“Go and make interesting mistakes.” -Neil Gaiman
I am excited to be able to share my numerous mistakes with all of you! I am Heather the Wells half of Captain Wells. I thought I would take a moment and just introduce myself a little bit. I figure not many people will see this post so I can use it to figure out what I am doing!
My artistic passion (what I would do if I had all the time and supplies) is printmaking! Specifically copper plate aquatints. Being a parent of two little girls though leaves me not wanting a bunch of chemicals in my house.
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I have an undergraduate studios art degree and a Masters degree in Education. I had the great privileged of teaching pottery in the high school setting and currently teach private lessons as I stay home with my children. I do miss the pottery wheel and plan on purchasing a wheel and a kiln hopefully in the near future!
Since getting married and having these two small people I have primarily practiced my skills with oil paintings. My facebook artist page keeps me accountable to paint or at least create once a week. I like to paint many different things and though it scares me I do like to try new subject matter. I believe that its very important to continue to push yourself and do things out of your comfort zone.
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One medium that has always intimidated me is watercolors. The past two years I have been working more and more with this medium because it allows me to easily take it places. I really like working with Derwent Watercolor Pencils. Working with them I feel gives me the illusion of control of the colors then traditional watercolors (though I use them also). As always I thank you for your time I look forward to sharing more with you!