Judy Lavoie Art

26 Apr 2021

Jethro In Graphite

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Portrait #8 of Jethro the crazy kitty is done in graphite. Each of my nine portraits of Jethro presents a different art medium on a 3.5″ x 3.5″ Claybord™ Tile, created and manufactured by Ampersand Art Supply. I haven’t worked with graphite for decades, so I had to dust off my pencils and get my feet wet again. Claybord is ultra-smooth, with no ‘tooth’ as is common in paper surfaces designed to trap the particles when drawing with graphite, charcoal, … Read More

19 Apr 2021

Jethro’s Selfie – Photo Image Transfer

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My 7th Jethro portrait is an Image Transfer. Each of my nine portraits of Jethro presents a different art medium on a 3.5″ x 3.5″ Claybord™ Tile, created and manufactured by Ampersand Art Supply. This image transfer onto Claybord is a fun project to use with photographs, lettering, or with any image printed from a laser printer or copier (not ink jet). I had never tried the process, but I thought it would be a fun addition to my Jethro … Read More

13 Apr 2021

Jethro In Gouache

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This is my portrait #6 of Jethro, created with gouache paints on a white Claybord™ panel. Each of my nine portraits of Jethro presents a different art medium on a 3.5″ x 3.5″ Claybord™ Tile, created and manufactured by Ampersand Art Supply. Gouache (pronounceed “gwash”) is a water soluable paint, sometimes called opaque watercolor or body color. It is a mixture of pigment, a water soluble binder, and a white pigment or chalk (the ‘body’). The latter is added to … Read More

9 Apr 2021

Jethro In Colored Pencils

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My 5th Jethro portrait is created with colored pencils on a white Claybord™ panel. Each of my nine portraits of Jethro presents a different art medium on a 3.5″ x 3.5″ Claybord™ Tile, created and manufactured by Ampersand Art Supply. For this painting I used Prismacolor colored pencils, which have a soft core. The Claybord surface is ultra-smooth, unlike many papers made for color pencils which have a “tooth.” The lead in colored pencils holds pigments in a wax base, … Read More

5 Apr 2021

Jethro In Black Sumi Ink

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Portrait #4 of cute kitty Jethro illustrates using Black Sumi Ink on a white Claybord™ panel. Each of my nine portraits of Jethro presents a different art medium on a 3.5″ x 3.5″ Claybord™ Tile, created and manufactured by Ampersand Art Supply. For this painting I used Yasutomo liquid Sumi Ink KY12, which is water soluable but dries water-resistant. This ink is made from pure vegetable soot, with no additives. Yasutomo brand’s KF series contains a small amount of shellac … Read More

1 Apr 2021

Jethro In Acrylics

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My third portrait of my sweet cat Jethro illustrates using Golden Fluid Acrylics on a white Claybord™ panel. Each of my nine portraits of Jethro presents a different art medium on a 3.5″ x 3.5″ Claybord™ Tile, created and manufactured by Ampersand Art Supply. For this painting I posterized my reference photo in Photoshop to reduce it down to a handful of values. I used just four colors of acrylic paint, with Paynes Gray as the darkest value. I mixed … Read More

Wooden Dog next to Eye of the Tiger scratchboard © Judy Lavoie 2020

30 Mar 2021

See the Show!

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The “No Bigger Than a Breadbox” exhibition, which includes my two paintings Locked In Time and Eye of the Tiger, opens this Friday, April 2, 2021. Presented by Knoxville’s Arts & Culture Alliance, the show is displayed in the Balcony Gallery at The Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902 (at the corner of Gay and Jackson), through April 30, 2021. It is great to have a live show again, although spectators will be limited. You can also … Read More

"Jethro - Scratchbord Inks" on Claybord™ © Judy Lavoie 2021

27 Mar 2021

Jethro In Scratchbord Inks

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This second portrait of my rescued cat Jethro illustrates using Scratchbord Inks on a white Claybord™ panel. Each of my nine portraits of Jethro presents a different art medium on a 3.5″ x 3.5″ Claybord™ Tile, created and manufactured by Ampersand Art Supply. For this painting I made the Claybord into a black surface, very much like Ampersand’s Scratchbord™. I did this by applying two coats of “Repair Black,” which is included as one of the inks in the set … Read More

"Remembrance," watercolor © Judy Lavoie 2020

25 Mar 2021

Big Poppy Earns a Big Spot

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My big red poppy watercolor painting “Remembrance” has just been juried into the Arts in the Airport exhibition at McGhee Tyson Airport in Knoxville, TN. Juror Caroline Covington selected only 41 pieces from 484 entries, so I am excited and honored to be chosen among so few. Only artists from 33 counties of East Tennessee could enter, and original works in these categories were allowed: Painting, Graphic Arts, Photography, 3‐D, and Fine Craft Objects. This biannual exhibit has been presented … Read More

"Jethro - Watercolors" watercolor on Claybord © Judy Lavoie 2021

24 Mar 2021

Introducing Jethro!

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My rescued cat Jethro is full of personality and extremely willing to pose for endless photos (he loves attention!). This is the first of my nine portraits of Jethro, each using a different art medium on a 3.5″ x 3.5″ Claybord™ Tile, created and manufactured by Ampersand Art Supply. For this painting I chose a limited palette of primary colors, letting them mix randomly on the smooth surface to create beautiful hues. Claybord has the unique feature of allowing dried … Read More

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