Embossed note cards

 My embossed Birds In Hats series of note cards  Most are available on my etsy store. Next image with a hat on will be a Raven. Check out my etsy store www.KayMurphysStudio.com

My Mocking Bird card is a fun card for the state I live in Tennessee.
 The Cardinal is is for my home state of Virginia.

Tomorrow Teaching a colored colored pencil workshop

I have spent the morning getting things ready for  a colored pencil workshop at White Pine Bookstore.

I have been teaching several classes each month for over a year now have had the best of students and really learn a lot from them and their questions, makes me think about why I do different things in art my way. I have spent all of my life painting and drawing, teaching myself how different mediums work, how to shade, how colors will blend and what works and why it doesn't work. 

My life has been a fun trip, I am now in my 70's my body knows it but somehow my mind still thinks young.

I am still learning..

Scratch-board colored with my Wacom tablet.

I started Teaching myself about 25 years ago how to print after getting disgusted with the run of printing people the world had to offer, last time I had something printed was by a company that had  high recommendations, horse feathers! I was there to proof and this printer had opposite images over top of each other, hmmm now even I knew this would blow the color in one image if you changed it in the other. Well I fussed all the way home till my hubby said when you get home "I want to order that Epson printer and do you own printing". I'm here to tell you as soon as we got home I was on the computer doing just that.  Well, then I had to learn Photoshop. The best move I ever made.

Watercolor Chickadees, licensed to a greeting card publisher for 13 years. 

I have had ball with my art and made a decent living and hope I still have years to go with my teaching and art. I have my own line of Note-cards which I paint, print,  cut, fold and package my-self. More later stay tuned..Kay Murphy-Wallace 2016

Getting on Witches Hat and Pumpkin colored pencil

Getting to work on my Witches Hat and Pumpkin. Got a couple leaves colored, spider web in place. This piece has been fun as I have added a lot of objects I didn't have in the first sketch, thinking about adding an old haunted house and of course the spider and who knows what else...Of this will be Halloween note-cards this fall.

Scratch-board horse

Finally got around to doing more work on this scratch-board of a sorrel horse. This was a teaching lesson( private) had a wonderful student. Love scratch-board.

The start of new colored pencil design Halloween

The start of a new colored pencil design hopefully I will finish it this weekend. I will post the finished design.

New workshop Colored Pencils

My newest colored pencil drawing, this is my teaching drawing for Aug.16 and Aug.23 at White Pine Bookstore. Two session workshop for one price.

Santa cat Christmas card

I will offered this cat in the Santa hat card 5 x 7 size for sale 2016, custom orders only, in this size. 

Cat in a hat, start of a new series

New colored pencil design, the start of a series of animals in hats.

Acrylic class

My acrylic class at White Pine Bookstore. Painting fog in the Smokies was our subject. Had two talented girls.

new card designs

 I have  painting like crazy, my mind is full of ideas for new note-cards. I either have to get it on paper, one way or the other, so today was a painting day. I will later set these up as cards, then print them..

New acrylic Paintings

New acrylic paintings, seascape was my last acrylic painting for a workshop.

Next acrylic workshop subject

Next acrylic workshop Smoky Mountains with fog rolling in. July 26 and August 2 at White Pine bookstore.

Acrylic Workshop students

Two of my students are missing from the picture, wonderful group of ladies all very talented. Next week we are painting a Smoky Mountain scene, fog will be the lesson.

Acrylic Workshop students

Two of my students are missing from the picture, wonderful group of ladies all very talented. Next week we are painting a Smoky Mountain scene, fog will be the lesson.

Seascape finished for acrylic workshop

Acrylic seascape finished for my acrylic workshop at White Pine Bookstore, July 12 and  July 19.
It has been a while since I painted a seascape, I used to be the biggest beach bum, spent my every week-end and vacation at the beach, just walking the beach early mornings collecting seashells, fishing or laying in the sun, oh well my younger days. Long gone...but memories are still there.

Acrylic seascape for workshop

The start of a acrylic seascape for my Acrylic workshop July 12 and July 19 at White Pine Bookstore. As you can see I work from left to right, this is a 12 x 16 canvas, I have done an under-painting of grey blue.  
Hopefully I will finish it this week-end. Stay turned for a finished product soon.

