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Monthly Archives: July 2012

Blue Green Leaves

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

A few weeks ago, I painted this abstract painting (thinking of leaves) on a blank watercolor card. I thought it was fitting to post, as I just showed you the blue and green abstract colored pencil drawing I made in my last post. I have also done another watercolor painting (more in my regular style) […]

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Colored Pencil Exercises, Part 3

Sunday, July 29, 2012

My latest colored pencil class was a bit unusual for me, as we worked on abstracts. Although I have made abstract drawings in my sketchbooks before, it’s rare that I have the desire to dabble in them. We started off by sketching in the Contemporary Gallery, featuring the exhibition Carrie Moyer: Interstellar. We were to […]

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Foot in Water

Friday, July 27, 2012

“right now” staying focused on the present, mindful and in the moment, an image from the week, with no words or a few words, that acknowledges the “right now.” Inspired by Ann.

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Colored Pencil Exercises, Part 2

Sunday, July 22, 2012

We worked on still life in my second colored pencil class. As a warmup, when people were still filtering in, the instructor gave us an object in a bag and we were to draw it only by feel (no peeking). I got a pulley and I didn’t recognize what it was, which I think made […]

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Planted by the Birds

Friday, July 20, 2012

“right now” staying focused on the present, mindful and in the moment, an image from the week, with no words or a few words, that acknowledges the “right now.” Inspired by Ann.

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New Water Cup

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

This was one of the cups from my grandparent’s house years ago and I recently found it in a pile of stuff to throw away. I used to love to drink orange juice out of it because it looked so nice against the blue stripes. Now I am going to use it for my watercolors. […]

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Colored Pencil Exercises

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Last week I attended the first class of a four part colored pencil workshop at the Worcester Art Museum. We sketched in the museum (European galleries) after hours, which I’ve never done before. Then we went back to the studio and sketched some simple still lifes. I will have a review of the whole class […]

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Sky at Dusk

Friday, July 13, 2012

“right now” staying focused on the present, mindful and in the moment, an image from the week, with no words or a few words, that acknowledges the “right now.” Inspired by Ann.

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Poppies

Sunday, July 8, 2012

A family friend saw my last sketch of the mini petunias and requested a similar style drawing of poppies for her husband. Not having any reference photos on hand, I used this photo I found online as a reference. Although I strive to use my own material whenever possible, advanced search in flickr is a […]

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Sunlit Leaves

Friday, July 6, 2012

“right now” staying focused on the present, mindful and in the moment, an image from the week, with no words or a few words, that acknowledges the “right now.” Inspired by Ann.

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