366 Days of Art

flowers

  • Clay Wednesday: glazing flowers

    Today at the pottery studio I spent my time glazing my flower pieces, two succulents and the small player I made a couple weeks back. As is usual for me my small pieces like these take a good chunk of… Continue reading

  • Sunflowers on a sunny day

    The warm weather has moved on, but the sun created an illusion of warmth today. In honor of the sunny day I decided to paint a big ol’ sunflower today. I’ve used the photo reference a few times for digital… Continue reading

  • Daffodil dreams

    Today I finally have some relief from my headache. Good thing too, as we had a plumbing issue in our bathroom sink that required several trips to the hardware store, but my husband and I finally prevailed. Our friend came… Continue reading

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Continuing my loose watercolor flower trend

    I decided that I am enjoying the challenge of loosening up my watercolor paintings and decided to continue my floral theme this week with a loose lilac rendition. The loose style is still a challenge for me. I have never… Continue reading

  • Bright loose dandelions for a wet grey day

    It was a grey wet day today. Lovely Michigan drizzle. But at least it was wet roads and not icy roads around this weekend. January and February often give few sunny days so I try to create some sunshine with… Continue reading