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Playing with color and landscapes
Tonight I just decided to start painting a lake scene. I love how Lake St Clair looks when the sun hits is just right- a blue-green color that takes your breath away. Of course, here in southeast Michigan we have… Continue reading
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Loosening up a revisited painting
Today I needed to replace my toothbrush and rather than toss the used one I decided to use it to revisit one of my fan favorite paintings, my Lily Pads from the Detroit Zoo. I saw a reel a while… Continue reading
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March Palette Club Meeting
This evening was our art club’s monthly meeting, and since we didn’t have an artist arranged to give us a demonstration, I came up with a fun art activity for us to do. I brought a variety of art supplies… Continue reading
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Painting from photos today
Today I decided I wanted to paint from one of my photos on my phone. I decided I wanted to have a tree in the painting, so I searched through my photo app for trees. I came across a series… Continue reading
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Fun little landscape
I felt inspired to paint a colorful loose landscape during this morning’s Zoom with June session. Being winter you’d think I’d be inspired to paint more wintery things, and while I’ve painted a few snowy scenes, I seem to be… Continue reading
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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
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A break from flowers
I decided to take a break from the flower paintings today. My priority this morning was to complete my 4” square Winter themed painting for our library’s Tiny Art show. Last year was the first one they did, and I… Continue reading
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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
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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
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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
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