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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Fish Number Three, And A Bit About The Process

Posted on May 11, 2014 by

One of the people who follow this blog said “…I don’t fully understand the process, but love the outcome…”.  (Yes, it makes me laugh to write ”  …one of the people….  “, like there are hundreds of thousands of faithful … Continue reading →

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Fish Number Two

Posted on May 10, 2014 by

Here’s the second in this series.  I like this one even better than the previous one.  Again, Acrylics on 300 lb watercolor paper, 12″ x 15″.     I’m really having second thoughts about painting on watercolor paper and then … Continue reading →

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Fish Painting

Posted on May 9, 2014 by

So, here’s one of the Fish Paintings that I’ve completed.  It’s acrylic, on 300 lb gesso’d Watercolor paper (11″ x 29″).  It’ll be mounted on cradle board.  These are in anticipation of the outdoor art show that I’m attending in … Continue reading →

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Damn Tiger – Revisited

Posted on May 8, 2014 by

So, 5 previous posts were about a tiger’s head done in watercolors on a huge piece (30″ x 20″) of 300 lb wc paper.  One I tore up, and one had some good bits in it, but overall, neither piece was … Continue reading →

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