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Category Archives: Do the Work
Saturday in the Yard
Quiet Saturday with an early start. The flies (and if I have to be truthful – inchworms) are out in full force so it takes some doing to sit outside and paint in the yard but I managed to do this. Continue reading
TGIF – Flowers
Had a nice outing with Mom to Becker’s in town for some hanging baskets and bedding plants. It was hotter than we thought but we made it home with no one wilting! Here’s one of the coleus I got. Continue reading
Thursday – Time for Something Different
I thought – why break the painting streak? Maybe something fun, quick and different. So here you go: two fun, quick and different paintings. Continue reading
Posted in badass-ness, Do the Work, From the Quote Box, geeky stuff, landscape, the creative process, watercolor
Tagged abstract, badassness, dothework, geekystuff, landscape, process, quote, watercolor
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Wednesday, All Day
I wanted to stick at home today because this morning I started new medicine and wondered how it would kick in. That was the right move but this afternoon was so nice I had to sit outside awhile so I did and I painted my yard tableau. (nice word, eh? Tableau?) Here’s a couple in-progress photos and a final scanned version. Continue reading
Posted in Do the Work, en plein air, gardens and flowers, landscape, taking time to look, the creative process, watercolor
Tagged dothework, garden, landscape, pleinair, process, watercolor
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Tuesday come and gone
Full of bird song •
The morning flutters along •
So many drunk bees
By the still birdbath •
A dandelion bends down •
Under one bee’s weight Continue reading
Posted in Do the Work, haiku, In the neighborhood, landscape, Poetry and Lyrics, the creative process, watercolor
Tagged cloudscape, dothework, haiku, landscape, poetry, process, watercolor
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