Painting
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From Recycling to Songbird
Tonight's project started with this find in the recycle bin… They're just cardboard, but they have an interesting structure that makes them really light but super strong. I think I could stand on them and they wouldn't crush. Anyway – they looked like canvases to me! So out came the gesso and gel medium. Then
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Experimenting {& a give-away reminder!}
I ran into a technical glitch with the large canvas I'm working on, so it was back to the proverbial drawing board! Sometimes problem solving gets in the way of creating, but I enjoy the process. I'm working on different ways to best adhere leaves to a canvas. Tonight I wanted to see how
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Did someone say, Round Robin?
Ready for some fun? This is the surprise I mentioned yesterday. I found an idea on Julie Thompson’s blog that I thought was wonderful. She was passing it on from her lovely friend, Maija Lepore, who was passing it on from another. Here’s the scoop: The first 3 people that leave a comment on this
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Crabby, revised.
Using some photos I took at the Oregon coast last year, this girl ended up expressing her crabbier self. {Although her face doesn't look grumpy, so maybe the mood was just passing…} The detail in the middle of her dress… and her arms, come from these images: Oh, and speaking of crabby women ~ Mother
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St. Patty’s in Charm City
We went out and explored the surrounding neighborhoods on foot this evening. So fun! I loved all the little rows of brick houses & we found this festive display {above} in someone's window. If I knew how to upload a video, I'd show you the bagpipe serenade we were treated to during dinner at the
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Baltimore Fungi
Who knows why, in Baltimore – a big, brick, city {compared to home anyway…} I would be inspired to paint a mushroom! But there it is. I had great, messy fun with this one. Here's what it looked like after all the paper was down, but pre-paint: I'm really glad I decided to tote my
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Done! {mostly}
This is the girl I was working on last night. There are a few more finishing details I'd like to add, but it's getting late & time to pack up my paint! So I'll call her finished for now & look at her with a fresh eye when I get home from Baltimore. I'm really
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Dipping a toe in…
As a first step toward many wonderful goals that were planted in me at Art Nest, I just listed 6 original paintings for sale in my Etsy shop! I feel nervous and excited about trying this. But I'm so thankful for the encouragement from my new art friends. My daughter has been super supportive to0,
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La-La-Loving the Process
It's been an exhausting, wonderful, concentrated evening of painting. I wanted to get last night's idea completed to show you tonight, but there's just too much left to do! {Above is a peek at one corner of the canvas.} My intention is to work on finishing it for much of tomorrow, but I also have
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Spring Dress
This girl's just for me! Actually, what happened is that she came out a little too closely inspired by Kelly Rae's lovely girls for me to feel comfortable trying to sell her. Not that I'm comparing my work at all to hers…but you know what I mean, right? I'm SO grateful for artists that are