Sigrid Art BlogSigrid Art Bloghttp://sigridwonsilart.com/blog/2019-08-17T13:10:58ZSquarespaceLectures at Arts in Bartletthttp://sigridwonsilart.com/blog/2019/8/17/lectures-at-arts-in-bartlett.htmlSigrid2019-08-17T13:08:09Z2019-08-17T13:08:09ZI am just ending a series of lectures on the top 100 works of art. It was a modified version of the descriptions I give in my Art Appreciation class at Elgin Community College, without the quizzes.

]]>Latest Solo Exhibithttp://sigridwonsilart.com/blog/2019/8/17/latest-solo-exhibit.htmlSigrid2019-08-17T13:00:45Z2019-08-17T13:00:45Zi was Artist of the Month , August, 2019. at Prairie Arts Center in Schaumburg, IL.

This is the link to my interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5U-2hjMSC-Y

Over 60 people came to the opening reception. This was a follow up to an exhibit I had there two years ago. It consisted mainly of watercolors started on site when I traveled to Estonia, Korea, Australia, Canada and at home in Illinois and Wisconsin.

]]>New Posts along the Art Journeyhttp://sigridwonsilart.com/blog/2019/3/31/new-posts-along-the-art-journey.htmlSigrid2019-03-31T19:28:01Z2019-03-31T19:28:01ZThree weeks ago I traveled to Dallas for the annual Southern Graphics Conference. There were three days of meeting with colleagues from all over the U.S., sharing new artmaking techniques, exhibits at 5 diffrerent colleges in the Dallas and Ft. Worth area, and seeing collections in the area museums.

A memorable exhibit was a temporary exhibit at the Dalls Art Museum of Berthe Morisot's work. Morisot is the best known  French female Impressionist. I was surprised to learn that she was married to French Impressionist Edouard Manet's younger brother. I also learned that she had an equally talented older sister who gave up making art for life as a wife and mother. Here is a portrait of Berthe Morisot painted by her sister.

]]>More Figure Studieshttp://sigridwonsilart.com/blog/2012/1/6/more-figure-studies.htmlSigrid2012-01-06T03:24:00Z2012-01-06T03:24:00Z
 5 Minute Marker and watercolor sketch
One Minute Blue Figure sketch
One Minute Marker Drawing
20 Minute Watercolor
Our model held some truly difficult poses. The challenge was to render them as quickly as possible.

]]>Watercolor and Collagraph Continuedhttp://sigridwonsilart.com/blog/2011/12/30/watercolor-and-collagraph-continued.htmlSigrid2011-12-30T11:08:00Z2011-12-30T11:08:00Z
Still Life Collagraph
There is no mystery about the subject matter here.

]]>One More Watercolor and Collagraph Combinationhttp://sigridwonsilart.com/blog/2011/12/28/one-more-watercolor-and-collagraph-combination.htmlSigrid2011-12-28T17:29:00Z2011-12-28T17:29:00Z
Flowers and Lace
This reworked watercolor is less abstract than yesterday's, but has more contrast and sparkle.

]]>New Ideas with Old Materialshttp://sigridwonsilart.com/blog/2011/12/28/new-ideas-with-old-materials.htmlSigrid2011-12-28T04:09:00Z2011-12-28T04:09:00Z

Nets 1, Collagraph over watercolor. Hand-coloring prints is an old technique. This weeks I have reversed the process and printed on top of watercolors. My first piece suggest and aerial view of land and sea and nets being flung.

]]>Watercolor Marker Drawingshttp://sigridwonsilart.com/blog/2011/12/17/watercolor-marker-drawings.htmlSigrid2011-12-17T20:36:38Z2011-12-17T20:36:38ZLately I have been combining watercolor markers with wet watercolor. The following drawing started as a dry marker cityscape. It was a very misty morning and I misted the drawing to get the following results.

Dry marker drawing on watercolor paper of St. Michael's church in Chicago.


Here is the same drawing after the water spray.

]]>Watercolors from Figure Drawing Sessionshttp://sigridwonsilart.com/blog/2011/12/7/watercolors-from-figure-drawing-sessions.htmlSigrid2011-12-08T04:09:00Z2011-12-08T04:09:00Z 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

]]>Australia New Zealand Watercolor Marker Portrait Sketcheshttp://sigridwonsilart.com/blog/2011/11/18/australia-new-zealand-watercolor-marker-portrait-sketches.htmlSigrid2011-11-18T22:26:00Z2011-11-18T22:26:00Z

 

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