Tracye Travis

Luminous Color Workshop

March 14, 2023 by Tracye

This is a sketch from Shari Blaukopf’s online course. Ultramarine Blue, Alizarin Crimson and Cad Yellow were used for the street scene from San Miguel. Lots of work with window detailing and shadows for this sketch. Here we practiced loose saturated washes with one color. Making sure the colors stay wet it key for vibrancy no matter what type of paper you choose. I used Saunders Cold Press for most of the course. Creating luminous washes with UltraMarine and Burnt […]

Categories: Art, Sketches • Tags: Shari Blaukopf Workshop, urban sketching, Watercolor

WINTER FOREST SCENE

March 14, 2022 by Tracye

9×12 on Pastelmat

Categories: Art • Tags: Pastel

FLOWER DOODLES

November 29, 2021 by Tracye

Categories: Art • Tags: Flowers, Watercolor

POPPIES IN WATERCOLOR

June 1, 2021 by Tracye

Categories: Art • Tags: Flowers, Watercolor

Sizing it Up

May 27, 2021 by Tracye

When I attempted these the first time one gigantic poppy covered half the sky!! I resized and added smaller flowers for a better overall composition. Done with Terry Ludwig and Sennelier pastels on Pastelmat

Categories: Art • Tags: Flowers, Pastel

Violet Layers

May 25, 2021 by Tracye

Working here with the Terry Ludwig and Sennelier brands on Pastelmat. Getting the edges right in pastel can be tricky as the layers build quickly.

Categories: Art • Tags: Flowers, Pastel

ART SUPPLIES IN MONOTONE

January 11, 2021 by Tracye

This was an exercise from my class with watercolorist Shari Blaukopf. Working with one color will help you to recognize values easier before moving on to trickier color combinations. Edge work is also easier with the one color. Here, I used Peach Black from Holbein but a variety of colors that can be worked dark to light include: Indigo, Paynes Grey, Sepia and Burnt Sienna.

Categories: Art • Tags: Shari Blaukopf Workshop, Still Life, Watercolor

BUTTERFLIES IN PINK

December 21, 2020 by Tracye

Categories: Art • Tags: Line and Wash, Watercolor

MOD FLOWERS

November 18, 2020 by Tracye

Categories: Art

Colorful Carrots

November 17, 2020 by Tracye

Categories: Art • Tags: Fruit, Watercolor

RED POPPIES

November 8, 2020 by Tracye

Categories: Art • Tags: Flowers, Watercolor

Flower Doodles

May 18, 2019 by Tracye

Categories: Art • Tags: Flowers, Gansai Tambi Watercolor, Line and Wash, Watercolor

Slices

May 14, 2019 by Tracye

Categories: Art • Tags: Fruit, Watercolor

Mocha Milk Shake

May 5, 2019 by Tracye

Categories: Art • Tags: Recipes, Watercolor

3 Pears

January 10, 2019 by Tracye

Categories: Art • Tags: Fruit, Pears, Still Life, Watercolor

Schminke Horadam Aquarell Swatches

October 16, 2018 by Tracye

ALL THE COLORS !!! ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤

Categories: Art • Tags: Palettes, Schminke Watercolor, Watercolor

Strawberry Cinnamon Rolls

June 21, 2018 by Tracye

Categories: Art • Tags: Recipes, Still Life, Watercolor

Margarita Cupcakes

June 19, 2018 by Tracye

Categories: Art • Tags: Fruit, Recipes, Still Life, Watercolor

Mixing Greens

May 23, 2018 by Tracye

Categories: Art • Tags: Palettes, Watercolor

Qiang Huang Workshop- Ann Arbor

May 12, 2018 by Tracye

In preparation for his upcoming workshop in Austin, Tx, I remembered some photos from one of his previous workshops. Here is his palette consisting of: naples yellow, yellow ochre, cad light, cad orange,alizarin crimson, cad red, transparent oxide red,ultramarine blue, cobalt blue, phtalo blue, perm green light. This is the first still life set up. He uses five steps in this painting: placement, value, color, modeling and consolidation. Below is an example of the value […]

Categories: Art • Tags: Oil Painting, Quiang Huang Workshop, Still Life

Golden Pear 1

May 11, 2018 by Tracye

5×7 Watercolor on Arches

Categories: Art • Tags: Fruit, Pearology, Watercolor

Yellow Pear

May 10, 2018 by Tracye

5×7 Watercolor on Arches

Categories: Art • Tags: Fruit, Pearology, Watercolor

Red Pear

May 9, 2018 by Tracye

8×8 Watercolor on Arches

Categories: Art • Tags: Fruit, Pearology, Watercolor

Little Green Pear

May 8, 2018 by Tracye

I enjoyed the online class “Pearology” with artist Martha Lever. This is a fun class working in watercolors using the glazing method. Starting out with very light washes of light yellow pigments and gradually layering in a bit of quinacrodone gold. Here is a link for the workshop Pearology Class.

Categories: Art • Tags: Fruit, Pearology, Watercolor

Judith Carducci Portrait Workshop

November 16, 2015 by Tracye

This fall I had the pleasure of attending a portrait drawing workshop with Judith Carducci in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The workshop was an intense 5 day drawing excursion using mostly charcoal and few colors. Judith believes that as artists we get to enarmored with color before our basics have been mastered. Here she is at work on the first day with the model An example of her portrait work. Here is one of her demos using a […]

Categories: Art • Tags: Judith Carducci Workshop, Pastel, Portraits