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Monthly Archives: January 2013

Orange Sunlit Flower

Friday, January 25, 2013

I love having flowers in the house, especially at this time of year. If anyone knows what this is, please tell me in the comments.

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More Blue Abstracts, and thinking of Values

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

I’ve been doing a little watercoloring recently, for Mini View #2, which I’m working on now. I’m going to be photocopying it in black and white, so I’m interested to see how the values will reproduce. I know that I could use some practice on the topic of values. Here are some quotes I found […]

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Individual Tree

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Casey Klahn has recently started up a facebook painting challenge based on a photo that he posts. I have followed Casey’s blog for a number of years and I really appreciate his insight. I happened across his blog yesterday where he posted his latest photo, and I was really drawn to the image so I […]

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Misty Sunday Morning

Friday, January 18, 2013
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New Drawing Music: Lovisa Samuelsson

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

I recently came across this musician online and I really love her work. I have never emailed a musician until now, when I contacted her to inquire where to find her music to download. She is still working on her ep at the moment, but she was so kind to mail me a cd of […]

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Bonus Sketchbook

Sunday, January 13, 2013

I was recently browsing through a banker’s box of filled sketchbooks and I found a book that was never before used. It is an “art spiral” book by Maruman, landscape format, about 6.5 x 9 inches. I vaguely remember purchasing it a few years back, but I completely forgot about it and it was a […]

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Icy Boundary

Friday, January 11, 2013
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Embroidery Experiments

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

I come from a long line of expert designers and seamstresses and I’ve always felt sad that I haven’t taken on any of that knowledge myself. So, I have been doing some research and have started to do some of my own mending tasks. In particular, I’ve wanted to learn to embroider for a long […]

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Sedum

Friday, January 4, 2013

Sedum, dead and dried, left out for the birds.

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2013 Art Goals

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Welcome to 2013, my friends. Because of limited time and my chronic illness, I am going to be realistic about what I can do this coming year. Here are my goals: Work in a series as my main focus. I have already started this (my sunset paintings) and I’m looking forward to continuing with this […]

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