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Spontaneous Watercolor Class Part Three
I’ll have to go back and watch part two again because in part three, it seemed doing wet on dry was quite different – and it worked great to make funky little edges and shapes Continue reading
Posted in Classwork, Do the Work, gardens and flowers, landscape, the creative process, watercolor
Tagged Classwork, dothework, landscape, watercolor, watercolorpainting
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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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Sunday Concert – or All About Lyrics and Music
This morning I squeezed in a little time with a couple fountain pens. One, the Pineider Avatar TTT needed cleaning so I could move it from blue to red ink (Diamine Poppy Red) and the other, my Sailor Pro Gear … Continue reading