Marybeth Heikes

Paintings in Watercolor & Mixed Media

Posts Tagged “Bicycle”

Pedal Power

Pedal Power

September 24, 2015

I have been inspired by bicycles and decided to begin a fourth design in early August. It’s been a busy summer and taken me almost a month to complete this. Drawing is the foundation of all my work and I love doing loose, contour drawings to begin my piece. I believe contour drawing provides a […] more »

RAGBRAI

RAGBRAI

January 22, 2015

I couldn’t resist doing another bicycle collage, but found this one a challenge working in such a small format. As with my previous biking collages, I used pieces of an Iowa map to add interest to the design. Each of the small circles are pieces of the river on the map. The composition is colorful and […] more »

New Shows: IWS and Celebrate The Bicycle

New Shows: IWS and Celebrate The Bicycle

May 25, 2013

My artwork is currently in two new shows: the Iowa Watercolor Society and “Celebrate the Bicycle!” Two of my watercolors,  License to Paint and Gordie’s and The American Legion are exhibited in the first annual IWS Miniature Watermedia show at the St. Mark Lutheran Church in West Des Moines. The intent of this show is to […] more »

Biking #2

Biking #2

March 1, 2013

In the back of my mind, I have always wanted to do another bicycle design in collage. When I received an invitation  for an upcoming show with a bicycle theme, I got to work right away!  I took a few photos of an antique bicycle, which was my reference for this composition. The main objective […] more »

Biking

Biking

July 1, 2010

This piece was inspired by an old bicycle I saw at Bradley Hall. I took a variety of pictures, including the interesting shadow shapes, and then did a preliminary watercolor painting. After this, I did some loosely sketched contour drawings of this bike and didn’t plan a design to work with, as I usually do. […] more »