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swg-studiodesign.bsky.social
@swg-studiodesign.bsky.social
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Mixed media artist in Sacramento.

You can find my art page in Facebook as
SWG Studio and Design
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Pebble art from late spring.
Not for sale.
Ladybugs painted on 1.5" pebbles. Kitty faces painted on 1.5" pebbles. Golden heavy body acrylics and paint pens. The full kitty/puppy collection painted on pebbles. Gnome garden rocks. Approx 3.5". Paint pens and acrylic craft paint.
July 15, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Some of my rock art from late spring.
Not for sale.
Toucan acrylic painting on small dk green marble slab. Painted sea dragon on sugarstone rock. Painted wth multi-surface acrylic craft paint, acrylic paint pens, glitter paint, with sequins and rhinestones. Sealed with Luxe WaterFX. Approx 3.5" wide. Cheeky Galah Cockatoo Pink-dyed 5.5" tall agate slice from RockinBarb Art & Crystals Multi-surface and enamel acrylic paints. Not for sale. He's going in my personal collection. *grin* "Growf" fan art. Acrylic craft paint, glitter paint, and paint pen on rocks.
July 15, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Three works-in-progress on 1-3/8" deep gallery wrapped canvas (6×6" and 6×12")

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Daffodils, winter aconites, and violas are sketched on gallery wrapped canvas with watercolor pencils.
April 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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The Tardis
8x10" stretched canvas
Golden heavy body acrylics and acrylic paint pens

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March 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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For a change of pace, here's a whimsical 8x8" stretched canvas that I worked on for most of 3 days and nights.

"Up, Up, and Away"

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Whimsical 8x8" stretched canvas. Background and trees were painted using Golden heavy body acrylics; sky dots were made using DecoArt Americana craft paints; sky doodles were made with Tooli Art acrylic paint pens.
March 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Fifth sea turtle painting, new color palette.

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12x12" stretched canvas Golden heavy body acrylics and Mixed Media Girl pouring paint Turtle in greens and browns on a swirling pour painting of teals and metallic golden teals.
March 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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The current sea life collection. One more turtle painting in progress. Jellyfish, sea horses, and octopi in design.

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4 turtles, 2 dolphins and a family of gila woodpeckers.
March 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Finished!
TAS Sea Turtle
11x14" stretched canvas
Golden heavy body acrylics

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A "short" tutorial from @theartsherpa ended up taking several days to finish. I think around 16 hrs on this one. Nice loose painterly background. Super detailed sea turtle. Glad to call this one done. On the next turtle, I will not paint dark flippers and then add light streaks. Took me a full 10 hour day to paint out my crappy first attempt, then redraw the lines with chalk and then repaint with 4 different colors of lines. The last painting only took about 3 hrs for flippers. Hoping the next 2 sea turtles are shorter.
March 7, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Still working on The Art Sherpa sea turtle.

On the previous painting, I painted the dark spots onto pale flippers. This time, I'm reversing that order. Wish me luck!

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11x14" stretched canvas, Golden heavy body acrylics. Design by The Art Sherpa from July 2023. Still in progress, working next on the pale lines on the flippers. Then, on to the texture and color on the neck and face. Pretty satisfied so far.
March 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Work in progress.

Leaping dolphin, acrylics.

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March 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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In addition to a 5 to 7 sea turtle painting streak, I started work on 2 dolphin paintings.

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Completed. Dolphin Mini Small 4x4" stretched canvas Mixed Media Girl pouring paints Golden heavy body acrylics Original design. Leaping Dolphin - in progress 11x14" stretched canvas Mixed Media Girl pouring paint Golden heavy body acrylics Original design. Can you see the fin and flippers emerging? Still figuring out where the water splashes are going to be before I paint the body with gesso.
March 4, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Next sea turtle painting in progress.
Tutorial from The Art Sherpa, on YouTube.

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I'm working from The Art Sherpa sea turtle tutorial of July 2023. Upper left is the reference picture; upper right is the Sherpa rendition. 11x14" stretched canvas Golden heavy body acrylics
March 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Finished!
Waikiki Beach Sea Turtle

11x14 stretched canvas
Golden heavy body and fluid acrylics

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Based on a patreon tutorial from Samantha Anderson Artist. 11x14" stretched canvas Golden heavy body and fluid acrylics 8 hrs, 27 minutes. (Lol, the tutorial was under 3 hours)
March 4, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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WIP
More fun with sea turtles.
Tutorial from Samantha Anderson Artist.

