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  • Zoom UFO

    I try to follow our monthly theme for Zoom with Junes on Fridays on at least a week or two out of the month. This Month’s theme is UFOs- Un Finished Objects, so I knew that it was a sign… Continue reading

    Zoom UFO
  • Winter Art

    Today we had a winter paint out, but winter really asserted itself and only my mom who was hosting and I braved the snow for the event. Since it was just the two of us we sat on the covered… Continue reading

    Winter Art
  • Amy Foster Demo

    Today we had our monthly meeting of the Lakeside Palette Club and after we had a remarkable demonstration by Amy Foster. Our VP modeled for her and while she did her first sketch, I made one of my own. I… Continue reading

    Amy Foster Demo
  • 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

    Filtered Light Friday
  • Windy day

    As the wind is howling and my chimes are singing, I decided to work some more on my crab friend from yesterday. After I finished my quick sketch I looked up some blue crab pictures and found that I did… Continue reading

    Windy day
  • Crabby

    I had some great ideas bouncing around in my head earlier today, but I didn’t write them down in my notebook or on my phone app so now they are eluding me. I think my coughing is jostling my brain… Continue reading

    Crabby
  • Self portrait on a cold day

    Today I wanted to work on a self portrait with my new Derwent Inktense pencil in Payne’s Grey. This will eventually be painted over with watercolor and the inktense will activate and be permanent when it dries. As I add… Continue reading

    Self portrait on a cold day
  • Chess cat

    It felt great not to have any deadlines looming today. I went to bed early last night and even took a nap this morning. I think I may have caught up on the lost sleep from working on the Kresge… Continue reading

    Chess cat
  • More Self Portraits on Zoom

    This mornings zoom was an opportunity to practice more self portraits. I realized towards the end of the zoom that I hadn’t turned on the lights and the curtains were mostly closed. When I held my painting up to the… Continue reading

    More Self Portraits on Zoom
  • Penultimate Post

    Can you believe that after this post, there is only one more until I meet my goal of 366 days of art in 2024. Don’t fret though- I plan on continuing posting and creating art into 2025 and beyond. This… Continue reading

    Penultimate Post