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Midtown Photos
This morning I took my daughter to an appointment at Wayne State, and took the opportunity to take some pictures. I love the variety of architecture and the colors and textures in this area of Detroit. The weather was much… Continue reading
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Cold and rainy spring day
My son is home from school this week, but so far our weather hasn’t been great for playing outside. He is a very energetic six year old and I woke this morning with a terrible headache. Luckily my sweet son… 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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Shadows on the ice
This winter has been a little weird with the weather and my body seems to be confused and think that it should be warmer than it is. I’m sure those sixty degree days a week or so ago have a… 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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Sunflowers on a sunny day
The warm weather has moved on, but the sun created an illusion of warmth today. In honor of the sunny day I decided to paint a big ol’ sunflower today. I’ve used the photo reference a few times for digital… 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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Busy day of Artsy things
Today was a busy artsy day for me. I had two openings, the Michigan Annual at Anton and the Today’s Weather at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial. Since I couldn’t attend both at the same time my mom generously represented… Continue reading
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Commissioned watercolor for a friend
I used my Zoom with June time this morning to work on a special request from an old friend. She had a picture taken from her father’s property up north and asked me to paint it for her. She also… Continue reading