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Work in progress Waikiki Beach Sea Turtle tutorial by Samantha Anderson Artist. 11x14 stretched canvas Golden heavy body and fluid acrylics
March 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Completed the Sea Turtle abstract acrylic painting.

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Inspired by an original design by Ali Kay Studio. 8" cradled wood panel Golden fluid acrylics
February 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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I have 5 sea turtle paintings in various sizes and stages of completeness.
Here are the 4 most advanced.

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4x4" acrylic painting over a fluid painting background. Background was created using Mixed Media Girl pouring paints. The turtle is gessoed and I'm using Golden acrylics for the details. The background is a fluid art painting using Mixed Media Girl pouring paints. The sea turtle is an original design based on multiple photos from Unsplash. The turtle is currently gessoed, with watercolor pencils used to create the details before I paint them. 12x12 canvas Tutorial by Ali Kay Studio. Work in progress. The underpainting washes are ready for the overpainting local colors. Only hints of the bright washes will be visible through the final layers. This will be done in an abstract loose style. 8" cradled wood panel Tutorial by Samantha Anderson Artist. Work in Progress. Golden heavy body acrylics. 11x14" stretched canvas
February 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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WIP

Dolphin on fluid art.
Stretched canvas 11x14"
Mixed Media Girl pouring paint
Tooli Art paint pen
Eventually, Golden acrylics

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February 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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WIP

Sea Turtles on fluid art.
Stretched canvas, 4x4" and 12x12"
Mixed Media Girt pour paint
Tooli paint pen
Golden gesso
Golden acrylics

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February 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Here is where I am leaving her while I ruminate on veil options.

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February 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Facepaint reapplied.

Today's progress picture.

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February 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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One step forward, one step back, repeat.

Had to apply "foundation" paint to cover some bad black paint choices. Completed scrollwork. Ready to repaint white facepaint over the top, then repaint scrollwork AGAIN, omg.

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January 31, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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I have been exploring different art styles as I have gained confidence in my painting skills.

Original design, 2023 vs 2025

"Mondrian meets Neurographic Art"
9×12" canvas panel
Golden heavy body acrylics, Blick Studio acrylics, Tooli Art acrylic paint pens.

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I have been exploring different art styles as I have gained confidence in my painting skills. This piece was my original design when The Art Sherpa explored the abstract styles of Piet Mondrian in Acrylic Abstract April in 2023. I didn't particularly enjoy the composition in the tutorial, so I went off and thought about the primary color phase of Mondrian. I combined Mondrian's primary color geometric shapes with flowers drawn with a neurographic geometric technique. I was happy with the composition, but still wasn't thrilled with the primary colors. So I changed it today. Here is the original from 2023 Same painting, 2025.
January 30, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Restarting a WIP from Oct 2023.

From 2023, a Michelle The Painter from Berkshire Paint and Sip tutorial "Dia de Muertos."

I went rogue right from the start and am now way off the beaten path, forging ahead on my own.

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Where I left off in 2023. I put this aside over a year ago after I ran out of enthusiasm. I'm very happy with Monday night's progress. It all started with a tutorial "Dia de Muertos" from Michelle the Painter from Berkshire Paint and Sip on Patreon in Oct 2023. I reversed the face, changed eye and hair color, replaced big hair and big roses with a lacy veil, and am going my own way with the face paint. I have a couple of techniques to attempt before I can complete the veil. I can't decide whether to dip netting in paint and press it to the painting, or to use the netting as a stencil - placing it on the painting and painting over the top of it. The former will give me netting lines and leave the background unchanged. The latter will paint over the background, leaving the netting to take color from the existing background. I expect lots of practice sheets before I get it right, lol.
January 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Done!

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CH02 A Fresh Start
8x8 stretched canvas.
Golden heavy body and high flow acrylics.

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The original photo reference had a deep gray background. I was inspired to start with an orange-y background, which evolved to red and charcoal. In the wake of the devastation from the Altadena and Palisades fires, I chose to paint a message of hope.
January 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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WIP

The Art Sherpa Fledgling Challenge 2025
CH#02 A Fresh Start
8x8" stretched canvas
Golden heavy body acrylics

Today's acrylic adventure. And my studio...

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My primary studio. The cats stole my original desk in our common area, so I moved in here, where I can close the door. *grin* Spent most of the day in short spurts, hating the green bits so veryvery. Ready to tackle the white flowers. And here I stop. 2:35 AM, and I need to let the paint dry. White flowers are mostly not white, so I am starting with a nice cool gray.
January 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM