Here’s wishing everyone a wonderful Earth Day!
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.” – John Muir
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The weather was so fantastic I just had to be out in the garden!
I grabbed my Fabriano Journal and watercolors and created the first image with a micron pen and watercolor. The second image was made with a micron #03 pen.
The journal has a variety of colored pages so the page color of the first [...]
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Here is a new painting that I finished today. It was inspired by all the rain storms we have been having over the past couple of weeks.
The view from my studio window has been very dramatic with sheets of rain pouring down and thunder rumbling overhead. It was all rather exciting to watch Mother Nature [...]
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I started out this beautiful sunny morning with some warm up exercises using acrylic alcohol resist techniques and metallic watercolor paint.
The beauty of these is that they can be used as a start for a painting or you can tear them up into interesting shapes and use them as collage material for other paintings. You [...]
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There are many myths about stones and one of my favorites comes from the Seneca Indian Tribe. It’s about the origin of stories.
A few years ago, our neighbors created a dry stream bed that mimics a natural watercourse and I have often admired these stones on my daily walk.
I love the colors and texture of [...]
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Today I went on my regular Friday thrift hunt and managed to find two items on my wish list. Thrifting is fun but getting a 50% off discount on the items I purchased was even better. It really made my day!
Check out this detailed tutorial on painting a eucalyptus leaf using watercolor paints. Beautiful!
Have a [...]
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This morning I started out my day working on another canvas with the resist alcohol technique from yesterday.
Just a practice session before getting started on other projects. I really enjoy my daily art warm-up exercises because they loosen me up and get the creative juices flowing. I also get to try out different things just [...]
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I spent most of the day finishing yesterdays journal and then started a new one. I was having so much fun that before I knew it, the sun was setting.
Now, I have just enough time to take a nice warm bath, slip into my pajamas and watch a movie with my husband. Sounds like a [...]
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I felt creative today and experimented with making some watercolor Christmas cards. I already have prismacolor watercolor pencils, but would like to try Cretacolor pencils in the near future. Tomorrow is my birthday so maybe I will treat myself to a trip to the art store.
Watercolor Pencils: Cretacolor
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I spent most of the day working in the studio trying to clean up the mess from yesterday. Whew! Here is a great video about using Ph Martin’s Liquid transparent watercolor.
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