366 Days of Art

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  • Art club meeting and demo day

    Today was our club’s meeting with a demonstration following the business bit. The demo was on basket weaving and the artist brought in many different styles, sizes and shapes of baskets she made from a multitude of materials. She had… Continue reading

  • Big abstract bouquet

    I wasn’t sure what to paint when I sat down with my paper this evening so I just started doodling with the paintbrush and it evolved into a big bouquet of flowers. There ended up being quite a bit of… Continue reading

  • A little fan art today

    This year is the 25 anniversary of the sci-fi series Farscape. I have loved the show since the premiere episode in 1999. It occurred to me I have never made any fan art from Farscape. In high school I spent… Continue reading

  • A break from flowers

    I decided to take a break from the flower paintings today. My priority this morning was to complete my 4” square Winter themed painting for our library’s Tiny Art show. Last year was the first one they did, and I… Continue reading

  • Digital art poppy flowers

    As today is the first day of February our club has a new inspirational theme of Red. Since I’m on the flower kick I of course thought immediately of poppies, but as I have painted and sculpted them prolifically in… Continue reading

  • Sculpted zinnias in clay

    Since I have been on a flower streak this week, I decided to continue the theme for my pottery Wednesday. I’ve done tulips, roses, lavender, sunflowers and poppies before so today I thought I’d challenge myself with zinnias. The flower… Continue reading

  • And tulips for today

    I don’t have a purple paint in my watercolor palette. So every time I use purple I mix it up. I use purple a lot! As I seldom clean out the wells of my palette, there was some purple left… Continue reading

  • Continuing my loose watercolor flower trend

    I decided that I am enjoying the challenge of loosening up my watercolor paintings and decided to continue my floral theme this week with a loose lilac rendition. The loose style is still a challenge for me. I have never… Continue reading

  • Bright loose dandelions for a wet grey day

    It was a grey wet day today. Lovely Michigan drizzle. But at least it was wet roads and not icy roads around this weekend. January and February often give few sunny days so I try to create some sunshine with… Continue reading

  • Busy day of Artsy things

    Today was a busy artsy day for me. I had two openings, the Michigan Annual at Anton and the Today’s Weather at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial. Since I couldn’t attend both at the same time my mom generously represented… Continue reading