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Picture a Day #159 – 6x6x2012
It’s been a month since I mailed my five entries to the Rochester Contemporary Art Center for their 6x6x2012 fundraiser event. On Tuesday, June 5, online purchasing opened. I located my work on their website yesterday, and so far one of my … Continue reading
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Tagged 6x6x2012, art, inspiration, pear, postaday, print, Rochester Contemporary Art Center
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Picture a Day #158 – Rainy Day Cookies
This recipe has been recycled from an earlier post. It was so gloomy and wet the other day, that I decided to experiment (again!) with my standard oatmeal cookie recipe. The basics are the same. But I added some odds … Continue reading
Picture a Day #157 – Drops of Color
I am blown away by all of the amazing photography that I have discovered on this site. Yesterday the drops of color caught my eye. I decided to try to re-create (in spirit only, NOT in technical expertise) to some extent the photography with … Continue reading
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Tagged art, drawing, drops of water, hobbies, inspiration, photography, postaday, rainbow
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Picture a Day #156 – Typewriter Art
This art project was inspired by “Wry, the typewriter at Peach Farm Studio.” I made a commitment to create a piece of artwork for the Typewriter Art and Poetry Project challenge back in March. I have been ruminating on it ever … Continue reading
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Tagged art, collage, hobbies, postaday, typewriter, watercolor
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Picture a Day #155 – The Pull of Gravity
There I was, doing a little early morning gardening and harvesting some radishes. I left them alone for a while, and the weather was hot. Wow! I pulled up some pretty good-sized ones. Some had even split open-too much water? Then … Continue reading
Picture a Day #154 – Layering Watercolor
Here are the first three layers of my most recent project, begun today! It was a lot of fun using my brand new Aquarelle brush to first apply a layer of Cadmium Yellow paint, then a layer of Permanent Rose, and … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract, art, hobbies, mixed media, painting, postaday, watercolor
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Picture a Day #153 – Duck, Duck, Goose!
One of these squash plants is not like the others. Sound familiar? Like a well-known Sesame Street song? I thought I heard you humming that tune…It is painfully obvious that, although they all came from the same summer squash (yellow … Continue reading
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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Tagged art, craft ideas, hand knit, hobbies, home, postaday, wool felt bag
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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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Tagged art, fruit, hobbies, opposite colors, painting, postaday, watercolor
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Picture a Day #150- About Cicadas
Yesterday morning was perfect for doing some gardening! The wind that has been relentlessly blowing subsided (until the afternoon at least), it was overcast and cool, and I enjoyed myself immensely! I did some cleanup, thinning, transplanting, and replanting. I … Continue reading
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Tagged California, cicada, gardening, hobbies, home, nature, postaday
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