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Picture a Day #178-6×6 Success!

Posted on June 26, 2012 by joanienaz

Four out of five of my 6×6 works of art that I entered in the Rochester Contemporary Art Center’s 6x6x2012 fundraiser event have now sold! Hooray! There is only one of my creations left that has remained unclaimed. It is a pastel … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #151 – My Peculiar Pears

Posted on May 30, 2012 by joanienaz

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 #143 – Experimenting With Color

Posted on May 22, 2012 by joanienaz

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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Picture a Day #138 – My Completed Bowl of Fruit

Posted on May 17, 2012 by joanienaz

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 #136 – The Power of Watercolor

Posted on May 15, 2012 by joanienaz

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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Picture a Day #135 – A Bowl of My Favorite Fruit

Posted on May 14, 2012 by joanienaz

I’m painting with my watercolors again! This time my subject is a bowl of D’Anjou pears.  First I drew my arrangement with Goldenrod Prismacolor pencil. Then I painted the pears with a cool Cadmium Yellow Pale Hue. Next I used a warm … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #127 – Oh, Pear!

Posted on May 6, 2012 by joanienaz

OK, today I’m back on the topic of pears, but I also have some mixed fruit to share. After I had drawn pears the traditional way, I decided to change-up the shades, and put my pears in the company of … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #125 – Mailing My Pears

Posted on May 4, 2012 by joanienaz

My 6×6 inch art is in the mail now. Today I sent off five pieces to RoCo: two drypoint prints from my 2006 edition, two watercolor landscapes I painted last month, and this soft pastel pear, my most recent fruity … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #122 – More and More Pears!

Posted on May 1, 2012 by joanienaz

OK, here we go again. My pear hobby really took off three years ago when I began drawing pears using Prismacolor pencils. I just couldn’t seem to stop! Here are some examples of my work during this period. I was … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #119 – A Tale of Pears

Posted on April 28, 2012 by joanienaz

Yesterday I began my history of pear obsession with a listing of my Works of Pear. Today I continue with my first pear project. You may recall it was a drypoint print. I made an edition of eleven. Here are two … Continue reading →

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