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

Three of the watercolor pieces I painted yesterday revisiting the taped edge. Also, I sometimes like to make marks in colored pencil before I paint, I think it shakes my brain up a bit. _______________________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #heathersmithjones #watercolor #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #carveouttimeforart #artlife #artistlife #inspiredbynature #modernart #ihavethisthingwithcolor #makerslife #momentsofmine #aquietstyle #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective

I often used to tape the edges of the image because I liked the contrast of the hard edge. I'm trying it again today on this watercolor. _______________________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #heathersmithjones #watercolor #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #carveouttimeforart #artlife #artistlife #inspiredbynature #modernart #ihavethisthingwithcolor #makerslife #momentsofmine #aquietstyle #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective

Incorporating graphite and colored pencil in these entries; beginning with drawing marks then painting shapes. _______________________________________________ ©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

Cat heads, leaves, shapes, water, flowers, a tea bag, and a squash. That all goes together, right? _______________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #hsmithjonessketchbook #heathersmithjones #watercolor #gouache #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #createeveryday #sketchbook #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #ihavethisthingwithcolor #makerslife #artistlife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #carveouttimeforart #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective #catstagram #catsinart #catillustration #childrensillustration #ilovecats #botanicalart #creativeprocess

Gathering prints to deliver to @essentialgoods this afternoon. _______________________________________ ©Heather Smith Jones #hsmithjonessketchbook #heathersmithjones #watercolor #contemporaryart #abstractpainting #createeveryday #abstractart #doitfortheprocess #ihavethisthingwithcolor #makerslife #artistlife #aquietstyle #momentsofmine #carveouttimeforart #makersmovement #creativityfound #artoftheday #artcollective #catsinart #childrensillustration #botanicalart #gouache #handmade

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paths in the sand

January 14, 2009

My thoughts today are about newness, hope, eternity...
And a special boy and his family.