by Patricia Sahertian | Sep 4, 2021 | ipad, painting
so the roof leak is fixed, but we’ll need a new roof… getting an estimate is taking a long time, so until then i will not have access to the studio. instead, i am trying some water color “painting” on the ipad in procreate. i really like the...
by Patricia Sahertian | Jul 19, 2021 | painting
using CMYK and white water based oil paints i wanted to revisit an old format that i did in acrylics. i am not very happy with the background results on this first image as the photo paper does not break down as well with the oils as it did with acrylics. but i like...
by Patricia Sahertian | Jul 13, 2021 | ipad, painting
i painted a small work and had left over paint that i wanted to use up before it dried. so i decided to use some photos to paint over making them mostly abstracted. i took photos of them then brought them into procreate on the ipad and cropped and enhanced them a bit...
by Patricia Sahertian | Jul 6, 2021 | collage, coloring, painting
better homes and gardens 1927. my friend gave me a bunch of magazines to use in my collage work. some are from 1927, coincidentally, the year my mom was born. here’s what they were pushing on women then: lots of ways to take care you your garden, where to buy...
by Patricia Sahertian | Apr 14, 2021 | cancer, coloring, ipad, painting
“you have cancer.” no matter where it is, or how treatable it is, it’s just a scary statement. at the end of 2019 i had my first encounter, a mild one, a ductal carcinoma in situ in my right breast. surgery was required, but no chemo or radiation and i felt lucky. in...
by Patricia Sahertian | Mar 18, 2021 | commission, painting
so far my family has been very lucky that no one has gotten severely ill from covid 19. but i do know a good number of people who have lost friends and loved ones to this terrible virus. my friend kristin asked me to do a portrait of her friend who died. this is...
