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The cold weather persists
Today was another bitterly cold day here in Michigan. Tomorrow is set to be even worse – they have already canceled school for my kids. The sun was out and it was nice to see, even if it didn’t do… Continue reading
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Digital and composite photo fun
Today is MLK Day, and my daughter again this year invited me along to her school’s Day of Service. This year I focused and was able to complete all the projects in the kit, but I was so focused on… Continue reading
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Colorful abstract for a cold day
I had the idea for today’s painting while I was lying in my bed last night. Yesterday’s abstract with the colors running horizontally and vertically was fun, but I thought something more curvy would be good for a next attempt.… Continue reading
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Playing with color
Some days I have a clear idea of what I want to work on and other days… Not so much. Today was one of the latter. As I was looking around my living room for some inspiration, I was drawn… Continue reading
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Revisiting the Pears and more good news
On Fridays our art club has a Zoom paint-along. Today I decided to add the watercolor to the sketch of the pears I did last week. These pears were sketched from my imagination so I had no real pears or… Continue reading
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Variations on a theme with new materials
I have been so busy lately that I haven’t had a chance to play with the materials in this month’s SketchBox. As part of my last year’s New Years resolution to make more art, I signed up for the Sketchbox… Continue reading
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Entered one show and accepted into another
I started today of by getting my submissions ready for dropping off for the upcoming ‘Outdoors’ Show at Anton Art Center. This is a group show for five local art groups, including the Lakeside Palette Club, to which I belong.… Continue reading
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Club meeting with a cool demo after
Today I was working the business/social side of art. I presided over our Art Club meeting this evening, so my day was filled prepping the agenda, counting peoples choice ballots and other tasks to prepare. The weather was pretty awful,… Continue reading
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Putting myself out there…
Today was the deadline for another group show I was interested in entering. I currently have three of my ceramic pieces in the outgoing show at this venue. The theme for the next show is “Today’s Weather.” The watercolor above… Continue reading
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Cherry blossoms revisited
Earlier this week I was inspired to decorate a paper fan with a cherry blossom design. Since the paper was pretty thin I opted to use aqua markers. I liked how it turned out but it wasn’t quite what had… Continue reading
366 Days of Art 