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Picture a Day #81 – Spring Sunshine
Welcome to spring! If you are in my neck of the woods, yesterday was the Vernal Equinox, the first official day of spring, and there was no sign of the sun. So I decided to create my own sunshine, at … Continue reading
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Picture a Day #79 – Revisiting My Drawing
Almost three weeks ago I began a colored pencil still life of apples and a pear, with the intention of using watercolor. I spent most of yesterday thinking about my color scheme. Today I revisit that drawing with two more steps in the … Continue reading
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Picture a Day #78 – Recipe of the Week
Today a new week has begun. Looking back on my frenzy of baking during the rainy weather this past week, I have decided to share the recipe that I liked the best. This began as a pumpkin bread recipe in my old … Continue reading
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Picture a Day #76 – Forest Corners
You may need to use your imagination to see the forest in this corner study. It is still a work in process. I wanted to try a landscape of sorts. I am still considering whether or not to add collage … Continue reading
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Picture a Day #75 – When It Rains I Paint!
It’s been a wet week. Usually I feel more like painting on a sunny day, but I am so cooped up that I have resorted to an art-a-thon! Today I began one painting, and finished two others. Since I’m still gazing … Continue reading
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Picture a Day #69 – Still Life of Apples
Today I went back to my still life of apples on a wooden stool to take the next step. I had already added background and foreground shadow since my last post. Next I added Cadmium Yellow watercolor for the Golden Delicious apples and the … Continue reading
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Picture a Day #68 – Mixed-media Collage
It turns out that my Prismacolor pencils were just what I needed to put the finishing touches on my watercolor collage. I used goldenrod and violet-blue. This mixed-media still life includes cut-out scraps from printmaking projects, a watercolor background, clear … Continue reading
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Tagged art, collage, hobbies, mixed media, painting, postaday, still life, watercolor
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Picture a Day #67 – Corners of the Sky
I took another look at my collage that needs shadows this morning, and while I was thinking about that, I prepared these photos of one of my other recent experiments. Here I have taken a corner study and given it … Continue reading
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Picutre a Day #62 – Another Art Project
Anyone who attempts to follow my train of thought knows that I hop around like…well, someone who gets more ideas than I can follow through on in any given moment. I make a lot of lists. Right now I have … Continue reading
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Picture a Day #61 – Colored Pencil and Watercolor
I thought I would try something a little different. I did a number of colored pencil drawings a while back, and now I am working on watercolor. What if I combine the two? The term “crayon resist” comes to mind…something … Continue reading
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