Intense Blocks – Great to Add BrilliantColor Washes for #Inktober Add Water to Brush and Moisten Inktense Blocks to Paint Like Watercolor Shave Intense Blocks and Dissolve into Pools of Water to Create Washy Paints Inktense Blocks are Available in Tins of 72 but the Tin of 36 Is Adequate Tin of 36 contains Sherbet…
Month: August 2026
Goldfish in Metallics – First Try – What I Learned – What I Plan to Do Differently Next Time
Jacki Kellum Illustration- #inktober52 #inktober52goldfish – In toying with the concept of whether or not a goldfish is orange or whether it is gold, I decided to create a metallic goldfish in response to the #Intober52 Challenge: Goldfish i had already ordered a set of Artisttro Metallic Watercolor Paints: With the Intober52 Prompt in mind,…
Artistro Metallic Watercolor Paints – Works Best on Black Paper
In toying with the concept of whether or not a goldfish is orange or whether it is gold, I decided to create a metallic gold goldfish in response to the #Intober52 Challenge: Goldfish. What Is Inktober 52? While toying with the concept of what is gold about goldfish, I decided to create my next #inktober52…
Inktober and Inktotber52 – A Great Free Instagram Challenge Program for Anyone Who Wants to Draw in Ink
During the past 7 days, I have recommended to at least 7 different of my students that they begin participating in both #Inktober and #Inktober52. I’m not sure why this thought has repeatedly come to my mind. Inktober is traditionally an October Instagram Challenge. And during Mississippi’s typically scorching days of August, thoughts of October…
Teaching My Students to Paint Sunflowers in Watercolor – How Long Does It Take to Learn to Paint?
Today was a great day at Jacki Kellum Studios. I finally gave my students a day to paint a chosen still life in watercolor and to paint it however they felt THEY should paint it–well almost. Today’s class began 1 week ago when the students created elaborate ink drawings of an arrangement of sunflowers in…
Super Saturday–Great Day for an Artistic Date — in the Style of Julia Cameron and Artist’s Way
What Is An Artistic Date? “An artist date is a block of time, perhaps two hours weekly, especially set aside and committed to nurturing your creative consciousness, your inner artist. …You may not take anyone on this artistic date but you and your inner artist, a. k. a. your creative child.” Cameron, pg. 18. The…
Saturday’s Sunflower: Jacki Kellum Watercolor – How to Draw and Paint Flowers from Multiple Angles
Saturday’s Sunflower Jacki Kellum Watercolor Black-Eyed Susan Jacki Kellum Watercolor Drawing Flowers from Various Angles Drawing and Painting Flowers from Various Angles Follows the Same Principles as Drawing and Painting Turning Heads from Multiple Angles Both Saturday’s Sunflower and Black-Eyed Susan are Drawn and Painted from a Slightly Upturned Left Angle. Cartoon Head Drawings…
A Family Tree to Help Understand the Relationships in A Woman of Substance – Based on the 1984 Series – Whose Child Is Whose in the Emma Harte Saga
Emma Harte is the Main Character in the Barbara Bradford A Woman of Substance Series and the film adaptations created from that series. She is the beginning of the Harte Saga. What is a Saga? A saga is a long story about heroic deeds, family history, or a complicated series of past events. The word…