Live Wedding Painting Orlando, FL and Custom Watercolor Art
  • Art Collections
    • Culinary Art
    • Around Town
    • Water's Edge
  • Live Painting
  • Custom Work
    • Custom Paintings
    • Large Canvas
    • Logo & Branding >
      • Collaborative process
    • Personal Portait Illustration
  • Upcoming Events
  • About Caryn
    • FAQ
    • Services
    • Blog
    • Contact
  • Classes
    • Open Studio and Classes
    • Weekend Workshops
    • ArtCamp
    • Private Paint Parties
  • Press
    • Awards and Accolades

God makes good things grow

3/31/2014

Comments

 
Picture
This week was my week to paint a piece of art for our church's sermon series. We are reading, The Story by Max Lucado and Randy Frazee.  Each week Metro Church in Winter Springs has allowed any willing soul to create a piece of art to be the visual for the lesson. Not only that but we get to come on stage and talk about why The Lord led us to create our pieces of art! It has been so fun to see what people come up with. I truly appreciate the  gesture of letting go and letting people use their gifts and passions.

Through many ways this past week God has been directing me to see a theme. The message I got loud and clear was that I should plant my seeds and work life's goals and garden hard, yes, but there is more. The second part that I can easily fluff over is the part about waiting expectantly for him to water and bring the fruits. After all he does call himself The Gardener. I love that The Lord uses so many planting, cooking, gardening and fishing analogies. All things that I love ... My kind of guy. Now I just need to find some painting references in the bible. Here was my process ...
Picture
My first step was to lightly block in the sky and dirt using the "wet on wet" technique.
Picture
Next I started putting in the dark sections of the watering can. Leaving whites of the paper open for highlights.
Picture
Here I spent a lot of time on the can using some shading techniques and darkening up the soil.
Picture
Here is my watering can model. It is actually for decoration purposes only but I love the real rust! I purchased it years ago at my favorite home store in Sandusky, Ohio, K&K home.
Picture
Painted in several layered stages of the spinach leaf sprouts. Letting them dry in between each layer and darkening areas as I went.
Picture
The final artwork.
Comments

Using Buttons To Teach Design Theory

3/26/2014

Comments

 
Mothers are like buttons, they hold everything together.
Today in our watercolor class we had a great time learning the Seven Principles of Design. We poured my vintage buttons out of their home (in an old mayo jar) and onto the table to experiment. We slid them around and then shared why we thought our arrangements communicated each of the principles. My favorite theory to teach is "balance". This principle is used in any beautiful and restful home decor, commercial interior, page layout, architectural building and of course paintings… the list goes on. Balance gives harmony and harmony makes things easy on the eyes!

After sliding all of those buttons around we painted one of our arrangements. I enjoyed painting so much with the students, that I decided to pair the watercolor with a quote about Mothers. Enjoy!
Teaching the Seven Principles of Design using buttons
Comments

Remember The Dash

3/16/2014

Comments

 
Remember The Dash poem by Linda Ellis, art interpretation by Caryn Dahm
For a long time now one of my dearest older friends has been asking me to create a sign for her as a reminder of "the dash" that is between the dates on a tomb stone. I remember that poem written by Linda Ellis and created a little piece of visual artwork for her. Thought I would share the design process.

Picture
My first step was to work with pencil to sketch how I wanted the words to look. After much erasing AND reworking I went over it with my favorite Pigma Graphic pen.
Picture
I Scanned in the doodle and removed the left over eraser marks in Photoshop. I then used Adobe Illustrator's live trace tool to turn it into vector art. This allows me to scale it at any size I want without losing quality and to make further edits in the placement.
Picture
Of course my favorite part was creating the watercolor background. The hard part was waiting to let it dry before scanning it in. Now with all the elements placed in Illustrator, I could make the main type white and add some text I made up for the bottom.
OK so that was a quick little tutorial. Feel free to connect with me if you have questions.
Comments

Student's Work

3/6/2014

Comments

 
Picture

I was thrilled with the results of our recent still life project. Here my student's arranged groupings of items in a box to study the effects of using a single light source. We directed little lamps onto our "scenes". One of my advanced student's paintings had to be shared!

Comments

      Sign up
      to receive occasional updates about classes, camps, and current projects.

    stay connected

    Culinary art, Caryn Dahm

    Caryn Dahm

    Whether I am painting custom artwork, creating a water colored logo for a client, or teaching art students, I hope to refresh and inspire others with my work. Read more ...

    View my profile on LinkedIn
    Picture

    RSS Feed

    Archives

    January 2022
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    March 2021
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    May 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    July 2018
    May 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    July 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014

    Categories

    All
    Arranging Photos
    Art Camp
    Art Display
    Art Show Set Up
    Buttons
    Creative Living
    Design Project
    Design Theory
    Display Tent Wall
    Easter
    Elementary Kids
    Florida
    Furniture Illustrations
    Gardening
    Good Neighbors Farmers Market
    Hard Work
    Jelly Beans
    Mothers
    Mt. Dora
    Parenting
    Peeps
    Photography Grouping
    Product Review
    Scripture Verse
    Still Life
    Student's Work
    Summer Fun
    Teaching Kids To Love Work
    Thrifty Art Show Set Ups
    Tutorials
    Watercolor Class
    Watering Can

follow @caryndahm on instagram
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
407-421-3198 or via e-mail at design@caryndahm.com
  • Art Collections
    • Culinary Art
    • Around Town
    • Water's Edge
  • Live Painting
  • Custom Work
    • Custom Paintings
    • Large Canvas
    • Logo & Branding >
      • Collaborative process
    • Personal Portait Illustration
  • Upcoming Events
  • About Caryn
    • FAQ
    • Services
    • Blog
    • Contact
  • Classes
    • Open Studio and Classes
    • Weekend Workshops
    • ArtCamp
    • Private Paint Parties
  • Press
    • Awards and Accolades