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Category Archives: Paintings
Hope and Flowers
Moody Flowers for a day of fleeting feelings. Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, flowers, Paintings, studies, watercolor
Tagged election, florals, flowers, watercolor
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Redwoods: Three Impressions
Painting the Redwoods on the coast near Mendocino. Continue reading
Posted in california, Paintings, Supplies and Materials, watercolor
Tagged location drawings, mendocino, nature, redwoods, tools, urbansketching, usk, watercolor
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Poppies, Poppies and more Poppies!
Last week was poppy week. I taught a workshop based on a request to share this “loose and free” approach to flowers. What I loved most of all is that even though we all followed the same process and worked … Continue reading
Posted in Paintings, studies, teaching, watercolor, Workshop
Tagged fall, floral, halloween, painting, poppies, pumpkin, skull, watercolor, watercolor painting
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Day 18 and 19: Direct Watercolor Challenge
Day 7-13: Direct Watercolor Challenge. Chugging along. Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, Everyday Sketches, India, Paintings, watercolor
Tagged 30x30directwatercolor2019, direct watercolor, dog, portrait, small paintings, watercolor
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Day 14-17: Direct Watercolor Challenge
Day 7-13: Direct Watercolor Challenge. Chugging along. Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, Everyday Sketches, India, Paintings, watercolor
Tagged 30x30directwatercolor2019, cafe, chinatown, coffee, direct watercolor, jacaranda, small paintings, traffic, watercolor
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Day 7-13: Direct Watercolor Challenge
Day 7-13: Direct Watercolor Challenge. Chugging along. Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, Everyday Sketches, India, Paintings, watercolor
Tagged 30x30directwatercolor2019, cat, direct watercolor, small paintings, watercolor
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A day in paradise at Maison du Lac
A day in paradise at Maison du Lac, Santa Cruz Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Paintings, san jose, Silicon Valley, teaching, watercolor, Workshop
Tagged botanical art, flowers, location drawing, maison du lac, nature drawing, negative painting, poppies
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Day 3,4,5,6: 30X30DirectWatercolorChallenge2019
Are you participating in the #30x30DirectWatercolor2019 challenge? Continue reading
Posted in Close to home, Everyday Sketches, India, Paintings, watercolor
Tagged 30x30directwatercolor2019, cat, direct watercolor, small paintings, watercolor
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Rain in Yosemite
Yosemite. Verdant, wet, full of life, bursting at the seams. Continue reading
Day 1 & 2: 30X30DirectWatercolorChallenge2019
Are you participating in the #30x30DirectWatercolor2019 challenge? Continue reading