Hooray for the Red, White, and Blue – Jacki Kellum Oil Paintings

In my college art classes, I initially trained to paint in oils, but for most of the past 50 years, I’ve painted in watercolor, which is a much less forgiving medium–especially for loose, expressionistic painters. For quite some time, I’ve wanted to try oils again, and I’m finally doing that again. I’ve spent the month…

Cobra Water Mixable Oil Paints

Cadmium Yellow Medium Cadmium Orange Cadmium Red Light Cadmium Red Medium Primary Magenta Carmine Madder Lake Cadmium Yellow Lemon Yellowish Green Permanent Green Deep Turquoise Blue Phthalo Blue Cobalt Blue Ultramarine Prussian Blue Yellow Ochre Transparent Oxide Red   Burnt Sienna Burnt Umber      

A Daisy A Day – #stradaeasel Challenge 2023

2 Daisies in a Jelly Jar – Jacki Kellum Oil on Panel #stradaeasel Challenge Day 10 2 Daisies in a Jelly Jar – Jacki Kellum Digital Painting Created  on  Wacom Cintiq 16 #stradaeasel Challenge Day 12 Beginning on January 1, 2023, I jumped into the Strada Easel Challenge for 2023. For the previous 2 years,…

Muddy: The Story of Bues Legend Muddy Waters

Muddy Image Credit: Simon and Schuster Written by Michael Mahin Illustrated by Evan Turk https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Muddy/Michael-Mahin/9781481443494 “McKinley Morganfield was never good at doing what he was told. Especially when it came to playing in the mud. His mamma should’ve been mad. But she couldn’t hep but laugh, ‘Ah, my muddy baby. My sweet, muddy baby.’ McKinley’s…

Zoo in the Sky by Jacqueline Mitton

Zoo in the Sky was illustrated by Christina Balit, and that is one of the reasons that I recommend this book.  I own several books that Balit illustrated. She is a master of design in illustration. Beyond that, I recommend this book because it introduces several of the constellations in the night sky. The constellations…

Story of the Bible Animals by J. G. Wood

Story OF THE Bible Animals: A Description of the Habits and Uses of every living Creature mentioned in the Scriptures, WITH Explanation of Passages in the Old and New Testament in which reference is made to them. Lions pg.19 Leopards pg. 42 Cats pg. 52 Dogs pg. 55 The Wolf pg. 69 The Fox or…

Stars, Astronomy, The Star of Bethlehem and the Magi in the Bible

The Magi Visit the Messiah 2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi[a] from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” 3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed,…