Past projects
Beginning Watercolor Journaling, 2008
After teaching classes for almost 10 years, people were asking for a version of the class they could do at home. Christina and Gay Kraeger created Beginning Watercolor Journaling with Jerome Dormurat. It’s the basics, but the basics are good! Still available on Amazon.com
“Christina Lopp and Gay Kraeger introduce viewers to the art and craft of using watercolor drawings in journals. They begin the five-part presentation by discussing supplies, such as types of paper and bindings, watercolor palettes, brushes, and permanent markers, and explaining the basics of the color wheel and how to blend complementary and neutral colors. They introduce the concept of blind contour drawing and demonstrate quick-draw techniques, different types of lettering and shading, and more. Lopp and Kraeger present in a very folksy and approachable style. The disc includes links to their web site as well as a brief promotion for the soundtrack. While those with some artistic talent will gain the most from this presentation, it is very accessible for the novice. A welcome addition to most arts and crafts collections and for journal writers who wish to enhance the look of their work.”
Tom Budlong, Atlanta, Library Journal --Library Journal
An Illustrated Life, by Danny Gregory, 2008
In the early days of watercolor journaling, Danny Gregory asked both Gay and Christina to contribute images from our journals for this book. A wonderfully thick paperback book featuring so many sketchbooks of people all over the world. Also still available on Amazon.com
“An artist's journal is packed with sketches and captions; some rough, some polished. The margins sometimes spill over with hurriedly scrawled shopping lists and phone numbers. The cover may be travel-worn and the pages warped from watercolors. Open the book, and raw creativity seeps from each color and line. The intimacy and freedom on its pages are almost like being inside the artist's mind: You get a direct window into risks, lessons, mistakes, and dreams.”
Christina’s pages from “An Illustrated Life”
