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Taking Time for a Take Two

This was the first take and this was the do-over.

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Doing a little painting in the New Year

January has been moderately cold and very gray and rainy. Not great for painting outside. A few days when the sun has popped out I’ve run out to chase it and at least take a few photos to document that the sun is still around! Continue reading

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Tonight’s Paint

This is drying a bit. Will look at it again tomorrow. I heard someone say in a video, rather derisively, that of course your paint should be on your RIGHT if you’re right handed and then of course I noticed … Continue reading

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Painting and Looking

Sunday I drove home the long way, scouting for places to paint. It was quite cold, but lots of fog and low hanging clouds making it interesting. Took some photos and made some mental notes on future painting spots. Anyway, … Continue reading

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What’s important

Via brainpickings: The trick is, I find, to tone your wants and tastes low down enough, and make much of negatives, and of mere daylight and the skies. […] After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, … Continue reading

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