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May Watercolor Challenge- Day 10
Today’s challenge prompt was indoor cactus. My first thought was the cactus I had as a kid. That one I don’t have a picture reference, so I went with the second image that popped into my head. In the gathering… Continue reading
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Pastel Landscape
I decided I wanted to play with my pastels today and was flipping through my photos looking for a floral picture to paint. Instead I came across a picture of a small watercolor abstract landscape I painted a few years… Continue reading
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Feeling fruity
Today I was using the supplies in my most recent sketch box shipment for our weekly Zoom with June session. I decided to make a pear- no surprise there- for my trial run. I liked how it turned out so… Continue reading
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Pastel Series Continues
My twentieth anniversary is coming up next month so for today’s pastel painting I decided the next piece in my house plant series would be a money tree. We didn’t have this type of plant growing up, but we didn’t… Continue reading
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No Pear Here
Tonight I wanted to make a companion piece to my earlier pastel painting of a pear on a blue plate. I thought about putting in a pear, but I decided that it tells more of a story; that the pear… 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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Gouache demo
Today was our monthly meeting for the Lakeside Palette Club and after the business part of the evening we often have a demonstration. Today’s was on painting with gouache by our club member Cathy Huntoon. Cathy is an exceptional painter… Continue reading
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Mural Progress
Today I made a lot of progress on my mural for the barn bathroom at YMCA Camp Nissokone. I got all the big areas painted. I need to paint the figures and add little details, which I’ll work on tomorrow… Continue reading
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Throwback Thursday Painting
I took this picture a few years ago when my now six year old was two. We were up at Camp Nissokone in Oscoda for the YMCA Family Camp. He had so much fun playing with that ball and in… Continue reading
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