Tag Archives: floral

Iris

I painted these iris n March 30th, Van Gogh’s birthday. You can see from this photo that I wasn’t exaggerating any of the colors! I used liquid watercolors for the base painting and brought in crayons and charcoal after that … Continue reading

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California Poppy Day

April 6th is California Poppy Day. Continue reading

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Experiments with Flowers

Flowers aren’t like most still life subjects: they’re alive. Continue reading

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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

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