I thought that if I messed it up, I’ll just paint over it. It’s a mural I created in our house, and it was a project just for fun, with zero pressure and total freedom. There are quite a few favorites that I have, so I’ll go with the favorite of 2021.
What’s your favorite piece of art that you’ve created? Why? I’m sure this doesn’t work for everybody, but setting aside a certain amount of time per day to create has changed my art practice for the better. Initially, I thought it would take away from the joy of creating art, but on the contrary, it has forced me to create with more focus and somehow it lead to me creating more. I have to carve out time to create an art piece.
Running a one-woman business as a watercolor paint maker is very time-consuming as I don’t outsource and rather do every single thing myself. I still sometimes have a hard time believing it. Never in my life would I have thought that I could make a living by being a paint maker. I experimented for about a year before opening my own store online. The same thing happened when I came across people who created their own watercolor paints. Lettering however was something I only came across in 2016 on Instagram and Pinterest. Flowers, plants, large trees, bright colors, altogether right in front of my door.ĭrawing and painting have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Apart from the millions of mosquitoes, it’s an absolute dream and also a daily inspiration for my artwork. I fell in love with the concept so much that I’m still sticking to it. I have a shirt that I thrifted and really like and I extracted a palette containing opera pink, purple, teal, green, and Naples yellow from the shirt’s pattern. Have you ever tried working with a limited color palette? I can highly recommend it!Īt the beginning of the year, I took a Skillshare class by Liz Kohler Brown, where she recommended creating a limited color palette of just 5 colors and working with it consistently for a certain period of time. You use so many vibrant colors, do you have any that you favor? If I haven’t created something even for just one single day, I feel kinda … hungry and maybe a bit grumpy haha! Honestly, I can’t imagine my life without art. I love combining lettering and gouache illustration but am always open to trying out new techniques. Aloha! I’m Keiko, an artist and watercolor paint maker based in Kona, Hawai’i.
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