http://www.avantgourds.com A Subsidiary of Etiennewoods Arts Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:50:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en To see progress on my watercolor practices, scroll down and click "previous entries" at the bottom of each page. http://www.avantgourds.com/marys-watercolors.htm This is an apple green apple gourd with a Fall-color ribbon. It also has a layer of gold polish over it to give it "surface-depth". (That sounds mutually exclusive!) http://www.avantgourds.com/more-plaid-ribbon.htm This gourd goilded and is adorned with an old-fashioned rose applique. http://www.avantgourds.com/flowered-apples.htm Here is another apple gourd adorned with plaid ribbon. This one is Navy Blue and Red. http://www.avantgourds.com/love-that-plaid-ribbon.htm I love the idea of an apple tied with a ribbon to give to a favorite teacher. For this one I used bright red and hunter green. One photo is taken under incandescent light , the other is lighted by a cool-light bulb. Most of our apple gourds ... http://www.avantgourds.com/apple-for-the-teacher.htm This is one of the first efforts Tony tackled with his scroll saw. http://www.avantgourds.com/napkin-holder.htm Here are a few more of Tony's boxes. http://www.avantgourds.com/more-beautiful-boxes.htm Time to showcase some more of Tony's exquisite wood pieces. He loves working with cedar, oak, walnut, and cherry. Much of his wood is from Phil Etienne's Timber Harvest in St. Croix, IN. He also has a few pieces that are enhanced with some exotic woods, like purple ... http://www.avantgourds.com/tonys-hand-crafted-boxes.htm This is a watercolor practice that I copied from a book by Judy Morris called "Watercolor Basics: Light". This exercise is about reflected light, and the importance of shadows. This past Fall, the kids in the Two Red Chairs children's class did this exercise and the results were outstanding. ... http://www.avantgourds.com/fly-home.htm This is the flower painting that I was working on awhile back, with some great help from Terry Armstrong, an awesome artist (and great guy), whose studio is right here in Northern Indiana. This flower composition is an exercise from the same book by Moyer that I mentioned earlier ("Light ... http://www.avantgourds.com/lotus-blossom.htm