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Picture a Day # 105 – Bagging It
I have been working on my felted wool bag all week, and it is slow going. But there are enough separate pieces that I see progress at each step! You can follow my progress by viewing step 1 here. Step 2 … Continue reading
Picture a Day #103 – More Than Just an Empty Box
I grew up in a hobby family. My father always had a vegetable garden, and he enjoyed landscaping the yard. My mother baked, grew and arranged flowers, and was a backyard birder. My sister sewed and baked. My four brothers built … Continue reading
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Picture a Day 102 – Felted Wool Bag Step 1
The first thing that I did once I decided to make a bag like the one my daughter brought home with her this week, which you can see here, was photograph, draw, and measure it. Next I knit a test piece and … Continue reading
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Picture a Day #99 – Artistic Inspiration
I wanted to post something inspirational today, but I was in a quandary. Then I read a response to a comment I left on the site of a fellow blogger, which included an interest in my work. Here is a melted … Continue reading
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Picture a Day #96 – On to the Next!
Here is my final version of Three Apples and a Pear. I have cropped it in Photoshop, which helps me to define the composition, and now all I need to do is mat and frame the watercolor painting itself. I am finished with … Continue reading
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Picture a Day #95 – Three Apples and a Pear
Sounds like a clever name for a sitcom, doesn’t it? But it’s actually the subject of a watercolor painting that I began over a month ago. I guess it’s time to return to the scene of my dilemma. Yesterday I … Continue reading
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Picture a Day # 94 – Sketching Down Memory Lane
Today I dug through my “portfolio drawer” to look at some of my older artwork. I knew I had a self-portrait in there somewhere. These sketches were done about twenty years ago. I look so young! They are the only … Continue reading
Picture a Day #92 – Tulips’ Progress
I’m quite excited about the progress of my tulip watercolor. But I have to pace myself. This is not something to be rushed. That’s always when I start ruining whatever I’m working on that requires patience and manual dexterity. So, … Continue reading
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Picture a Day #91 – Watercolor Tulips
Today I’m back to my Promise of Spring project. I added a layer of Cadmium Yellow, and then some Permanent Rose watercolor. Here are my results.
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Picture a Day #90 – Getting Crafty
My earliest memory of artistic endeavor was finger painting in Kindergarten. From there, I branched out to drawing with mud on the sidewalk. By the time I was in the sixth grade, my best friend and I were knitting each … Continue reading
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