Karen Raukko Ruberry

This watercolor and ink painting is done on Masa paper. It involves many steps: wetting and crinkling the paper, layering a glaze on the stretched out damp paper, and letting it dry. Then gluing the masa to a heavier watercolor paper or board then adding subsequent glazes and details. This is the valley and church in Emmittsburg, MD USA where…[Read more]

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This watercolor and ink painting is done on Masa paper. It involves many steps: wetting and crinkling the paper, layering a glaze on the stretched out damp paper, and letting it dry. Then gluing the masa to a heavier watercolor paper or board then adding subsequent glazes and details. This is the valley and church in Emmittsburg, MD USA where St. Elizabeth Seton started a school. FD4B72F7-4155-49D9-A7C8-ED2D2F51D2FE

“Kudzu Triptych” is a group of three watercolor and watercolor pencil paintings in different color temperatures. Kudzu is a vine that had been growing wild in forests of the U.S. since Catching a ride on cargo from Japan. Although the berries are beautiful, the vine climbs trees and bushes in forests and chokes them out. The middle painting is wat…[Read more]

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“Kudzu Triptych” is a group of three watercolor and watercolor pencil paintings in different color temperatures. Kudzu is a vine that had been growing wild in forests of the U.S. since Catching a ride on cargo from Japan. Although the berries are beautiful, the vine climbs trees and bushes in forests and chokes them out. The middle painting is watercolor pencil, the outside paintings are watercolor. From a photo I took on a Plein Air outing at a state park. E345F9E6-8F79-4AA2-BBFD-42A1430263B0

Watercolor of our cat, Fatsy. F4B29F56-5049-4692-89A8-DCAE2C573EDB

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Watercolor of our cat, Fatsy. F4B29F56-5049-4692-89A8-DCAE2C573EDB