Kendra Made: Watercolor Paintings

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Watercolor Paintings

1 comment:

Jill Petty said...: This picture just makes me smile. Kendra has sketched all of my grandchildren thus far and I hope she will continue. I need Melli's done and one of our sweet Daniel and it will be complete for awhile anyway. Her prices are reasonable and she takes such care in her talent. I have a snapshot photo next to her drawings and people always comment on how much they look like the child in the photo. I recommend her highly.; March 4, 2010 at 7:32 PM

Intaglio (Printmaking)

Intaglio is printmaking techniques in which the image is incised onto a copper plate. The incisions I created were done by etching and engraving. To print an intaglio plate ink is applied to the surface and then rubbed with cloth to remove most of the excess. The final wipe is often done with newspaper leaving ink only in the incisions. A damp piece of paper is placed on top and the plate and paper are run through a printing press that, through pressure, transfers the ink from the recesses of the plate to the paper.

"Our worst fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God; your playing small doesn't serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone, and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people premission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
Nelson Mandela