd I have placed in among the bushes. Last year they lost a baby to a big black snake which climbed into the gourd. I put out some seeds on the ground this morning, hoping this will help them a little, it rained last night and I wonder what happened to the other little bird, did it make it? I have hope that it did and next year the'll be back. This painting is 8.75 by 11 and is on 300 lb paper. I called it the Oak and the willow because these are two of my favorite trees.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Still waiting
Still waiting was actually painted several years ago and was a result of watching Zoltan Szabo paint something like this. It was a tree with a yellow ribbon in snow. It reminds me of how things change and yet stay the same. Here we are again tying ribbons around trees waiting and hoping that the troops come home.
I repainted it and decided to put it up for the painting of the day for the 25th of April 2007.
its 11 by 15.
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
The falls revisited
The Falls, a painting a day by Shanti Marie
I had some problems painting the falls because I originally tried to make it a creek with a small set of falls coming off the side, the problem was; that there wasn't enough depth to carry that off as well as the perspective was a bit too high, so after putting in a few more rocks and adjusting some of the background I think it looks pretty good.
11 by 15 300 lb paper
Monday, April 23, 2007
Memories in the mist
This painting is 7.5 by 11 inches and was painted today. I was thinking about how beautiful the Pacific Northwest really is and how the mist rolls along over the lakes and rivers. I haven't been out west for a few years but I have a definite connection to that part of the country. This is for sale for $40.00 the photo could be a little better, I took it while the paint was still wet and you can see a shadow right down the middle where the paper rolled a bit. I don't tape down my paper usually and I just allow it to do whatever it does. When its dry, I will flatten out the painting by placing it under a ton of books.
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My Blue palette
This is my blue Palette, I wanted to show you some of the paints I use.
I have all of these paints on my blue palette all the time and will use the empty place in the middle for a color which I may only use for a particular painting. I like to have all of my blues, reds, and yellows, separated on different pallets. It seems to make sense to me when mixing and when working with the various colors. I sometimes change a color here and there depending upon what I'm painting, but I find these are the colors I feel I need to paint the variety of subjects which I paint. Many of my paintings only have three or four paints used but I like to have them all out and ready to go, I don't like to spend time squeezing color out of the tube. Especially for these daily paintings, its nice to step up to the painting table and be ready to go in only a minute or two.
The paints are from left to right Paynes Grey - Mimariblue brand(MB), Cyan-MB, Antwerp-Windsor Newton (WN), Ultramarine WN, Cobalt- Cheap Joes (CJ) Permenent Violet bluish- MB, Andrew Turquoise -CJ, Cerulean- Daniel Smith (DS), Sap green DS, Hooker's green DS or WN Windsor green (blue shade)WN
With these blues I can come up with pretty much anything I need. There are reflective colors such as Cobalt and opaques like Andrews Turquoise and of course transparents like Cyan. I can achieve dark darks or the lightest lights, All of these mix well and make wonderful combinations. If you have a question regarding any of these paints I would be glad to help you, as I know them prety well.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Another Koi? yep... ACEO
This Koi is an artist collector's card and is for sale for $8.50 and since its so small, shipping is FREE! Its a koi fish as you can see, the colors are Purple, blue orange and red.... This card is signed and dated and can be the start of your collection!
Here 's how its painted. Start wet into wet. Wet the entire background all around the fish, then drop in the lighter blue color and allow it to burst across the paper, while this is still wet, place some dark purple or ultramarine blue in areas around the edges of the paper. don't stroke the paint on but drop it in. Then using a thirsty brush, ( ie: a damp brush which has had all the water taken out of it by squeezing with a paper towel ) pull out some of the color in areas to create a little drama and to also allow some of the white of the paper to show. This will help you have three very distinct values. Light medium and dark. If you like the small amounts of white in the background this is actually painted around and just allowed to be white paper showing thru. Some artists call these "little windows" and they are always in their backgrounds. I find I like them in certain situations but don't always put them into my backgrounds.
If you would like to try watercolor a good way to start would be to paint some of these Small collectors cards. They are fast, easy and fun! They will teach you to paint with a big brush because all brushes are big when your painting on a surface that is 2.5 by 3.5!
I sell these on ebay as there are just tons of folks who collect these small cards. Originals bring the higher prices the prints are usually .99 cents. its an inexpensive way to start an art collection and they can be displayed in a number of ways. On an easel, in a frame, matted in intersted groupings, or placed in plastic baseball card sleeves and kept in an album.
ACEO stands for: Atist collector Edition or Original some folks call them ATC which stands for: Artist Trading Card then there are OSWOA Origninal Small Works of ART these are post card size paintings or silghtly larger. I noticed someone even has a book out now on how to paint these and market them. Trends seem to come and go we'll see where this one leads. I only paint a few a week and since their so small I can usually paint them pretty quick with drawing or planning. That makes them fun to paint.
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Rocks, a lesson plan
I have been working out lesson plans and I had decided to paint something that would teach several things. I love rocks, I love water, gee, that was easy, This is a simple painting yet it allows me to teach some of the various techniques I have learned over the years. I can teach a student several techniques and some color theory at the same time. Also, rocks can be drawn by anyone, their easy and basically boxes, so most people are not afraid to jump right in.
I love these colors, their some of my favorite combinations. Raw sienna and manganese blue also dark purple and burn't sienna. You can see I'm mixing warm with cool and creating some push pull. Also most of these colors also create a beautiful granulation which happens to be one of my favorite textures.
