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First blog
Wow! I am posting my first blog. In fact, I have never even posted on anyone else's blog either---so this is quite a step for me. Why would I blog then, since I have no idea what I'm doing?Here is the...
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SOLD!!!
A few of you asked why I had not posted another blog. That's simple, really;though really, really dumb---alas, I had forgotten my user name, password, what I put as a secondary password and about...
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Will Paint for Food!!!
I guess this takes starving artist to the next level. Well anyone who knows me won't believe the starving part anyway! I made a deal with my sister-in-law to paint one of her favorite places in the...
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Plein Aire Paintings
Had a great time this past Saturday. I attended the American Watercolor Society's traveling exhibit at the Middletown Art Center. After an inspirational browsing drove over to meet the family at King's...
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Fall Break Paintfest
We have been so blessed with an amazing Fall. It has also been "Fall Break" at school which means that we had a four day weekend to enjoy. I was able to get out a couple times to paint and I also did a...
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One for the lovely lady!
These are for my wife. We went to a gallery opening some time back and an artist there liked to make triptychs and whatever you call four linked paintings (quadtychs !?!?!) of the same images in...
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Blaze of Glory or Learning From Children
This painting marks the end of the paints in my butcher tray---but what a way to go!!! It was fun! I might be feeling a touch philosophical tonight, I KNOW I'm feeling blessed because I work with...
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Venetian Door
Been working on this one for a while. This is taking from a photo in the reference library of Wet Canvas by Sue Galos. I would love to say that I took the photo on my recent vacation......sorry, I'm...
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Garden Window and more...
Several things going on artistically for me these days...Teaching is a pleasure, the kids are entertaining and love to create art, so that is going very well.For the first time in my illustrious...
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Doorway with branches
This one is based on a reference photo from "TrishaFitz2" at WetCanvas. Doug ("Yorky" from wc ) thinks I have the makings for a good series with these doorways and windows. I think I may agree, but I...
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Village Farm
This is a piece I started last week, that I really kind of gave up on. I went ahead and posted it on WetCanvas and asked for a "no holds barred" critique and received some excellent feedback. I decided...
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Olga's Window
This was one of about three or four ideas that have been bouncing around in my head for the last few weeks. I have not been able to lay brush to paper near as often as I would like to, so this is the...
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Baby Bear
This one is a fun little wc sketch of our crazy little kitten, Osito. The name means "baby bear" in Spanish and seems to be a perfect fit, as demonstrated by his tree climbing abilities. Kaily caught...
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Sunflowers
In preparing for my class I thought it would be fun to demonstrate the same subject on different types of paper to show the different effects that papers have on a work. I chose to use the two most...
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A Few Exercises
After enjoying an unexpected Winter Break last week, I am finally able to post some new work. This work finds me in the role of a student. After reading Judy Morris' book, "Watercolor Basics; Light", I...
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Garden Stroll
This piece is the last of many attempts to take the ideas I've been developing based on Judy Morris' work and incorporate them into my own painting. While doing a couple of her demo's with relative...
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Grounded
This painting was from a stunning reference photo on the WetCanvas Image Library (kudos to the photographer were given on WC, can't find the artist name at present). I had been looking at the work of...
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Landscapes...hmmmm
Painted this one as a demo in class last week. I do not often choose to paint landscapes so this was a bit of a challenge for me. It is my goal to introduce a lot of different things to my students and...
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Watercolor Journal
I have been working out of a journal and feel very pleased with the process. The great thing about a journal is that it is a personal forum for experimentation and reflection. Sometimes process itself...
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Long Time Coming!
Boy have I been ready for Summer Break! I love teaching and I'll be ready to go come August, but ending a school year is tough stuff. I have missed posting my work, but at least I have still been...
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