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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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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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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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A Mild Winter

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Here is my latest colored pencil painting, entitled A Mild Winter. It was based on a photo I took this past winter in scenic Leyden, MA. If you subscribe to my newsletter, you have seen my work in progress photos over the past few months. I took my time on this piece, working when Cate […]

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New Find

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Today I found a brand new small moleskine watercolor journal mixed in with my art supplies. I must have bought it years ago because I don’t remember where or when I got it. I took the opportunity to paint a quick watercolor sketch of some fresh organic radishes from the CSA. I love the way […]

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Road through the Meadow

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Here is my finished colored pencil piece. I used Derwent Coloursofts and some Prismacolors. I did this for the Virtual Paintout (St Petersburg) so I’m glad I finished it before the end of the month! I ended up cropping some of the bottom off, which makes it an odd size, but I think it improves […]

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More work on the sky

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

I spent another few hours on my landscape, this time concentrating on the sky. The sky is the most dramatic part of this picture, and I want to finish it up before moving onto the rest of it.

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Botanical Illustration Class

Monday, March 26, 2012

I just finished up a two part class on botanical illustration at Mass Audobon. As always, I didn’t create anything particularly amazing while I was in the class, but I got a lot of value in the information that I took home with me. The instructor was a well spoken woman who was very informed […]

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Color Chart

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

I made a color chart for my Derwent Coloursofts. I don’t have very many colors, but I definitely think I will add to these. I have never taken the time to make a color chart for anything before. I’m actually surprised because I am a very meticulous kind of person. I can really see this […]

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