Category Archives: Classes

Loose washes with sketchy ink……..

Posted on March 17, 2020 by

I quite often have a watercolor piece that just doesn’t work, but more often than not, I can improve it by adding some skritchy ink lines……….  Hey, in my head, Skritchy is a legitimate word……….  Anyway, I took this 3 … Continue reading →

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Watercolor Flamingo…

Posted on October 10, 2019 by

I had a couple of lovely women in the studio yesterday that wanted to learn a little bit about watercolor. Here’s what we did – this lesson included wet-into-wet, using Frisket as a mask, hard lines, shadows, and a bit … Continue reading →

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Watercolor with the Ladies….

Posted on March 27, 2019 by

(click any image and it will open in a new tab, in a slightly larger format) Yet another fabulous day in the studio, laughing, talking, eating, and oh yeah, we actually also did some watercolors. 2 of these ladies paint … Continue reading →

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Art With The Ladies – Another Address Day

Posted on July 11, 2018 by

So, some friends had seen the Colorful Painted Address that I’d made for our place and wanted to try it for themselves.  They both made gorgeous signs, and went home feeling very pleased with themselves! Here’s the two of them … Continue reading →

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Look What Lauren Made!

Posted on May 21, 2016 by

Lauren’s mind is a wonderfully wild and wacky place, as evidenced by her latest clay creation.     These fish were done from an idea completely out of head.  Check out how the first guy is looking backwards in terror … Continue reading →

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Watercolor Christmas Cards

Posted on December 19, 2015 by

Yay, another fabulous day in the studio.  7 women and Jen and I – it was cosy, but we made it work!  Jen and I both did demos, and walked around providing assistance.  Jen very generously shared her paper and paints and tools, … Continue reading →

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Clay Play Date

Posted on February 26, 2015 by

I was so lucky to have a friend come over and play in the studio with me the other day. Lauren had the idea of creating wall-hung fish to hang on her yard fence.  I knew that anything she made … Continue reading →

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A Painting Course With One of My Art Crushes!!

Posted on January 4, 2014 by

I was SO lucky to take a 5-day course with Robert Burridge (http://www.robertburridge.com/).  I absolutely love his style, and his color palette just rocks.  He and his wife were at the course – she runs him like a well oiled … Continue reading →

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Clay Day – Part Two

Posted on December 10, 2012 by

Well, 4 of the 6 amazing, talented, funny women were over yesterday to paint their clay houses and people.  I could not believe the diversity of the final product.  We use a variety of applications of acrylic paint – dry … Continue reading →

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Clay Day!

Posted on November 12, 2012 by

Oh man, I had the Ladies over for a play date, and we messed about with clay.  Good lord, these women are creative.  Check out what they made, and keep in mind that only 2 of them had played with … Continue reading →

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