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.

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Folded cards that I designed with my painting imagery just arrived and I’m really pleased with them! I needed cards to use for thank you’s and had fun the other afternoon arranging scanned images of my art into this layout. @mpixfans is so quick, I ordered these Wednesday and they got here today. Seriously fast. Plus this matte signature paper is nice and thick, and looks right for the watercolor and gouache painting. So, I better start writing... ________________________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #heathersmithjones #gouache #gouachepainting #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstraction #createeveryday #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #ihavethisthingwithcolor #ilovecolor #makerslife #artistlife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #carveouttimeforart #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective #courageouscreative #passioncolorjoy #natureinspired #shapes #allthecolors #pattern

Gouache, black micron and white gelly roll pens on this summery feeling Monday. Happy new week! _____________________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #hsmithjonessketchbook2018 #heathersmithjones #watercolor #gouache #gouachepainting #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstraction #createeveryday #sketchbook #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #ihavethisthingwithcolor #ilovecolor #makerslife #artistlife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #carveouttimeforart #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective #courageouscreative #dscolor #natureinspired #shapes #allthecolors #pattern #drawing

Working in an analogous color palette on this rainy spring Wednesday. _____________________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #hsmithjonessketchbook2018 #heathersmithjones #watercolor #gouache #gouachepainting #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstraction #createeveryday #sketchbook #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #ihavethisthingwithcolor #ilovecolor #makerslife #artistlife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #carveouttimeforart #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective #courageouscreative #dscolor #natureinspired #shapes #allthecolors #pattern #drawing

I began today’s more muted entry by drawing lines with china marker and colored pencil, then incorporated watercolor layers and gouache for opacity. _________________________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #hsmithjonessketchbook2018 #heathersmithjones #watercolor #gouache #gouachepainting #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstraction #createeveryday #sketchbook #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #ihavethisthingwithcolor #ilovecolor #makerslife #artistlife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #carveouttimeforart #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective #courageouscreative #dscolor #natureinspired #shapes #allthecolors #pattern #drawing

I spontaneously painted this entry after spending a bit of time on the right page, the one I shared yesterday. It was a good exercise to use bigger brushes and shapes after focusing on all the small details in the other. Really I was procrastinating and not wanting to step away from my work table, and I’m glad I did. _____________________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #hsmithjonessketchbook2018 #heathersmithjones #watercolor #gouache #gouachepainting #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstraction #createeveryday #sketchbook #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #ihavethisthingwithcolor #ilovecolor #makerslife #artistlife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #carveouttimeforart #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective #courageouscreative #dscolor #natureinspired #shapes #allthecolors #pattern #drawing

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sunflowers

September 04, 2007

sunflowers facing the rising sun.
driving through Kansas.
more soon to come.