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Paint-Out at the Ford House
Today started off rainy, but fortunately the weather cleared up for the afternoon and we were able to enjoy the paint-out at the Edsel and Elenor Ford Estate. I got some great photos from the gardens and along the trail… Continue reading
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Stormy Horizon
Today we took advantage of the beautiful weather and went for a boat ride on Lake St Clair. We were just discussing how fast the weather conditions can change on LSC, when nature decided to give us an example. On… Continue reading
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Painting from a memory
Sometimes I like to paint from a photo without looking at the actual picture, but rather my memory of the experience. Today’s painting is one of these exercises. As the majority of my family is up north right now I… Continue reading
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Self-portrait practice
When I gathered my supplies together for tonight’s painting, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. I was thinking maybe a mixed media piece- probably abstract. But once I had the paper in front of me I decided I’d… Continue reading
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Daydreaming on alternate realities
I may have mentioned before that I’ve been working on an idea for a tv series where there is travel to different parallel worlds. I was imagining what the computer screens might look like in a time where there was… Continue reading
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No Straight Lines
My husband was teasing me about my recent artwork having a lot of straight lines, geometric shapes and sharp angles, so I decided to make something without any of those at all. As I started off making the first squiggly… Continue reading
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Under a Red Sun
Today I had a question about the type of ink I used in my last painting and it got me thinking whether a ol’ ball point pen would work under watercolor. I happened to have my red editing pen handy… Continue reading
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Yay clay!
Today was my first day working in the new clay studio. I stopped by to visit on Monday and drop off some shelves my husband made yesterday, but this was my first day working with clay. I realised that most… Continue reading
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Time-Space
Today I had an idea for a watercolor with geometric shapes. I started by drawing in ink some lines and circles. Then I started putting down the color where it felt right. Sometimes I followed the lines I had drawn,… Continue reading
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Day Lilies Revisited
I decided to revisit my day lily painting from yesterday. While I liked it, it took me a lot longer to paint it than I wanted for a loose watercolor. So tonight I painted the day lilies again, this time… Continue reading
366 Days of Art 