Comments on: Paint Your Mental Images!

By: Cyndy

Cyndy — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:06:26 +0000

I enjoyed this lesson! And was surprised to realize that I see a monkey (a monkey looking at a table set for a party). The banana makes the mouth with the black stem curving over the top of an ear. There is a nose and 2 eyes wearing wire-rimmed glasses atop the banana. It makes me smile.

By: Päivi

Päivi — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:20:37 +0000

In reply to Dianne. Thanks, Dianne!

By: Päivi

Päivi — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:20:27 +0000

In reply to Peggy. Thank you, Peggy!!

By: Päivi

Päivi — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:20:13 +0000

In reply to Cathy. Thanks, Cathy! Great to hear that you ahve enjoyed the watercolor 101 class! I love decorative arts but I also think it can be used as self-expression, not just creating something pretty. Have fun!

By: Päivi

Päivi — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:18:02 +0000

In reply to Nea Wiseman. Thank you, Nea! Interesting to hear!

By: Päivi

Päivi — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:16:16 +0000

In reply to Mary W. Thanks, Mary! Great comment, it was interesting to read what you saw in the painting!

By: Dianne

Dianne — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:46:14 +0000

Very nice! As always wonderful insights into creativity, thank you.

By: Peggy

Peggy — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:35:42 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing the step-by-steps with us! I learn something new every time I read your blog.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 16:16:39 +0000

I have wanted to add decorative painting into my mixed media artwork for a long time but didn’t know how. My mom and grandma were from Norway and did rosemaling painting. I have so many decorative things around my house from them and I’m going to try your technique. Your watercolor class has helped me to break away from traditional styles and add markers, colored pencils etc. It’s very freeing. Thank you for the inspiration Paivi!

By: Nea Wiseman

Nea Wiseman — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:54:51 +0000

My imagination saw doorways, places to walk into and find different realities. Many stories could be told .Very beautiful work.

By: Mary W

Mary W — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:45:51 +0000

Fascinating post today – your painting is lovely but when I look, my mind takes a different journey. I go under the sea and view it from a fish perspective. I live near the Gulf of Mexico and years ago when shipping vessels came to port, they used glass bottles for ballast-threw them into the sea-then loaded up what cargo they would take back to Europe. Many people have spent hours walking along the coast with a stick to poke into the sand and hear the “clink” then uncover the glass bottle. They all had round bottoms to store laying down which is how you can tell they were ballast bottles. Later, restaurants would dump their broken plates into the rocky surf that the buildings were built over. I see those with the fish swimming by, enjoying the play of sunshine on all the glass castoffs. Even a recently tossed banana! LOL Your painting brought back many of my own personal images to enjoy this morning. Thank you for sharing and for your lessons. You are a treasure, also!

By: Päivi

Päivi — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:10:10 +0000

In reply to Linda Thompson. Thanks, Linda! I searched for the artist, and: very rich, interesting paintings, somehow Frida Kahlo came to my mind. Thank you for mentioning the artist, it is great to examine new, interesting art!