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Day 186 – July 4
Today my asthma is really kicking my butt. I can’t go more than a minute or two between wheezy coughs. I was holding off on using my inhaler until my art for today was done. The relief it give comes… Continue reading
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Photoshop Play
Today, being the eve of July 4th, didn’t lend itself well to my getting set up to paint. With fireworks going off, a husband who doesn’t need to get up early in the morning tomorrow, and an excited 6 year… Continue reading
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Kitty in the Dandelions
I have been wanting to make a card for a fellow artist and board member of our club who is going through some health problems. She loves cats, so I thought that a kitten making a wish on dandelions would… Continue reading
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Bookmark, Round Two
Today I made my second attempt at the watercolor bookmark with the masking fluid, using the actual watercolor paper. The paper, no surprise held up much better than in my last attempt. I applied the masking fluid a bit too… Continue reading
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Music Inspiration
Tonight while I was getting my painting supplies ready I had music on my mind and decided I would let that inspire my painting. During the pandemic I started making some digital art and one of my pieces was inspired… Continue reading
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Bookmark and logline
Today I dropped off artwork at the Posterity Gallery for our show with the Lakeside Palette Club. I submitted two ceramic pieces, my giraffe and my Sister Earth face sculpture. This afternoon I worked on my story idea for a… Continue reading
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Birch trees
This morning for our Zoom with June, I wanted to paint some birch trees. There is a Black and White themed show coming up with the GPAA and I have some photographs that will work but I have had good… Continue reading
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Fire on my mind
Today I wasn’t sure what I was going to paint when I started, but my mind must have been thinking of the wildfires in Oregon. Last summer our sky was hazy and you could smell the smoke and fumes from… Continue reading
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Paint-out at Belle Isle
The weather cooperated nicely for today’s Paint-out at Belle Isle. It turns out the Aquarium is closed on Wednesdays, so we met up at the Koi pond instead. The benches nearby gave us a nice vantage point to paint both… Continue reading
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Politics
In today’s mail, I received my new voter’s registration card with my updated precincts. I have lived at this same address for nearly two decades and I’ve lost count how many times one district or another has changed, bumping us… Continue reading
366 Days of Art 