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Throwing away erasers adds joy to art
Saying yes to doing more art is one of my goals for 2014. I signed up for an art camp for adults the end of August partly because I love summer camp and partly because it was a way to motivate myself...
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Threshold (Weekly Photo Challenge)
If we put one front in front of the other, next thing we know we are stepping over the threshold to something new. I just finished the vine charcoal drawing that I started in my drawing class on...
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Art homework
I’m not sure why but I really enjoyed doing this week’s drawing class homework. I rather like the results too. In class this week we “drew” with ripped & cut pieces of paper. The idea was to look...
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Artistic license to be happy
Noticing to learn. That is my work of the day after spending almost 10 hours working on my first ever acrylic painting following several hours yesterday on the under-painting layer. (Technically my...
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Minamalist II – Weekly Photo Challenge
I have been playing with refracted light ever since the “Refraction” Weekly Photo Challenge. I love the effect of the refracted blue light on this pink begonia.Filed under: Art, Flowers, Weekly Photo...
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Metal Magic – Photography 101: Pop of Color
Turning scrap metal into art with a little help from the sun. Refracted blue light on aluminum Refracted amber light on aluminum Photography 101: A Pop of ColorFiled under: Art, Photography 101 Tagged:...
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Acheivement
I sold some photos! I have been working on a series of photos for an artist & crafters show a friend is hosting and shared a bunch on Facebook to get some feedback before launching into printing –...
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A gourd
Painting homework assignment. Create a background with two layers of paint. Paint an object on top. (Wish the photos were better. They don’t quite capture the richness of the colors.) I loved the...
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Teaching that nurtures joy
The pig & barn painting in process that has been kicking my butt. For the past few days I have been trying to understand my angry reaction to the substitute teacher who filled in for my painting...
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Blur: happy accidents yield unexpected beauty (Weekly Photo Challenge)
I am always delighted when my photography accidents result in unexpected beauty. When working on a series of MetalArt photos I had some images that did not focus but had delightful colors and...
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ROY G BIV (Weekly Photo Challenge)
Huh – ROY G. BIV. I have never heard of that. Like they say, you learn something every day! (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet – the colors of the rainbow, for anyone else who didn’t...
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Stormy Day Rhythms
“Stormy” in acrylic playing with paint on a stormy day. The clouds thicken, the flecks of weak sunlight disappear; darkening and dropping ‘til a soft sprinkle of rain begins. The wind and waves slowly...
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