Be a unique artist

 Two of my new "Birds In Hats" series, I have went a step further by embossing my note cards after printing them. Sometimes I think I do more labor on them than I can get money for them. Luckily at shows the buying public has not felt that way so extra time and patience has paid off. I use colored pencils to create the design, scan the original, set up the note card, print, cut and fold, then emboss. Makes me tired writing about it.  Grateful for the creative/artist side that makes me go one step more to be able to produce a better and different kind of art. I love it when I can do something unique and different.

I think that's the name of the game is to create your own brand of art in your own way, try unusual styles to see what sticks, get the name for being unique in your art (original) not a copy of someone else.

Tips on learning to draw

Suggestions on learning to draw

Carry a camera and a sketch book the book does not have to big just so you jot down ideas, colors and etc. 

Get a book bag to carry your supplies in. 

Pencils woodless will work well, a eraser, ink pen ( micron 005 is a great drawing pen) 05 for a technical pencil,x-acto knife to sharpen your woodless pencil. They tend to lose a point easily.   Most of all have fun.

New Drawing tips and Tricks

 Two more of my Tips and Tricks on Drawing. How to use graphite pencil, ink pen,watercolor, and colored pencils to create exciting look.

New workshops Drawing

My latest tips and tricks taught at
White Pine Bookstore. Woodless pencils,technical pencil,ink pen, ink washes,colored pencils and how to burnish you drawings. What spray to seal them with. You will go home with tips and tricks copies and the knowledge of how to do this. May 24, May 31 and June 7. evenings at the bookstore with artist Kay Murphy-Wallace

Newest Bird for my "Birds in Hats" series

Newest bird: Tennessee state bird (Mockingbird) and the state flower (Iris) will soon be available in note cards "My Birds in Hats" series.

New Workshops

Next workshops at White Pine bookstore

April 19-April 26 May 3 Two workshops each Tuesday for three weeks. Mornings Watercolor 10-1:00 Afternoon 1:30-4:30. Pick up information at the bookstore or message me on Facebook.

Next workshops at White Pine bookstore

TEACHING at White Pine Bookstore

I will be teaching watercolor and mixed media classes again this year at White Pine Bookstore, starting on March 29 Tuesday, each Tuesday for 3 weeks, watercolor classes taught in the morning and mixed media in the afternoon.

Mixed media Spring Singing.

I love what I do.

Two New images for note cards. Spring will be here before I know it.
I have been working hard painting and setting up my images to print as note-cards and small prints..

Sixth note-card Birds in Hats series

Just finished my sixth drawing Colored Pencils, for my series Birds in Hats note cards. I think I have more to do in this series, have had a blast with the idea...

Bluebird in hat

Almost forgot to post my Bluebird, all my Birds in Hats will be note cards and small prints.

New Colored pencil designs and embossed cards

 These birds have been a fun series, that I'm not finished yet..I am usually so in to realism, guess old age brings back the fun of painting. I can now paint what I want, instead wondering if this will sell at the shows. Takes a load off and brings the fun part back...  

Two new card designs that I have painted and printed and then embossed. A whole new look to my art.

Bird with with hats notecards

Newest note card series, Birds with hats on. From my colored pencils designs, Yes there will be boy birds sporting their hats too.

New note-card designs embossed

When it snows in East Tennessee one tends to get bored, of course I'm always looking for ideas and ways to improve my art and my line of note-cards. For this spring I will have embossed cards with enhancements on them plus my art work. Four examples here. These will sell as individual cards, not in a package as I usually sell my cards.

New colored pencil design

Newest colored pencil design see it on my zazzle store. Card, wrapping paper, fabric..

New colored pencil design

New colored pencil design. Find this design on fabric, wrapping paper, cards, ect on my zazzle store. !940's style of art.

New coloring page

My newest coloring page will be added to my coloring book.

http://www.zazzle.com/wild_bunnies_stamp-172675158878385682?

http://www.zazzle.com/wild_bunnies_stamp-172675158878385682?

New Christmas Note Cards

 Two New Christmas Note-Cards

Colored pencils and Watercolor

 My latest paintings one colored pencils, the other watercolor and gouache. Both are note cards and prints.