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Getting ready for Valentine’s Day
I have had a terrible headache all day, and wanted an easy project for today. I couldn’t find my small watercolor paper and didn’t have the energy to keep looking so I thought I’d get a head start on my… Continue reading
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Clay Wednesday: things that move
Since making the rapid-prototype marionette on Monday, I have been thinking of how to make a more finished looking one. I decided that it would be fun to try and make some out of clay. It really got me thinking… Continue reading
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My kitty, Valen, WIP
I decided to paint my kitty, Valen, today. He was a pretty cooperative model and let me take several photos of him as he lounged. He even slow blinked on demand so I could decide whether to paint him with… 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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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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