Category Archives: art

Picture a Day #232 – Collage Geometry

Posted on August 28, 2012 by joanienaz

Here it is again-my geometric project. Now I have added details with opaque watercolor (gouache). I also taped on shapes cut from handmade paper to be attached permanently when I am finished with everything else. I’m still thinking about how … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #231 – More Triangles in a Tiled Plane

Posted on August 27, 2012 by joanienaz

Here is the next installment of my most recent project, which I posted yesterday. After I added crimson to the primary colors in my tiled plane to create purple and orange, I added blue and yellow to create green. There … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #230 – Painting Triangles Inside Rectangles

Posted on August 26, 2012 by joanienaz

This is my first double post day (although I did post twice on the 18th because I posted around midnight). I am attempting to “catch up” with myself in order to reach 366 posts by the end of the year. … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #223 – Expressing Myself

Posted on August 20, 2012 by joanienaz

I haven’t had much time lately to paint, so this morning I sketched out an idea that has been tumbling around in my brain for a while. Then I drew and painted! I have a print of this work by Wassily … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #211 – Watercolored Sunflowers!

Posted on July 29, 2012 by joanienaz

Here is the latest on the sunflowers in my organic vegetable garden, which I have chosen to paint in watercolors. I began by drawing them en plein air, and put some color on them in front of the garden as well. … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #210 – Vase of Flowers with Pear Finished!

Posted on July 28, 2012 by joanienaz

I blasted through yesterday and accomplished a lot of work on my current watercolor painting. Today I was up early, and finished it! Still looking at it and wondering if I should do anything else, but I believe it’s a wrap. … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #209 – A Vase of Flowers

Posted on July 27, 2012 by joanienaz

This vase of flowers has been lurking in my office/studio, waiting to be remembered. Today I made great progress on it. Although the flowers wilted some time ago and I ate the pear, I continued from memory, and also looked … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #207 – Sunflowers En Plein Air

Posted on July 25, 2012 by joanienaz

For some time, I have been planning a watercolor painting with sunflowers. Recently I began this project. First I set up near my raised garden bed and drew two of the sunflowers with a goldenrod Prismacolor pencil on Arches coldpress … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #198-More Fruit and Flowers

Posted on July 16, 2012 by joanienaz

Here is another rustic vase of nasturtiums, this time with a pear to keep it company. The peach colored flowers are my favorite. I haven’t seen this shade before. My mom had a large bed of these jewel-toned flowers in … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #196-Nasturtiums and Nectarines

Posted on July 14, 2012 by joanienaz

After the completion of my last watercolor painting, I was motivated to do another still life, this time with some of the nasturtiums from my garden. I didn’t realize how fragrant they were until I began picking and arranging them. … Continue reading →