Larger Sized Freewheelers

Here's a custom "Freewheeler" made in the new larger size 8x10 matted to 11x14.  The bigger size painting allows for more personal stuff to be included.  The buyer of this one gave it to her husband for his 60th birthday.  Looks like he is a rather active kind of guy.

ink & watercolour on watercolour paper

SOLD to an art lover in Ontario

"The Buoy's Place"

5x7 matted to 8x10

ink & water colour

SOLD 

see my etsy shop for more

Sketch-A-Day for 30 Days

'Owl' - ink, watercolour & graphite on paper

'The Handsome Couple' from original photo by Gavin Young

 'Dragonfly' - ink & watercolour on paper

'Ladybug' - ink & watercolour on paper

'Boot Socks' - ink & watercolour on paper






5x7 ink and watercolour paintings
matted to 8x10
$65/ea (+ shipping)

I'm dipping a toe into the 'do something everyday' camp.  I've chosen to do a Sketch-A-Day for 30 days.  Here are the 1st 5 days.  Future post will show the next 5 days.

I'm going to have to get way more efficient at choosing a subject if I want to get through 30 days. You'd think with almost limitless possibilities, choosing a subject would be easy.  But no.  I have made a hard to break lifetime habit of NOT making things easy.

To see the chosen subjects daily, you can follow me on Twitter (ConnieDooWadda) and Instagram (doo wadda wadda art).  To see them every 5 days, just check back here.

Have you heard of etsy?

It's a site that sells only handmade things from all around the world.  How wonderful! I am happy to announce that you can now buy the 'Freewheelers' and the 'Tobogganeers' on etsy. It's really easy.

Just scroll through the paintings I've listed, contact me if you have questions, add 1 or more to your shopping cart and wait for a package to come to your mailbox.

Here's the link to my etsy shop etsy - Connie Christensen - doo wadda wadda art

Tools of the Trade

Lately I've been asked, 'What medium do you use in the 'Tobogganeers' and 'Freewheelers'?

Well, I tried the very neat and easy black ink pens available in a wide assortment, but they gave a very uniform line.  I like a bit of variety in line width.  Makes things more interesting.  Also, I wanted a darker black than a pen delivers.  So, never one to take the easy route, I decided against using a standard pen.

After rummaging around in my fairly cluttered art room, I found my India ink and ink pen.  Nice very dark black line in varying widths.  I like it.  But, it does create a degree of, um. . . technical failure.  Like blotting or splattering.  Really annoying when it happens on one of the last strokes to a painting which means it is put in the rejects pile and I start again.

So each piece is truly an original.  Right down to the personality delivered by that pen.