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Category Archives: studies
Seasonal Flowers
The dahlias are all gone now, but a couple of weeks ago, I brought home these beauties from the farmers’ market and painted them. Here’s a link to a short video of me making this piece. And here are some … Continue reading
Experiments with Flowers
Flowers aren’t like most still life subjects: they’re alive. Continue reading
Posted in Everyday Sketches, experiments, flowers, studies
Tagged floral, flower, mixed media
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Yellow Tulips
Tulips
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Posted in Close to home, Everyday Sketches, flowers, studies
Tagged florals, flowers, tulip
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Nola’s Iris Garden
At Nola’s Iris Garden, surrounded by over 2500 varieties of iris. Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, flowers, san jose, Silicon Valley, studies
Tagged florals, flower, flowers, garden, iris, location drawings, nolas iros garden, urban sketch
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Matilija Poppies
Giant poppies Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, flowers, studies
Tagged florals, flower, flowers, location drawings, matilija poppy, poppies, poppy, urban sketch
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Color Obsessions
My current color obsession, if you haven’t noticed 🙂 Continue reading
Posted in experiments, studies, tools
Tagged apache sunset, apache sunset ink, color obsession, color theory, orange
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Going Grey
Small studies in grey Continue reading
Posted in california, Everyday Sketches, flowers, studies
Tagged greyscale, location drawings, monochrome studies, palnt, rock, studies, texture, tree
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More Spring Flower Experiments
More spring flower experiments Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, experiments, flowers, printmaking, studies
Tagged flowers, iris, poppies, spring, tulip
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Stepping out in Spring
Are you, like me, starting to draw outside more than you did in the last year? Any challenges that come up from a practice that may have been dormant for a while? Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, flowers, Paintings, san jose, Silicon Valley
Tagged almaden, california poppy, landscape, location drawings, poppies, sketchbook, urban sketch
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Spring Experiments at Filoli Gardens
Spring Experiments at Filoli Gardens Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, experiments, flowers, printmaking
Tagged filoli, filoli estate, filoli gardens, flowers, location drawings, urban sketch
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