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Feeling Antsy
All of a sudden today it struck me that Ants are a perfect example of teamwork and decided to make a last minute addition to my ‘My Team’ show entry. I didn’t have much time after the Palette Club meeting,… Continue reading
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Beyond 366
Today I submitted my entry for the Michigan Annual show at Anton Art Center. I took some new photographs of it, but it is hard to capture it fully in two dimensions. I took pictures from different angles hoping to… Continue reading
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Penultimate Post
Can you believe that after this post, there is only one more until I meet my goal of 366 days of art in 2024. Don’t fret though- I plan on continuing posting and creating art into 2025 and beyond. This… Continue reading
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342 – Looking Ahead
In the next few weeks I have several entries to prepare for upcoming shows. As I know myself, if I wait to the last minute in this busy season, I will run out of time and just not submit any… Continue reading
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336 – First day of the last month
Tonight I am back at the charcoal portraits. I used my first head sculpture as my inspiration for this piece. The sculpture is just the head, so I just added the neck and shoulders to ground this sketch a bit.… Continue reading
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332 – Abstract thoughts
Today we had a full house. The kids were all home and it was loud and wonderful chaos. Once they went to bed, I started my art with a watercolor stick and a charcoal. It ended up looking pretty dark… Continue reading
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328 – Hunter
Tonight I decided to do another charcoal sketch. This stick was a harder charcoal, and I think I preferred yesterday’s softer stick of charcoal. But it’s good to get familiar with all of them if I’m going to be doing… Continue reading
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327 – Clowning around
This morning I started off the Zoom with June by refreshing myself on folding origami cranes, in preparation for helping at the paper crane making table The War Memorial’s Tree Lighting Event. I made several cranes this morning, and feel… Continue reading
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More charcoal
Tonight I decided to play around with my charcoals a little more and opted to do a self-portrait to practice drawing faces. I think it looks like me, but I’ll wait to see what my family thinks. They are often… Continue reading
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Zoom and Art show
For most of today’s Zoom with June, I was working on Art Show business, but I finished what I needed in enough time to pull out the charcoal set I got from my latest Sketchbox subscription. While I enjoy charcoal,… Continue reading
366 Days of Art 