I’ve spoken about the series on My Family I created for a year-long study group with Brugh Joy. One of my favorite paintings from the series is of my grandmother, Lyle Genevieve Smith. I was the last grandchild, and so … Continue reading
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Yuuummmmm, I love it when my husband cooks. He is a good breakfast cook, especially when I want bump eggs. This morning I volunteered him for the job, and we finally tried the Chukar eggs. Chukar…
I finally bought nine of Golden’s QoR Modern Watercolors, and I am sold! Golden has by far the best acrylic paints on the planet, and now they have made a line of watercolors that is making me want to ditch … Continue reading
(How funny. I wrote this during the A-to-A Challenge and forgot to post it!) This year, we are finally getting Saturdays off — yaaaaaah! Mitchell made us bump eggs from Ralph — chicken, duck and turkey, yummy runny heavenly over … Continue reading
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Living in Oregon with the Alaska-Oregon fishing connection means that in early summer we can buy whole salmon at amazing prices, and the butcher will cut. This year the coho was so wonderful I went back…
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I know, know, I already posted “Gaia Watches the Moon Pull Her Fertile Belly,” above, but I have more to say about her, because she’s been driving me crazy. This is all about process. Gaia…
Pink and corals are not my go-to colors, but I use them when painting Missions. We bought some local peonies that were luscious a few days ago, and they used every pink I had to paint! I loved how they … Continue reading
Mitchel and I met, had our first date, and married within a week in May, with a few years between meeting and wedding. We celebrate it as a weekly event. On the full moon this year Mitchell and I went … Continue reading
It took me a while to want to write this. I learned a lot from the A-to-Z Challenge — and probably won’t do it again. I don’t want to set out to write short blurbs just to collect followers and … Continue reading
Most of my research for these two figures originally came through Marija Gimbutas (link to wiki.) I was introduced to her through the University of California, Los Angeles. She wrote two wonderful books I’ve used as references when painting my goddesses and gods, … Continue reading
Max and Missy let us into their private world of doodles and drawings to each other. . . AWWW coming!
I can’t take credit for this wonderful money-saving idea. Jorge Royan was discussing sketchbooks versus watercolor pads, and a few of us liked pads better than sketchbooks for many reasons. They are more expensive, but Jorge makes his own! He … Continue reading
I started with an iconic view of my hometown, Laguna Beach, from the cliffs to the north. I really went for saturation this time, trying to move lots of color onto a piece. Not what I saw in my mind’s … Continue reading
I finished up Jeannette House’s sweet bird. Realism is not my thang, but practicing watercolors in this way makes me learn the mixing and the wet/dry work of watercolor. I am still very frustrated by it — colors too dark, … Continue reading
Today I played with artists from Community Thrive, painting their way. I didn’t like all that I did, but will show you the “failures” too. The thing about classes is two-fold, assuming you are pretty good at making art: I … Continue reading
Yes, that is what this post is about. I found an amazing site if you are a science loving gal like me, and an artist, you have to be intrigued by Watching Paint Dry? Brought to you by Sixty Symbols: … Continue reading
Mitchell and I happened into an exhibit the other night and the subject matter stirred discussion between us. No, it was not some wildly controversial political statement or sexually explicit subject; the subject matter was Portland’s street scenes. The exhibit … Continue reading
Gina Rossi’s sprout for the week was to paint from an embroidered piece this week. I had no embroidery in sight, though when I finished my timed sketch Mitchell reminded me of several wonderful fabric samples we have: oops. I … Continue reading