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Saturday, April 21, 2007
Welcome Home
Birds are nesting everywhere. In my bird houses, gourdes and even in my Azaleas. Last year we had one little momma in our wreath and that was the inspiration for this painting.
This small painting is 7 by 11 and is for sale for $40.00. If interested email me or go to www.dailypainters.com
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Doves Corner
This is a small painting of an area frequented by doves and many other birds but we started calling it Dove's corner just because a pair of doves are always in the area.
The weeds are painted using a pallet knife, & the snow is just the white of the paper. I like painting snow and I think students love to paint it too. Maybe its because its easy to get the contrasts needed for a good depth in the values.
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Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Reflection Lake
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
"Ritual" An original small work of art
This painting is part of my "Ancient ritual" series I started last year. This is the third piece I have painted in this abstract series. The series explores the way people use ritual to commemorate time, history, events and significant changes in human growth. It is a spiritual series and yet it is also a comment on our cultures.
This piece is 3.75 by 5.75 inches and is for sale for $25.00 unframed. I will mat it for you if you wish. Neutral or white mats only. This new painting will be for sale tomorrow at: www.dailypainters.com
Monday, April 16, 2007
ACEO Koi 29
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Southern Koi an ACEO
Art talk
I realize I haven’t been doing one of the things I started out to do with this blog. I always wanted to write a bit more about being an artist and the thought process and such. Like the hows and whys of picking out subject matter and how your stream of consciousness is affeced by seeing other art or just by viewing nature. I went to the annual “Spring into Art” show on Friday night and really enjoyed seeing the other paintings. After seeing what everyone is working on, I realize that we (each artist) are all on this quest, a mission of sorts. It seems like you can see each person’s progression and their Art is evolving almost like we are different roads but they appear to all lead to the same destination. I’m not trying to get too “New Age” on you, but it seems as Artists, we do share an essential lifetime commitment of exploration, experimentation and discovery. Michel Angelo supposedly said at the age of 87 “Isn’t art grand, I’m still learning”. I have been painting for a long time and there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t seem to learn something either a technique or new process or more importantly something about myself.
I found one thing that has always been important to me and that is the use of color and how I react to it. Its not the same as other people, even other artists. Yes, most beginning artist are seduced by color but I have been painting for 27 years and I still love bright intense pure color. There was a time I was almost embarrassed to admit it because it wasn’t the trend to paint with color that wasn’t greyed down and I toeing the line painted paintings like everyone else with these greyed down colors and they were OK and people really did like them. But I asked myself, why do I paint and who am I painting for? Am I painting with my voice or the voice I believed to be mine. We all paint for customers and that is just good marketing, but at the end of the day do you ever just create something that you enjoy regardless of its marketability or if your friends will like it? The Koi are “MY” paintings and sometimes some of the other Lake paintings or nature paintings become my paintings when I allow my intuition to paint. As for many of these daily paintings, they are good exercises for keeping your technique up and are also good for exploration. You don’t have the pressure to make everyone of them successful. If you have been reading this blog for a while you’ll see the good, the bad and the ugly. But since its a daily regime they get posted no matter what.
Nature has always been my inspiration, sitting besides my garden or walking thru the woods near the lake I get energized and a sense of wonder and beauty fill my senses so that I feel renewed. Other artists get this same feeling by being on a busy street in New York or wherever. The colors, sounds, smells and of course the light. All artist love light and the way it shapes things. I think most artists feed upon light, they use it as their inspiration. Since most artists are visual beings everything around them can be inspiration, the creative process is a metamorphisis of sorts.
We take in things, they are internalized and mixed in with a jumble of life experiences and a bit of our personality and a few other influences and out of this something new is created. We call it art
I found one thing that has always been important to me and that is the use of color and how I react to it. Its not the same as other people, even other artists. Yes, most beginning artist are seduced by color but I have been painting for 27 years and I still love bright intense pure color. There was a time I was almost embarrassed to admit it because it wasn’t the trend to paint with color that wasn’t greyed down and I toeing the line painted paintings like everyone else with these greyed down colors and they were OK and people really did like them. But I asked myself, why do I paint and who am I painting for? Am I painting with my voice or the voice I believed to be mine. We all paint for customers and that is just good marketing, but at the end of the day do you ever just create something that you enjoy regardless of its marketability or if your friends will like it? The Koi are “MY” paintings and sometimes some of the other Lake paintings or nature paintings become my paintings when I allow my intuition to paint. As for many of these daily paintings, they are good exercises for keeping your technique up and are also good for exploration. You don’t have the pressure to make everyone of them successful. If you have been reading this blog for a while you’ll see the good, the bad and the ugly. But since its a daily regime they get posted no matter what.
Nature has always been my inspiration, sitting besides my garden or walking thru the woods near the lake I get energized and a sense of wonder and beauty fill my senses so that I feel renewed. Other artists get this same feeling by being on a busy street in New York or wherever. The colors, sounds, smells and of course the light. All artist love light and the way it shapes things. I think most artists feed upon light, they use it as their inspiration. Since most artists are visual beings everything around them can be inspiration, the creative process is a metamorphisis of sorts.
We take in things, they are internalized and mixed in with a jumble of life experiences and a bit of our personality and a few other influences and out of this something new is created. We call it art



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