Bi-Colored Tulip

I really worked on creating interest through texture with this one.

ACEO - Art Cards Editions and Originals

To be an ACEO the dimensions of the artwork must be 2.5"x3.5", or 64x89mm.
This is really the only rule. As the name implies, an ACEO can be a copy or an original. Mine are originals. They are watercolor on archival paper.

Pansies

Watercolor on paper. Their faces seem to smile.

Egg Tempera On Paper

I was asked if egg was mixed into egg tempera. The answer is, yes, there is egg mixed in. Some artists make their own. I buy it already made up in tubes. The brand I use is Sennelier Egg Tempera; which is famous as "the brand and medium used by Marc Chagall in many of his most spectacular works. Egg tempera is a water soluble and highly archival painting medium, wonderful for fine art painting, restoration, and icon painting. It's perfect as an underpainting for oil painters. Sennelier egg tempera is based on a centuries old recipe. It consists of an emulsion made from vegetable oil, plant resin, egg yolk, and distilled water, as well as an anti-mould agent.Sennelier egg tempera has working qualities and a finish that is only found in authentic egg tempera made in the traditional manner. These delicate colors hold their brush strokes, and do not change when dry. Egg tempera can be worked with a brush or a palette knife (diluted with water) on non-greasy supports like acrylic primed canvas or paper."
I prefer the convenience of the tubes and the tubes store well vs. the few days you have to use the stuff you mix yourself. To make your own tempera: you mix dry pigment and albumen (egg yolk free of the encasing part). Tempera made with only an egg yolk is not as workable a painting medium as an egg-oil emulsion. The addition of a small amount of stand oil improves the handling properties and increases the resistance to cracking so that the paint film can be made thicker. Most of the egg tempera paintings in museums were painted with the addition of oil. This preceeded painting in oil alone. Some purists are driven crazy about tube egg tempera in much the same way as some watercolor purists are driven crazy by an artist using anything but watercolor paints in a watercolor painting. I like to experiment and will use anything to accomplish the ends as long as it is sound archivally. And, I figure if Chagall used it...

Pastel Landscape

I bought a sampler pack of pastels from fineartstore.com. I highly recommend getting a sampler pack as it allows you to really try out various brands. The site also has links to videos that shows some of the brands in use on a variety of supports.

Sunflowers

Sweetpeas, Pansy, and Cosmo

I love this one. Watercolor.

Sweetpeas, Pansy, and Blue Flower (

Tulips and Irises

I like the white of the paper. :)

Watercolor remains my favorite medium. :)

Tulips - Mixed Media Original

New signature. Leaving the date off. All lower case initials.

Diane Townsend and Terry Ludwig Pastels on Colorfix Paper

Another Sunflower

I created texture by laying wax paper on the background and pressing. I used dry brush on the leaves for further texture.

Watercolor on Paper

Did lots of layering with a variety of yellows and greens - trying for more depth. Tried Daniel Smith's Prussian green for the first time and loved it. I added French Ochre to it to lighten it up some.