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Underpainting

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Mary Beth Frezon

Sometimes I just really need to paint. I knew that was true this morning when I heard the price of something and my brain did a painterly conversion: that would be ten blocks of watercolor paper. What would give more … Continue reading →

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Weather of January

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Mary Beth Frezon

Poured all morning, windy, dark. I look up this afternoon and the sun’s out. I stick my nose out the door, as they say, and there’s a monster rainbow to the north so I hop in the car and take … Continue reading →

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Today’s Paint Along

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Mary Beth Frezon

When my online tutor Alan Owen puts up a video of a scene sometimes I like to paint along without knowing exactly how it will end up. I usually fail to pause for drying as he does but this time … Continue reading →

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Sunday Off

Posted on January 14, 2018 by Mary Beth Frezon

I had breakfast and then drove home the long way through Chatham, enjoying the sun even if it was in the teens. Felt warmer. Stopped for gas at the Stewarts in Chatham and cleaned my windshields and put the end … Continue reading →

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The inner game

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Mary Beth Frezon

Forget shoulds and experience is. — W. Timothy Gallwey Great letter from Sara Genn about the inner game of art. Let your muscle memory do the technical heavy lifting. Think of your practiced, mastered skills as an insurance policy against … Continue reading →

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