Hello Steemit! I'm Connie, a professional artist who just moved to Longmont Colorado. The Rocky Mountains are so inspiring!
I'll give you glimpses of my artist life in Colorado by posting my work,
it's processes, and photographs of this beautiful state.
So you get a visual, here I am in front of my black & white photography
series highlighting my son’s imagination in everyday life.
In my series, Americanized Chinese Brush Paintings, I’ve taken Chinese Brush Painting to another level. These paintings are painted in a more complex manner, with more complicated strokes and less simplicity… almost the opposite of Sumi-e. Carrying on in the Chinese tradition, each painting is finished with my artist signature chop.
Capturing personality in my animals is top priority! This otter was such a struggle in the beginning, but I’ve learned to push through, and happy that I did, since this otter is one of my favorite animal paintings in my series.
title: I Otterly Love You
Americanized Chinese Brush Paintings: Animal Series.
Chinese Brush Painting requires a different way of thinking…bravery, precise strokes, and no mistakes. Black India ink and water create grays, watercolor paints for color, and the whites are simply the white of the paper. There is no erasing, or painting over as with oils or acrylics. In addition, working with rice paper requires a practiced consistency of medium and water, or the stroke will bleed into undesired areas. The beauty comes when the translucent colors overlap, creating more color, texture, and depth.
title: Sugar High
Americanized Chinese Brush Paintings: Mary Jane Cannabis Series.
My Mary Jane candy painting will be featured in pot shops across the state.
This is the first of my Americanized Chinese Brush Paintings: Mary Jane Cannabis Series.
Bazooka, and Gorilla Glue will be highlighted in my upcoming posts.
Here’s a process photo…come back to see more of how I paint.
For all the cheeseburger lovers out there…
title: Cheeseburger in Paradise
Americanized Chinese Brush Paintings: Food Series.
Cheeseburger in Paradise is one of my Americana Series paintings.
Campbell’s Soup, Tang, Spam, Sriracha, Nutella, and more are to come!
Please feel free to visit my blog again! Any suggestions for a series, or an
addition to any series is welcome. I’m always eager to hear your thoughts!
My family and I LOVE to hike and explore the mountains.
I’ll be sharing photos of our journeys, as well as my art.
Colorado continues to inspire me daily.
I hope to inspire you, show you this beautiful state,
and beautify Steemit!
Thanks for visiting! It's great to meet you.
Let’s stay in touch! I'm fairly new to Steemit and still
learning the ropes.
Check out my daughter’s work @christiesnelson
She turned me on to Steemit! Thanks Christie…love you!
You can find more of my work below…
@connieluebbert
Internationally Award Winning Artist
http://www.connieluebbert.com
Instagram: @connieluebbert_art
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Welcome to Steemit @connieluebbert upvote :)
Thank you! I clearly need practice in line spacing. Yikes!
Welcome! I live and love it here in Colorado as well.
That’s awesome! I moved here from Missouri, which is also beautiful…huge lakes and roaring rivers, but nothing compares to gorgeous Colorado!
Welcome to Steemit connieluebbert. Let me know if you got any questions about Steem/Steemit. The official FAQ can be found here and is quite extensive https://steemit.com/faq.html - Also, Steemit is just one of the sites using Steem the blockchain. We also have Dtube, Dsound and Steepshot if you prefer videos,music or pictures instead of blogging content. And many more of course!
Thanks so much for the info! Sooooo much more to learn! I'm following you in case I have questions. You are so kind to offer the fan and your help with questions.
Colorado is such a wonderful state. I hope to visit one day.
Welcome to Steemit! It's a great place for artists.
Thank you! It's good to know that Steemit is a great place for artists. My daughter persuaded me to start blogging here.
Nice to see that you listened! Keep posting, Steemit is a very small social network, now is the golden opportunity before the masses arrive - allowing a great opportunity for artists to establish a footing before thousands of new users arrive each day.
Hi Connie! Wow, your work is so beautiful! It's nice to see someone so passionate join the Steemit ranks. Excited to see what you produce.
Great to e-meet you! :) - Lexi
Great to e-meet you Lexi! Thanks so much for your kind words. I'm starting on a Spam painting today, and a Colorado landscape soon. I hope you keep visiting to see what I produce. Love your songs on 2017 post!
@connieluebbert, welcome to Steemit. You have joined a great community.
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Great intro. Thanks for sharing the photos. upvoted
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Hi Connie! Welcome to Steemit!
Thank you @pedrovargasmma!
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thanks for sharing this blog on steemit
Thanks so much!
Welcome to our steemit family
Thank you! Happy to be here!
All the three painting are very beautiful. Out of these 3 the first one is going to be my personal favorite. I could only imagine the amount of work that could have went into producing the hair of the otter. After reading through the article i figure it was very difficult to do.
Thanks @themobilewriter The otter is my favorite as well. Painting on rice paper with ink and watercolor is no easy task, but I've been doing it for a few years now, so it's a practiced task.