Crackerjack Marigolds in Jacki Kellum’s Garden August 19, 2024 African Marigold ‘Crackerjack’ (Tagetes erecta)| Height: 3′-4′ Tall Last year, I discovered Crackerjack Marigolds, and I fell in love with them. These shots of sunshine smell like their tiny cousins–the common, dimutive marigolds that my grandmother grew, but they are huge. In fact, they are the…
Category: Color
Jacki Kellum Watercolor: A Carousel of Color
For as long as I can remember, I have loved color. When I was a tiny child, my favorite thing about the Christmas season was sitting alone in my dark living room and watching the Christmas Tree’s lights bounce around in the panes of the large picture window that fronted my parents’ house. Jacki Kellum…
Another Summer Bouquet – Jacki Kellum Watercolor Painting
Another Summer Bouquet Jacki Kellum Watercolor Painting Colors Used Item by Item Black-Eyed Susans Cadmium Yellow Light Cadmium Yellow Dark Cadmium Orange Cadmium Red Light Prussian Blue Orange Zinnia Cadmium Yellow Light Cadmium Yellow Dark Cadmium Orange Cadmium Red Light Bee Balm Red Jacob Cline Cadmium Red Light Cadmium Red Dark Opus Bee Balm Foliage…
Complementary Colors – In Jacki Kellum’s Art and Garden
Jacki Kellum Color Wheel – Simplified Moving Clockwise from Top Right toward Bottom Right, the Colors are: 1. Cadmium Yellow Light 2. Cadmium Orange 3. Cadmium Red Light 4. Cadmium Red Dark 4. Red Violet [Mixed from Blue and Opus] Moving Clockwise from Top Left toward Bottom Left, the Colors are: 1. Cadmium Yellow Lemon…
Boquet in a Blue Canning Jar – Jacki Kellum Watercolor – Colors and Brushes Used
Boquet in a Blue Canning Jar Jacki Kellum Watercolor Painting I paint almost my entire watercolor paintings with a Princeton Velvetouch Long Round Brush Size #14. In painting the Bouquet in the Blue Jar, I did not switch to the Rigger Detail Brush until the last few strokes. I paint with DaVinci Professional Watercolors. Following…
Jacki Kellum Talks about the Light, about Her Paintings, and about Her Picture Book The Donkey’s Song
Note: This is a presentation that I did for a groups of kids at a church’s Bible School Art Camp: Today, I’m going to talk to you about the importance of light. I’ll tell you about how I rely on light in my art and writing, but first, I simply want to talk about light….
If You Were A Crayon, What Color Would You Be? – Free Writing Prompt
I grew up in a small, rural, cotton-patch town, and I rarely got new things–especially not “frivolous” things–like crayons. But when I was a child, I always got a new box of crayons to help me start my new school year. I am a forever student. I research every day. I can honestly say that…
Exactly Which Watercolor Paints Does Jacki Kellum Use? Let’s Talk Color Part 2
In this post, I’ll share some tips about which watercolor paints that I buy and how I best use those paints to avoid mixing mud. In terms of brands of watercolor paints, I almost exclusively use DaVinci Watercolors, and I buy the large 37 ml tubes of that paint. I have decided that this is…
Jacki Kellum Watercolor Palette – Let’s Talk Color in Jacki Kellum’s Paintings Part I
Janis Joplin – Jacki Kellum Watercolor Painting Sold – Prints Are Available I painted Janis several years ago, and I told a friend of mine that it might be my best painting of all time. That is not because it looks like Janis and is, therefore, a perfect portrait. In fact, I didn’t even paint…
Color in Photoshop – A Review of the Different Modes of the Color Panel
In the above image, you see that I am using the Colors Panel in HSB Mode. H=Hue S=Saturation B=Brightness If I click from the drop-down menu, I can select another mode. Let’s look at the Color Wheel Mode or the Color Disk Following, you will see views of the Hue Cube Mode of the…