Monthly Archives: May 2014

Clay Vases

Posted on May 28, 2014 by

I spent the day in the studio, and took a break from painting.  I’ve decided to try to make some vases for the Art Show that I’m in in July, but yikes, it took me FOREVER to make two little … Continue reading →

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Fish 4 – Done

Posted on May 22, 2014 by

Boy, this black scibbly outline thing is just magic.  I still wasn’t too sure about this piece, then I added the outline, and Voila!  Just Love It!!  I won this fight!

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Fish 4 – I’m having issues!!!

Posted on May 21, 2014 by

Gah, I always have such GOOD advice to give other people when I’m teaching painting, and yet, I don’t abide by it myself.  My intent for the fourth fish was to continue with the Pink/Orange palette, but have an orange’ish … Continue reading →

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Turtle 2 – Done

Posted on May 18, 2014 by

Yowza, another one done.  I am learning so much as I’m doing an image more than once.  On this piece, I had painted the entire turtle “shape”, as opposed to painting within a platelet.  Turns out that this is NOT … Continue reading →

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Turtle 1 – Done! Turtle 2 – Begun

Posted on May 17, 2014 by

Well, I’m calling this one Done! Remember, this was my FIRST attempt at a turtle, and I’m doing the second one just a bit differently, as far as process goes. I find that the outlining is a bit too “busy”, with … Continue reading →

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A Bit of Housekeeping…

Posted on May 15, 2014 by

I finally got around to cleaning up two pages on this site – Watercolors and Acrylics. A HUGE thank you to Marcia and Hector for all the time they spent taking photographs of my work!  I appreciate it SO much, … Continue reading →

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Turtle 1

Posted on May 13, 2014 by

OK, so the next painting in this series will be a turtle.  I’m doing a practice turtle first, so I took an old canvas that had a lot of texture on it, from a multi-media piece I’d been working on.  … Continue reading →

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