Monthly Archives: March 2012

Picture a Day #71 – Fire Island, New York

Posted on March 11, 2012 by joanienaz

Today is a blustery day. If you look out the window one minute it’s sunny, the next there’s a heavy shower. So my thoughts have returned to our summer 2008 trip across the country, from the Pacific coast to the … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #70 – More Corners in the Sky

Posted on March 10, 2012 by joanienaz

After playing around with those apples yesterday, I needed to do something more. I took another look at my Corners of the Sky, and decided what it needed was some collage. I now believe that collage is the answer to almost any problem! … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #69 – Still Life of Apples

Posted on March 9, 2012 by joanienaz

Today I went back to my still life of apples on a wooden stool to take the next step. I had already added background and foreground shadow since my last post. Next I added Cadmium Yellow watercolor for the Golden Delicious apples and the … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #68 – Mixed-media Collage

Posted on March 8, 2012 by joanienaz

It turns out that my Prismacolor pencils were just what I needed to put the finishing touches on my watercolor collage. I used goldenrod and violet-blue. This mixed-media still life includes cut-out scraps from printmaking projects, a watercolor background, clear … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #67 – Corners of the Sky

Posted on March 7, 2012 by joanienaz

I took another look at my collage that needs shadows this morning, and while I was thinking about that, I prepared these photos of one of my other recent experiments. Here I have taken a corner study and given it … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #66 – North Carolina Gray Fox

Posted on March 6, 2012 by joanienaz

Technically this is a wild gray fox, a nursing mother living in the nearby woods. My brother-in-law was leaving food out for her, and she became somewhat used to him.

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Picture a Day #65 – Red Bird

Posted on March 6, 2012 by joanienaz

I was so busy doing SPRING CLEANING before the next storm hit last night, and got so wrapped up in my other writing, that I forgot to post this! My first missed day of the “picture a day” series…I knew it was bound … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #64 – Ringed Turtle Dove

Posted on March 4, 2012 by joanienaz

Interesting article about this “dove of the bible” which originated in Africa. This photo was taken outside my house this am. There was a small flock in the neighborhood, but a red-shouldered hawk was apparently hunting them. Haven’t seen more than … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #63 – Welcome to North Carolina

Posted on March 3, 2012 by joanienaz

I’m back to my travelogue! When we left the Rocky Mountains on our trip across the country, we made a beeline for North Carolina, to visit my husband’s brothers. We dodged some severe weather, and had a very speedy but … Continue reading →

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Picutre a Day #62 – Another Art Project

Posted on March 2, 2012 by joanienaz

Anyone who attempts to follow my train of thought knows that I hop around like…well, someone who gets more ideas than I can follow through on in any given moment. I make a lot of lists. Right now I have … Continue reading →

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