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Memorial Day Sale!

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Memorial Day Sale!

In honor of the holiday weekend, I'm running a sale now through Monday at midnight. Use code mem2021 at checkout to get 15% off any purchase on this site!

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Weekly Summary - May 28 2021

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Weekly Summary - May 28 2021

I'm seeing a light at the end of the tunnel finally. I've been sleeping better and working on art. We've had nearly non stop rain though, which has been cancelling events (my main source of revenue for my art). Last week's update here. I'd love to write that sleeping better has instantly improved everything and life is sunshine and rainbows, but nothing's ever quite that easy. I am sleeping better so that's a relief, but I'm still totally exhausted. It's going to take a while to fully (if ever) recover from the weeks of insomnia. My day job has been...

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Upcoming Events

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Upcoming Events

With the warmer weather, events are coming up all around the KC area! Mark your calendars to see Late Blooming Watercolors in person at one of these upcoming summer events. Food. Art. Drink June 4 & 5 • 5-10pm Linden Square, Gladstone Arts in the Park June 11 • 5-10pm • June 12 10am - 9pm Macken Park, North Kansas City Mission Sidewalk Sale June 19 • 10am-4pm Johnson Drive, Mission KS Saturdays with the Swing June 26 • 9am-3pm Downtown Overland Park, KS

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Weekly Summary - May 21 2021

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Weekly Summary - May 21 2021

I spent the past week working on getting art ready to sell for upcoming events. I painted a couple times, and got back to using my dot card for quick monochrome paintings as well. Last week here. I focused on mounting paintings on board and matting a few others because tomorrow was supposed to be my very first Strawberry Swing event. Unfortunately, it's looking very likely that it'll be canceled due to rain. It's been cloudy and rainy here for days and days and it's not helping my mood or motivation.  I went back to the doctor on Wednesday and...

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The Process Behind Board Mounted Art

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The Process Behind Board Mounted Art

My board mounted paintings are some of my favorites because they're ready to hang as soon as you get them home. It's also a nice, modern way to display my watercolor art. They take quite a few extra steps to get them ready to display and sell though!  Watercolor reactivates if it gets wet, so the very first step is to spray the painting with varnish to seal and set it. Then I use acrylic medium to "glue" the painting to the cradled board. Next, I put heavy weight (usually a giant stack of books!) on top of it overnight to ensure a clean adhesion....

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