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  • 321 – Leaf prints

    Today my youngest son and I took a leaf printing class with Nobuko Yamasaki at the GPAA. Leif had a lot of fun, although we had a little meltdown when I accidentally broke one of his dry leaves while helping… Continue reading

    321 – Leaf prints
  • 320 – Art Show

    Today was busy, busy! Getting ready for an art show is a lot of work. I made the ribbons for the show, took some trial and error, but I think they came out nicely. A Palette of Thanks Good evening,… Continue reading

    320 – Art Show
  • Day 315

    Today I decided I needed to at least start another gouache painting, even though my asthma is still lingering. This evening I started to paint a landscape with birch trees. I am not using any reference photos for this so… Continue reading

    Day 315
  • Pottery and poetry

    This morning I awoke to confirmation of the way things were trending last night before I went to bed. The election results were not what I was hoping, although not entirely surprising either. As much sexism and racism that I… Continue reading

    Pottery and poetry
  • Fall inspired zoom today

    Today I decided to use my watercolor pencils for our zoom studio session. I found some squash pictures from the farmer’s market and thought they would be a fun thing to paint with the pencils. I used a different technique… Continue reading

    Fall inspired zoom today
  • Welcome Autumn

    During the height of the pandemic when I had so many zoom meetings, I started a journal of continuous line drawings. I would do these to occupy myself and help me keep focused on the meetings. Once the public meeting… Continue reading

    Welcome Autumn
  • Zoom Friday with more wildlife watercolors.

    Today was our weekly Zoom with June virtual studio session. After the hares I painted yesterday I was inspired to try my hand at more wildlife this morning. I sketched this guy in pencil first, before switching to my watercolor… Continue reading

    Zoom Friday with more wildlife watercolors.