Trying and Liking Something New

December 12, 2018 Artist's Life, Drawing by Rainey Dewey Leave a Comment

There are times during my creative journey that things seem to stagnate. What I usually do is walk away or change from graphite to watercolor or from watercolor to oils. That strategy does work most of the time but this time I decided to try something else. I remember years ago I used charcoal pencils […]

Creative Freedom Comes With Permission

December 6, 2018 Acrylic Painting by Rainey Dewey Leave a Comment

Find this painting and others at ETSY I’ve given myself permission over the last few years to “try anything” creatively. I remember painting with rules, all kinds of rules. One particular watercolor rule – don’t use white – seemed to make sense. Applying an opaque white to a watercolor painting does change it from a […]