Arkansas Twin Artists

Something new is in the Air, Judy and I will be showcasing some new and original artwork shorly. We are working hard to create new items to showcase at the coming art events for the year 2012. Judy has always been so good at marketing that I have finally stopped and paid attention to what she had to say.

I am excited to see these new things shaping up and I will be telling you more about it in the very near future.

Your can follow us now at arkansastwinartists on facebook. Stop by and say hello!

Tuscany Poppies

Tuscany Landscape

How to Paint Tuscan :Choose the color scheme you want to focus on. Tuscan colors consist of earth tones such as the warm tones of greens, browns, reds and yellows. One color palette that you can use for your Tuscan paint scheme includes warm brown, burgundy, yellow gold and greens. Another color palette includes colors such as rust red, sage green, pale gold and cream. You can mix and match a variety of warm earth tones to come up with the right color palette for your Tuscan taste. The colors of Tuscany are actually drawn from nature

Read more: How to Paint Tuscan | eHow.com

These were created for illustrations for an art class, I hope you enjoy seeing them. Prints are available.

It is another opportunity to bring art to the seniors at the Eagle Mountain retirement home. Judy and I are blessed to be asked to give a workshop to the new and seasoned artist at Batesville. I am always inspired by the eager enthusiam from the Ladies that participate.I hope you enjoy seeing these photos of the reception.

"This is a painting I did for my granddaughter who loves' large cats."

artist: Judy Gagner.

Judy is studing the application of fur. She said it was something she always wanted to paint and has recently devoted much of her time in painting not one but two large cats, the tiger and now the Snow Leopard, both of which she has given to her granddaughter. Check back soon to see what animal she will be painting next, 

a hint: it will not be a cat..

      The Robins by Julie                                                                                              The Robin's Nest by Judy

Here is the finished paintings by Julie and myself for our dear friend Mrs. Robbins. I hope you enjoy a peek at our joint adventure complimenting each other"s painting! This was the first individual effort that Julie and I decided to do together on this level. We have worked together creating murals several times and instructed lessons but have never worked our compositions around each other before.

We are discussing future plans on joint efforts again soon!

 Judy and I were requested to gift a friend one of our paintings. This dear friend has given us precious gifts that she has created herself using her sewing machine. After telling me she doesn't have any paintings from Judy or me, we decided to give her one a piece for her birthday! Her last name is Robins so we are teaming up to paint a Robin and a robin's nest.  ( I know this  sound a little cheesy)... I will be painting a robin and Judy is in charge of the robin's nest. We will team them together for her gift. Our friend told me she has three children so Judy will place three eggs in the nest. Did you know that robin's eggs are turquoise in color? Yes they are the prettiest blue! I will post the paintings when we finish. I have started the robin and Judy has begin her research on the nests. Together they will make the perfect gift for our friend Mrs. Robins. Stop back by soon to see the paintings.

I am always trying to stretch the limits and I may have stretched it to far..

But this is a new painting using not my paint brush but my computer.

 Corel essential  has software that makes me feel like I am learning something brand new.

I hope you enjoy seeing it and maybe letting me know what you think.

God Bless,

Julie

My best friend and twin sister Judy Gagner and I have combined forces to create the Arkansas Twin Artist site. I hope you enjoy seeing our site. I realize there may be a few things we will be changing but for now it is up and running. Having a website with someone else could present challenges but having it with my twin sister will make it easier. Afterall she can read my mind. LOL

Whenever possible stop back by and say hello.

Ashyln's mural.  Ashyln is a little girl who love's castles and princesses and the color pink and purple.

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Ashylns reaction seeing her mural for the first time

Me working on Ashylns mural.

 Aliyah and her mural. Aliyah wanted a nature scene and it started with a bird and two butterflies. She kept adding more animals to her list, we finished with a bird, two butterflies, frog, turtle, squirrel, and a deer.

She is holding the small painting that Judy painted.

Aliyah's reaction seeing her mural for the first time.

Judy working on Aliyah's mural. A special thank you goes to Judy for all her help, without her this would have been a struggle for me. Judy is wonderful on flowers and as you can see there are a lot of flowers. I myself have taken this opportunity to learn more about painting flowers. At the end of the day the smiles on my granddaughters faces were special rewards for their Nana.

I submitted this painting today to the Auction Coordinator from Memphis For the WKNO Art Auction. It will be televised on Chanel 10 of Memphis,Tennessee coming in January.  A fund raiser for PBS. 

I am excited to announce that I will be participating  in the 2010 Art Auction for WKNO Channel 10  to be televised.  Anyone interested in seeing the exhibits in Gallery 10  can visit their website www.wkno.org  Artworks will be posted Dec 15th for early viewing. The 2010 Art Auction is scheduled for January 30 & 31.

I will  be spending more time painting new work getting ready for the second annual Delta Event coming in February. It sounds like plenty of time, but when creating art it isn't much ...