366 Days of Art

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  • Pastel Practice

    This evening my mom, son and I attended a Poetry Slam at Anton, and while I listened to the poems, my eyes were drawn to the landscape artworks on the gallery walls. It inspired me to try my hand painting… Continue reading

    Pastel Practice

  • Looking up

    Tomorrow is intake for the group show at Anton with the theme Sky & Space. Tonight I had to decide which pieces to enter so I could order the prints to be ready in the morning. Thank goodness for Walgreens.… Continue reading

    Looking up

  • 335 – More Filtered Light

    Tonight I was just going to edit a few of my pictures and give them the Filtered Light treatment. Once I started I got sucked in and worked on these for a few hours. I have a large collection now.… Continue reading

    335 – More Filtered Light

  • Winter is coming

    Today I was not sure what to paint so I looked around my living room for inspiration. I have random artworks hanging in my living room, pieces from a recent show, future shows, things that I have hanging for safekeeping…… Continue reading

    Winter is coming

  • After the storm

    Today was supposed to be our art club’s Paint-out at George George Park, but the weather didn’t cooperate. The rain really was coming down, about 2 inches in just a couple hours. Our street was flooded much of the afternoon… Continue reading

    After the storm

  • Sunset on the Lake

    I decided to practice some waterscape painting today. I could use practice on painting water and the sky so this works for both. The waves on Lake St Clair are usually much choppier, but I was trying out a technique… Continue reading

  • Art club meeting and demo day

    Today was our club’s meeting with a demonstration following the business bit. The demo was on basket weaving and the artist brought in many different styles, sizes and shapes of baskets she made from a multitude of materials. She had… Continue reading

  • 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

  • The cold weather persists

    Today was another bitterly cold day here in Michigan. Tomorrow is set to be even worse – they have already canceled school for my kids. The sun was out and it was nice to see, even if it didn’t do… Continue reading

  • Playing with color

    Some days I have a clear idea of what I want to work on and other days… Not so much. Today was one of the latter. As I was looking around my living room for some inspiration, I was drawn… Continue reading