daily art
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Name paintings
Today I experimented with an idea I had to make little watercolor paintings using people’s first names. As two of my kids were home with me today, I used their names for my trial run. I started with Leif, a… Continue reading
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Looking to the weekend
This weekend is our City-wide garage sale, and my second annual front yard art sale. Like last year my son will have a lemonade stand next to my art table. Last year the combo seemed to draw in good cross… Continue reading
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Clay and glazing
Today was a busy day in a busy week; decompressing in the pottery studio was just what I needed. I had a couple pieces I started last week that needed finishing up before they went in the bisque kiln. I… Continue reading
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Beautiful Day on the Water
We had a beautiful day today without much wind and waves, so it was a perfect day for a boat ride. The sun was out for most of our trip, but at one point on the way back home it… Continue reading
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Road less traveled
Today I decided to start working through my pile of unfinished art. It is getting quite large. This particular one just had some colors swirled around in a spiral. Lots of room to image up something. The lower part of… Continue reading
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Shadowy Forest
My son is six and is confident in his knowledge of art. He told me that I shouldn’t paint so much from pictures and instead, use my imagination like he does. So today I decided to take his advice and… Continue reading
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Unfocused
Today I spent working on tasks around the house which occupied my body, but left my mind free to wander. Sometimes this is a creatively productive exercise, but today it was chaos. I would get an idea for a poem,… Continue reading
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Swans for Zoom
This morning was our club’s Zoom with June, and I was chatting with my fellow artists while flipping through my photos to pick what to paint today. One of the gals mentioned she was going to work on her swan… Continue reading
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Throwback Thursday Painting
I took this picture a few years ago when my now six year old was two. We were up at Camp Nissokone in Oscoda for the YMCA Family Camp. He had so much fun playing with that ball and in… Continue reading
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Day 220 – Clay Wednesday
I’m taking a break today from watercolors, as I spent my evening at the clay studio. I finished up the wall sculpture which I had started on Monday. As I was making it it reminded me of something musical so… Continue reading
366 Days of Art 