by lbaur | Dec 12, 2020 | Behind the Scenes, Behind the Scenes Email
I threw together a quick little video of a few of the sights from my travels up and down the west coast painting Tiny Escapes in the (what else) Tiny Escape, my 19.5-foot camper van for a recent artist talk. I know some of you have been curious about it, so I thought...
by lbaur | Dec 7, 2020 | Behind the Scenes, How-to
We’re only a couple of weeks away from the winter solstice now. It’s dark when I start work in the morning. It’s dark before I end work in the afternoon. On rainy days, I need a light on in my studio just to read a book. It feels like there’s...
by lbaur | Dec 6, 2020 | Behind the Scenes
We have lots of different reasons for painting. Some of them apply most of the time, some are “just today” or “this particular painting”. Sometimes there are several reasons; sometimes we have a single driving purpose. Considering why you are...
by lbaur | Jan 13, 2020 | Behind the Scenes, How-to, Learn Email
(Post updated Jan 2020) You’ve probably heard me talk about having a “(home)base palette” of around 8 or 9 colors that you know really well and use to mix most of the colors in most of your paintings. But there are times when you want to bring in...
by lbaur | Aug 7, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, How-to
That pesky inner critic! I don’t know about you, but simply telling her to sit down and shut up doesn’t work for me. Oh, I can get her to leave me alone. It just doesn’t lead to paintings I’m happy with. I need my inner critic. We all need time...
by lbaur | Jul 16, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, How-to
I’ve been presenting my watercolors without glass for quite some time. I love the clean look! Here’s everything you need to know to present your watercolors using this method. In the video, I demonstrate one way to do this, using the method (and products) I use...
by lbaur | Feb 13, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, Creative Energy Journaling, How-to
Do you ever make mistakes when you’re working in your journal? Or doodling? Ever put down a wobbly line? Smear some ink? Drip watercolor where you didn’t mean to? How does it make you feel? Perhaps a bit aggravated or disappointed? Do you ever want to tear...
by lbaur | Jan 23, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, Creative Energy Journaling
The 30-Doodles-in-30-Days Challenge is drawing to a close, but one thing I have discovered is that everyone has enjoyed having a daily doodling suggestion (a “prompt”) as a creative springboard. Since I’ve been on a spiral kick myself lately, I...
by lbaur | Jan 14, 2015 | Behind the Scenes
Did you enjoy following along on the “giant” painting? I’m in the planning stages of another large multi-panel piece like that. We’re still working out the details, but I’m very excited to have been asked to do another one! I’ll...
by lbaur | Jan 14, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, How-to
This must be one of the questions I get asked the most often! I used to mat and frame my watercolors. From time to time someone would ask if I could frame them without glass. I knew of some watercolorists who were painting on canvas or boards that were specially...
by lbaur | Jan 9, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, Creative Energy Journaling, How-to
I want to talk to you for a minute about mindfulness. Wait! Before you hit “delete”, please hang in with me for just a little bit. I promise I will get back to art and creativity in a minute. Mindfulness is trendy. Everywhere you look there are articles...
