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Picture a Day #152 – A Multi-step Project
Now that I have finished the outside of my wool bag, and felted it by washing it in hot water and drying it on high heat, I need to make the lining. I chose a floral denim fabric that I already … Continue reading
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Picture a Day #151 – My Peculiar Pears
Here is my next step in the experimental watercolor with pears. When I left off last time, the pears were blue. Next they became purple, when I added Alizarin Crimson. I tried a couple of different background colors. First I … Continue reading
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Picture a Day #148 – My Hand-crafted Bag
As May draws to a close and the summer rapidly approaches, it’s time once again for me to take stock of all my projects. Before I come up with any more hair-brained ideas (some of them work!), I need to tie … Continue reading
Picture a Day #146 – Flea Market Day
Today was flea market day! My husband and I drove to a large establishment about an hour from here, where we enjoy treasure hunting. Sometimes I come home empty-handed, but today was a good day. I found two large, matching … Continue reading
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Tagged art, chair, family, hobbies, Ikea, paint brushes, painting, picture frames, postaday, tole painting
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Picture a Day #145 – Radishious!
Here I am, just me and my radishes. Something in one of the wine half-barrels that I call a container garden is nibbling on the larger ones, so I have to harvest before they get too big. While I’m at … Continue reading
Picture a Day #143 – Experimenting With Color
It was so much fun drawing this still life fruit from a previous post with Prismacolor pencils using opposite colors, that I decided to try a watercolor painting using opposites. Here are five D’Anjou pears, drawn using Tuscan Red Prismacolor pencil. Next I added … Continue reading
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Tagged art, D'Anjou pears, drawing, fruit, hobbies, opposite colors, painting, postaday, Prismacolor pencils, watercolor
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Picture a Day #140 – Pod Invasion
This year a bumper crop of maple seed pods has landed in our yard. We have no maple trees ourselves, although I am definitely a fan of many different types of trees. I believe the pods are blowing into our yard … Continue reading
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Tagged art, drawing, hobbies, home, inspiration, maple, nature, postaday, seed pods
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Picture a Day #138 – My Completed Bowl of Fruit
Here is my completed bowl of fruit. I touched up the shadows in this watercolor painting since my last post, and I added some warmer Cadmium Yellow to the pears. Now I am ready for my next project!
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Picture a Day #137 – A Noteworthy Insect
Yesterday I went patrolling for insects in my garden. I knew where to look, and managed to capture this image of a ladybug hanging around some sunflower plants. I had seen one there the other day. Maybe the same one? … Continue reading
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Tagged art, drawing, gardening, hobbies, home, ladybug, nature, pastel, postaday, Prismacolor pencils
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Picture a Day #136 – The Power of Watercolor
I sat down to work on my latest watercolor painting, the subject of yesterday’s post, intending to take the next step. Before I knew it, I was hurtling along. I wish I had paused long enough to photograph a couple … Continue reading
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