Randi Mackey Art

09/05/2026

Experimenting on a few small things we can paint while we wait for the salt layer to dry. Western Iowa tech Life Long Learning class.

09/04/2026

So this happened last night at the Siouxland Artists awards ceremony. This is the sea turtle I did in colored pencil. I had done one in watercolor and flipped the image to do the colored pencil.
Thank you, Mark Kochen, juror, for the lovely critique at the awards ceremony. Siouxland Artists group puts a lot of energy into this show which is much appreciated. Thanks to Missy VanEgdom for taking the photo.

08/29/2026

I spent the afternoon watching watercolor videos and painting. This little watercolor vignette is done on Ohuhu hot press, cotton top paper. The top is 100% cotton but the back side is made from wood pulp. It’s a fun paper to experiment on.

08/12/2026

This reference is from Watercolors That Glow by Debbie Friis-Pettit. I didn’t have the three transparent watercolors that she uses for this tutorial with me but I had a tiny little pallet and watercolor, Journal and a brush that already contained water. I will do it again using the three colors that she teaches with. Azo Nickel yellow, quin Magenta and Phthalo blue R/S. I didn’t try the background with my tiny little water tube brush. I’ll need to get a bigger brush to do that.

08/01/2026

I worked on a monochrome value study with Emma Jane Lefevbre’s 31 days of watercolor. This was our last day. You’ll find the available on YouTube just search her name of EmJ world watercolor month.

07/03/2026

I’m turning my late husband’s workshop into my art studio. Took nearly 6 years to decide that’s what I wanted. With the help of my friends and my kids it’s within a few days’ work to start moving in. I am so excited.

06/16/2026

It's one of those days! I want to paint but don't know what to paint. I drew a pinecone on a branch but don't want to paint it. Ugh! More photos to go through, or maybe I'll pick up a tutorial so the decisions are made for me.

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06/02/2026

I’m enjoying painting with a limited palette and I mean LIMITED. 3 colors. Nickel Azo Yellow, Phthalo Blue R/S and Quinacridone Rose.
Thank you Debbie Friis-Pettit,
www.watercolorsthatglow.com

I bought these flower style ceramic palettes on Amazon and they are perfect when I’m working on more than one painting at a time as I am now.

05/07/2026

Playing with some Iowa Prairie Rose images. I’ll pull the leaves out of the background as soon as it dries.

05/06/2026

In case you haven’t discovered yet I am obsessed with watercolor supplies. I just bought this Luchetti 8x8”sketchbook, 100% cotton, 300 pound paper. It’s going to be perfect for a plein aire painting. It lays flat and I’m attaching a little video so you can also see how great it is. . And I apologize for mispronouncing the name as Luchetti when it is actually.Loo-KE-tee