Hello! I'm Heather Smith Jones, an artist living and working in Lawrence, Kansas. I work in mixed media on paper, painting, photography, and letterpress and teach in an arts-based preschool. At this journal I post news events or happenings. For regular posting please visit my Dailies page. Thanks for stopping by and having an interest in my work.

My Art:

Works on Paper

Paintings

Pinhole

Photography

Blue Sparrow Press

INSTAGRAM

Palette shot: I'm still working with the water mixable oils and have learned I like using them on wood panel. This shouldn't surprise me as my favorite surface is paper, so the smoothness is similar. I also like thinning the oil with the WN brand thinner. _____________________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #heathersmithjones #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstraction #createeveryday #sketchbook #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #ihavethisthingwithcolor #ilovecolor #makerslife #artistlife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #carveouttimeforart #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective #courageouscreative #passioncolorjoy #natureinspired #shapes #allthecolors #pattern #palette #artistpalette #spectrum #oilpainting

Hello Friday, it's good to see you. I like these two entries together. You may not be able to tell but I restrained myself on the left side. The right one is the full image of the detail in my previous post. __________________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #hsmithjonessketchbook2017 #heathersmithjones #watercolor #gouache #gouachepainting #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstraction #createeveryday #sketchbook #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #ihavethisthingwithcolor #ilovecolor #makerslife #artistlife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #carveouttimeforart #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective #courageouscreative #passioncolorjoy #natureinspired #shapes #allthecolors #pattern #coloredpencil

Detail from today's entry after a long teaching day. When I got home I had a snack, hugged the kitties, and drew in quiet. _________________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #hsmithjonessketchbook2017 #heathersmithjones #watercolor #gouache #gouachepainting #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstraction #createeveryday #sketchbook #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #ihavethisthingwithcolor #ilovecolor #makerslife #artistlife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #carveouttimeforart #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective #courageouscreative #passioncolorjoy #natureinspired #shapes #allthecolors #pattern #coloredpencil

Graphite, colored pencil, watercolor, gouache, and a cat. Happy Caturday. _________________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #hsmithjonessketchbook2017 #heathersmithjones #watercolor #gouache #gouachepainting #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstraction #createeveryday #sketchbook #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #ihavethisthingwithcolor #ilovecolor #makerslife #artistlife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #carveouttimeforart #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective #courageouscreative #passioncolorjoy #natureinspired #shapes #allthecolors #pattern #caturday

Yesterday, roughing in shapes on the canvas, experimenting with the water mixable oils. Today was a teaching day. _____________________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #heathersmithjones #oilpainting #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstraction #createeveryday #sketchbook #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #ihavethisthingwithcolor #ilovecolor #makerslife #artistlife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #carveouttimeforart #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective #courageouscreative #passioncolorjoy #natureinspired #shapes #allthecolors #pattern #artiststudio #artlife

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afternoon in the studio

November 13, 2007

on mama's tray : : pressing leaves : break from pinhole-ing

* Today is Alicia's 35th birthday, go send her a wish! *