Friday, October 14, 2011 at 12:01AM Today, October 14th is Pooh's birthday!
Enjoy this beautiful illustration by Ernest Howard Shepard (1879-1976).
The House at Pooh Corner • Christopher Robin gives extract of malt all around.
Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 10:39PM If you are in the Fort Collins area, come join us as we start our day sketching at The French Nest • Open Air Market, http://thefrenchnestmarket.com/.
www.sketchcrawl.com
Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 10:25PM Time is well spent making color charts. It allows us the opportunity to know what mixes we can get from our palette. In the chart below, I selected newer cool colors and mixed them with a few warm colors that I have on my palette. Now I see my options and am ready to paint!
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 03:40PM I was going through my studio and came across this demo exercise on painting figures. This is a great way to simplify figures from a photograph. With tracing paper, trace the shapes with a fine tip black marker and shade the shadows.
KAREN RAMSAY
Redraw the figures on watercolor paper and paint with 2 colors. I used ultramarine blue and raw sienna.
Friday, September 16, 2011 at 11:44AM 
Sunday, September 11, 2011 at 12:36PM We had a beautiful day at The Gardens on Spring Creek for the "Painting the Fall Harvest" workshop.
Here are a few sketches from the morning. Volunteers were perfect models as they worked in the different gardens.
I used a "sketch and wash" pencil with a water brush. The color added is burnt sienna watercolor.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 12:55AM Follow the link for information on this newly announced 1-day workshop:
• 1-DAY WORKSHOP: Sketching Plein Air in Old Town Fort Collins
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 12:33PM Last week I had the honor of teaching for the Rocky Mountain Nature Association in Estes Park, CO. The two day seminar was "Sketchbook Journaling for Travelers and Artists". Here are a few scenes I captured in Rocky Mountain National Park.
Check out more seminars at www.rmna.org
KAREN RAMSAY
KAREN RAMSAY
Monday, July 18, 2011 at 06:10PM The 32nd Worldwide SketchCrawl is this Saturday.
www.sketchcrawl.com
If you are in the Fort Collins area, join us in the morning
at the Farmers Market on Oak Street.
No structure, just filling our sketchbooks!
Take sometime wherever you are to document your day with pencil and paint!
Saturday, June 4, 2011 at 09:12AM Last evening was the opening reception for this fun exhibition. "Beat Grass" blue grass band, New Belgium beer and pretzels! Now thats an art opening!
Bike Fort Collins the museum without walls, had more than a dozen vintage bicycles on display and Artist Bike Helmets had been designed for silent auctioned, benefiting the Fort Collins Bike Library. Along the walls in the gallery, you see the bike art!
I was surprised and very honored to have received Jurors Award for 2nd Place on my two paintings:
New Belgium Cruiser and Dynoglide Cruiser
Thank you Steve and Gail!
KAREN RAMSAY
Here are the paintings. Enjoy!
New Belgium Cruiser
Dynoglide Cruiser
