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Grown Up Girls Eat Produce

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Green Pepper, colored pencil in sketchbook, 3/15/2009 No, I am not posting this because it is St Patrick’s Day and I was looking for something green to fit in with the theme. In fact, this is one of my least favorite holidays of the entire year. I dislike it because it is all about drinking […]

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Rethinking and Evaluating

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Carnations, colored pencil in sketchbook, 2/14/09 I was feeling a little sick of doing portraits so I did this small sketch of some carnations I had. Normally I am super detailed, trying to capture the minutiae of every leaf and petal. This time I decided to keep it loose and focus on generalities. I need […]

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Watercolor Rose and being in the Zone

Thursday, February 5, 2009

White Rose, watercolor on 5 x 7 greeting card, 1/31/2009 I painted this last weekend and it was one of the only times that I ever had a “zone experience” while painting in watercolor. If you’ve never experienced “the zone” I will now describe it to you. It is when you are so completely absorbed […]

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Painting Flowers is Good for the Soul

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Orchid, watercolor on 5 x 7 greeting card, 1/11/2009 I cracked. I painted another flower. That day I happened to feel very sad and flowers cheer me up so much. I was actually considering buying myself fresh flowers, but I got cheap and used a reference photo I’ve been saving instead. I painted this on […]

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Fruit on Black, and a gift idea

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Fruit on Black, colored pencil on black paper, December 2008 I don’t eat a lot of fruit normally, but I live with people who thrive on fruit. I put these small drawings (2.5″ x 1.75″) in a set of photo coasters and gave them to my sister for Christmas. They came out quite nice and […]

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Watercolor Landscape on Aquabord

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Stormy Morning, watercolor on Aquabord (9 x 12), December 2008 Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” Lamentations 3:22-24 When feeling a little […]

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End of an Era

Saturday, December 6, 2008

End of an Era, mixed media (ink, watercolor and colored pencil) on 5 x 7 watercolor paper, 12/6/08 In October, I stopped by the old apartment to sign to take my name off the lease and I saw these leaves in the parking lot. It was a wet day and the leaves were damp. I […]

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