Yearly Archives: 2021

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How I Painted “Remains” With Watercolor & Ink On An Easel Standing Up

"Remains" watercolor and ink painting I painted on easel

”Remains”
11×14
watercolor & ink

This new painting has been in the works for most of August and because I recorded the painting process, the painting took longer to complete. It’s September now and I’ll never shut up about it.

Remains watercolor and ink painting on easel videos on TikTok

I have a weird habit of trying new things, so of course, I signed up for TikTok. But now I regret that I didn’t do this sooner because it’s fun making mini-movies about my art. Here’s how I created the “Remains” painting – a story in 3 videos. Sound up.

Video 1: The humble beginning…

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Prep work for a larger watercolor painting on my new board #artist #foryoupage

♬ original sound – Tatyana Pshenychny

To create this painting, I first enlarged the 6×9 sketch I drew in my sketchbook a while ago. Then I transferred it to 11×14 inch size watercolor paper using a lightbox. Then, I taped the drawing to a wood panel and attached the panel to an easel. While preparing to paint, I specifically used this ambient, serene music in my video to help calm my nerves.

Video 2: Why am I like this?

I painted this in watercolor and ink vertically while standing up. Painting vertically with watercolor is challenging. Painting vertically with permanent ink is challenging insane. Why did I do this standing up, knowing fully well that watercolor and ink are watery mediums that drip down and not up?

Video 3: Oh, that’s why.

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Part II: Painting with ink on an easel. Check my profile for Part I ♥️ #neverstopexploring #artist #onthejob #tutorials #smallbusinessowner

♬ original sound – Tatyana Pshenychny

Yup, it must be my weird habit of trying new things, again. And because I’m already good at watercolor and ink horizontally, and now vertically. After adding some black acrylic paint and more watercolor, the work is complete and referred to in all my future conversations indefinitely, such as: “Per my last ‘Remains’ painting…”. So keep my new skill in mind the next time a disaster strikes.

The “Remains” original painting is available for purchase in my shop.

New art from the heart

I have hearts in my logo, and Valentine’s Day is coming up, so how could I possibly not acknowledge this chair holiday. In this sentence, “chair” is an adjective. I’m using the word “chair” to describe the holiday because it’s a metaphor for how I looked around the room and saw something that I love.

Piece #25 is one of the new originals that are in the shop. I ended up painting some of the Pieces in more detail because I wanted to see how certain details would look with a new painting technique I’ve developed. These paintings would look pretty classy in a black frame, or both matted & framed in black. I’ve created several new original paintings available in the shop, all of which I painted at night while sitting in the chair that I love.

“A Calm Within A Qualm” 3×3 limited edition vinyl sticker – $3.49 Buy sticker

And a new limited-edition sticker from my 2010 painting “A Calm Within A Qualm”. Stick it on your phone case, your laptop, your chair, use it as a bookmark, or anywhere you’d like to have a little sanctuary. These stickers are beautifully printed​ by Sticker Mule.

Prints of “A Calm Within A Qualm” are also available for your sanctuary.

Thanks for reading and for checking out my work.

Love,
Tatyana