mixed media
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Mixing things up
Today I had a good but long day and decided to experiment with combining the inktense with pastels and see how it works. I started by just doodling shapes onto the paper in grey and then adding colors. Something of… Continue reading
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Art and Found Day
This morning I gathered a few of my paintings together and packaged them up to place around my city for Art and Found day. I participated last year with three paintings and this year have doubled that number to six.… Continue reading
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New Show Setup
Today was another busy day filled with art adjacent activities. I helped with the installation of the Blues show in the GPAA’s main Gallery at the War Memorial. I also fought with my printer and word to get the labels… Continue reading
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Jaded
Growing up we had a beautiful jade plant that my dad took care of. When he died it fell to the rest of us to take care of the poor plant. It had a slow but steady decline until eventually… Continue reading
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Orchids on my mind
Today I was thinking about my pottery orchid and wondering if it made it through the kiln firing intact. I am quite excited to see how it turned out. Perhaps I’ll have time to stop by the clay studio tomorrow… Continue reading
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Zoom and Clay
This morning was our zoom studio, but I only had a half hour to spend before taking my daughter to an appointment. I was able to start working on an owl mixed media piece, before leaving it unfinished- a perfect… Continue reading
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Lost gem
As I was going through my art work photos, deciding which to enter in our clubs upcoming show, I came across this composite photo which I had forgotten about and never shared. I love the dynamic between my older son… Continue reading
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Late night
Today was a good day with another enjoyable Artist2Artist session at the GPAA. I enjoy hearing more details about my fellow artists and their piece in the show as well as other things they work on. As a storyteller myself,… Continue reading
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Birds and music
I am still very sore from my spill on the ice yesterday, but I still managed to drag myself out of the house for mass and children’s liturgy. My youngest son slipped on an icy patch getting into the car.… Continue reading
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Filtered Light Friday
Today my daughter had an appointment during our regular zoom time, so I used my waiting room time to take some filtered light pictures of the interesting things in the room. I really liked how the silk flowers looked. A… Continue reading
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