daily art
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Fire on my mind
Today I wasn’t sure what I was going to paint when I started, but my mind must have been thinking of the wildfires in Oregon. Last summer our sky was hazy and you could smell the smoke and fumes from… Continue reading
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Paint-out at Belle Isle
The weather cooperated nicely for today’s Paint-out at Belle Isle. It turns out the Aquarium is closed on Wednesdays, so we met up at the Koi pond instead. The benches nearby gave us a nice vantage point to paint both… Continue reading
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Politics
In today’s mail, I received my new voter’s registration card with my updated precincts. I have lived at this same address for nearly two decades and I’ve lost count how many times one district or another has changed, bumping us… Continue reading
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Sunset on the Lake
I decided to practice some waterscape painting today. I could use practice on painting water and the sky so this works for both. The waves on Lake St Clair are usually much choppier, but I was trying out a technique… Continue reading
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Garden visitors
I attended an Artist to Artist event this morning at the War Memorial for artists with work in the Ode to Mother Earth show. This is the second of these that they have offered and I have attended. It was… Continue reading
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Long day
Today was a great day, and I am exhausted. I spent most of the day in a Production 101 workshop taught by Paige Wood through the Detroit Narrative Agency. It was a great experience and my notebook is overflowing with… Continue reading
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Golden Friday
Today was Friday which means Zoom with June in the morning. I figured I’d but the gold on my beads and charms and such, then paint a watercolor. Turns out I underestimated the time it takes to put the gold… Continue reading
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Happy Summer Solstice
Summer storms and heat waves greeted us this week here in Michigan to welcome in the official beginning of summer. In addition to celebrating Summer we also took my father-in-law out for a belated Father’s Day dinner. We went to… Continue reading
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Geared up
Today was our last Wednesday night pottery class at Anton. Our pottery teacher and friend is opening her own studio and I will be following her there. I am excited for the change- I really needed a kick in the… Continue reading
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Summer Reading
Today was the kickoff of the Summer Reading program at our public library. In honor of the start to our reading commitment this summer I made a pair of bookmarks for my son and I to use. We got home… Continue reading
366 Days of Art 