https://www.brittmadsen.com/blog daily 0.75 2025-05-10 https://www.brittmadsen.com/blog/fresh-art monthly 0.5 2025-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642a46e25bfb850798747ebe/8874399e-20d2-4c58-b380-50dcf8621827/freshart5.jpg Blog - Fresh art - Make it stand out Life goals - I saw a Heidi Parkes quilt (two actually) in person at Quilt Con. So breathtakingly precise and dreamy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642a46e25bfb850798747ebe/19084705-b55c-4af1-a32d-2e29bce37f16/freshart1.jpg Blog - Fresh art - Make it stand out An outfit I was proud of. I found this funny little yellow purse at Goodwill and love the pop of color it adds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642a46e25bfb850798747ebe/080bf8c6-c423-4db3-95fc-1b8b88671eca/freshart6.jpg Blog - Fresh art - Make it stand out The most beautiful person ever? An Avedon exhibit at PAM. SWOON. (This is sculptor June Leaf). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642a46e25bfb850798747ebe/4d83359b-dd1e-49b4-b50e-28a22cac1baa/freshart7.jpg Blog - Fresh art - Make it stand out I adore the everyday gorgeous cacti that people have in their yards in the southwest. I am majorly jealous. ; ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642a46e25bfb850798747ebe/56a2caca-1d15-4530-ac45-02a6530dd2a5/freshart8.jpg Blog - Fresh art - Make it stand out Came around the corner at PAM and found this guy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642a46e25bfb850798747ebe/2a5b1d23-006e-4b60-805b-b5ca0c1e5932/freshart3.jpg Blog - Fresh art - Make it stand out At Phoenix Art Museum, having an art date with myself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642a46e25bfb850798747ebe/a69d5e20-429c-4958-bd5e-60de3452f457/freshart4.jpg Blog - Fresh art - Make it stand out In the most amazing coincidence ever, Quilt Con happened to be going on while we were in Phoenix. I bought a one-day pass and Michael went with me. This quilt is by Tara Faughnan. https://www.brittmadsen.com/blog/bloopy-flowers monthly 0.5 2025-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642a46e25bfb850798747ebe/9a2cbad4-e95d-4f8d-903e-9fdff528e17e/brittmadsen.blog.jan27.jpg Blog - Bloopy flowers - Make it stand out Trying to stay loose with the paint brush. Holding it way back near the end of the handle, it’s amazing how much that loosens my whole arm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642a46e25bfb850798747ebe/4954b770-7159-4c3a-98b5-e2dbd7e15439/20250127_152011.jpg Blog - Bloopy flowers - Make it stand out I have a Didem Mert plate on my wall with this general shape layout. Used that as inspo and some of my favorite colors to put my own spin on it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642a46e25bfb850798747ebe/132e7fee-44f9-4eda-aca3-bb500be2050a/20250127_151940.jpg Blog - Bloopy flowers - Make it stand out I bought the Gennine Zlatkis watercolor book quite awhile ago - I love her colors - but kinda surprisingly haven’t reached for it much. It’s funny how books will hit at just the right time though. I picked it up yesterday and found so many of her tips and techniques I was finally knowledgeable enough to understand. [Note to self: Look into acrylic inks and Aqua boards]. So that one is staying out on the painting table. The Klee book was a complete impulse buy on a used book site - I just fell in love/obsession with the cover and I can already tell this is going to be a book I pore over. I love Klee! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642a46e25bfb850798747ebe/62c5e557-b864-4fcf-be73-589061bb952f/20250127_152026.jpg Blog - Bloopy flowers - Make it stand out My new-ish palette, I bought the whole thing, with paints in the pans like so, off of Mercari. It’s been a great purchase. I’m happy with the paint quality. I still have my other palette with half-pans but I’m finding I like the mixing space available on this one. -B https://www.brittmadsen.com/blog/i-guess-i-am-doing-this-every-week monthly 0.5 2025-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642a46e25bfb850798747ebe/6a0c061d-f9ee-4ed2-9959-26cc03905829/20250115_221928.jpg Blog - Big quilt - Make it stand out This is a piece of art (that I did not make) but that I love. It is backstage at the Washington Center in downtown Olympia, presumably for the enjoyment of the stagehands. I was there for my job with the Olympia Symphony, where we put on a concert for 800 4th graders (with their recorders!) at 10:30am. So this piece of art resonated at that time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642a46e25bfb850798747ebe/3cc1fd19-c9b9-456d-bc17-71b5f6096f9b/20250113_190819.jpg Blog - Big quilt - Make it stand out I finished this watercolor, which is a copy of something I tore out of a magazine, artist unknown. I think I’m going to turn this into a birthday card for my mom who celebrates 70 years next week. : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642a46e25bfb850798747ebe/02144e2a-0a85-48bc-a068-3c8f502eb5ee/20250118_122156.jpg Blog - Big quilt - Make it stand out Watercolor sketchbook work, in process…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642a46e25bfb850798747ebe/d1ff8d79-3004-4fb5-9e8e-72cacbb11e54/20250119_111329.jpg Blog - Big quilt - Make it stand out …and done! Next week I have to focus on the logistics of hanging quilts for the Spring Arts Walk show, the only bad part about making quilts that hang on the wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642a46e25bfb850798747ebe/be8bbfda-712e-421b-ba2e-8a1a9837422e/20250118_123732.jpg Blog - Big quilt - Make it stand out Here is where I spent the majority of my art time. Hand-stitching my current “big” quilt. It’s draped over an ironing board, which I treat as a stand-up desk sometimes. This is the back of the quilt. https://www.brittmadsen.com/blog/jan-12-25 monthly 0.5 2025-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642a46e25bfb850798747ebe/b5cfadf4-2c2f-40ce-820a-ea092ee08b60/20250112_133932.jpg Blog - In search of consistency - Make it stand out One OOPS™️ of the week. Painting with water colors is my spiritual work because sometimes you have to be patient and I generally struggle with patience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642a46e25bfb850798747ebe/8505eac5-8a7a-4283-b26b-17266eb7b660/20250112_125851.jpg Blog - In search of consistency - Make it stand out I picked this up at Lost and Found Crafts here in Olympia yesterday. Not sure what I’ll use it for. I loved the colors and just generally am inspired by “tapes” of fabric. At very least I can use it to wrap gifts. Might use it for a necklace idea I have… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642a46e25bfb850798747ebe/64f2b495-8229-493d-b20c-ea7543818542/20241224_161619+%281%29.jpg Blog - In search of consistency - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642a46e25bfb850798747ebe/97084f4d-aab5-498a-9707-a13c24181222/20250112_125747.jpg Blog - In search of consistency - Make it stand out Henry sat down to paint with me for about 5 minutes last night. I got him a Mondo Llama kids set of watercolors at the Goodwill (brand new). I told him to drop water onto each color to “warm them up”. He put quite a bit of water on the palette and then was done painting almost at once. I told him to lay paper towels over the top to sop up the water and when he peeled them off it looked like this, which I loved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642a46e25bfb850798747ebe/6c313042-5313-4634-a74c-b33df04363dc/20250112_133324.jpg Blog - In search of consistency - Make it stand out I clipped the above image from a magazine at one point. It’s a colored pencil art work. I’m copying it with water color. I don’t know the original artist. This is mainly how I teach myself to paint. I make copies and then give them away or hang them up in my house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/642a46e25bfb850798747ebe/e492b09b-cec9-41b8-bdf1-a2df3f179f51/20250112_130040.jpg Blog - In search of consistency - Make it stand out Playing around with water color. 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