Category Archives: Do the Work
Second go at Spontaneous Landscape Starts
Got the wet on wet one less wet but still pretty juicy. The other one is cool looking but nothing in it really speaks landscape to me. I am thinking it’s so dark it may need gouache to paint on … Continue reading
Posted in Classwork, Do the Work, landscape, watercolor
Tagged Classwork, dothework, landscape, watercolor
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May third
Another rainy morning and gray afternoon. I went out in a break and pried up some small pieces (well, one was big enough I had to “roll” it along one edge to move it) of marble, laid out as stepping … Continue reading
Posted in clouds, Do the Work, landscape, sunsets, taking time to look, the creative process, watercolor
Tagged cloudscape, landscape, sunset, watercolor, watercolorpainting
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Another rainy day, with bits of blue sky
stack of seed packets •
will they grow faster than weeds •
or just hopefulness? Continue reading
May Day!
clouds cannot bear it •
clasping themselves as they fly •
iron weight of rain Continue reading
Posted in clouds, Do the Work, haiku, In the neighborhood, landscape, life around us, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, taking time to look, the creative process, watercolor, weather
Tagged clouds, cloudscape, dothework, haiku, landscape, NaPoWriMo, process, spring, watercolor, watercolorpainting, weather
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NaPoWriMo 2023 Day 30
cleaned my paintboxes •
reminding these eyes about •
sunshine and shadow Continue reading
Posted in Do the Work, haiku, In the neighborhood, landscape, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, stash, taking time to look, the creative process, watercolor, weather
Tagged dothework, haiku, landscape, NaPoWriMo, palette, poetry, process, watercolor, watercolorpainting, weather
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