Category Archives: en plein air

That Bright Shiny Thing…

in the sky… what was that? That was yesterday. Today, it wasn’t raining but there was no sun, and since I was off I got out there and tried some painting. And then it rained some more. So I came … Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2019 – Day Twenty-Two

In the palette, the paint puddles, ultramarine and sienna to make a pool of clouds waiting to float across the paper dense and wind-feathered The sky always comes first the blue, not matter the shade, brushed in where there are … Continue reading

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and… painting

Also may have traumatized the wee furry things by vacuuming a little. They seem to have recovered nicely.

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NaPoWriMo 2019 – Day Seventeen

And a very happy Haiku Day! Cool April Morning wrapped her warm arms around me and bade me listen. The park: a bluebird, romantically inclined cranes, and three mergansers. the impossible yellow-green of spring’s bursting red maple blossoms. The first … Continue reading

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First Paint of the Day

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