art club
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Landscape with negative trees (part 1)
Today I had our weekly Zoom painting session with the Lakeside Palette Club. I hadn’t planned out what I was going to paint today, so I started flipping through the pictures of previous watercolors I had on my phone. One… Continue reading
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Painting pottery pears
I was at our clubs studio this afternoon to help club members with their online entries for our next show. I arrived a little early so decided to start a painting. I flipped through my photos and came across one… Continue reading
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Fun little landscape
I felt inspired to paint a colorful loose landscape during this morning’s Zoom with June session. Being winter you’d think I’d be inspired to paint more wintery things, and while I’ve painted a few snowy scenes, I seem to be… Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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Commissioned watercolor for a friend
I used my Zoom with June time this morning to work on a special request from an old friend. She had a picture taken from her father’s property up north and asked me to paint it for her. She also… Continue reading
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“The Outdoors” opening and awards
Today was an exciting day for me. We had the opening of our group exhibition themed The Outdoors, this afternoon. While most of my family stayed home with a cold, my youngest son and I picked up my mom, who… Continue reading
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More Gouache practice with a pear
After yesterdays experimentation with my new gouache set, I was eager to get some more practice in today. Since the set is summer colors and I love pears, I looked through my photos from the city’s garden tour from last… Continue reading