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20 in 20: June Birthday Bash Giveaway, Day 16
I decided to do a geometric pattern for Day 16′s painting. The colors in real life are closer to those in the second image that shows the detail of the pattern. The peach is SUPER bright, almost...
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20 in 20: June Birthday Bash Giveaway, Day 17
I must have been tired when I was mixing the colors for yesterday’s painting. I wanted to mix a lovely gray for the connecting pattern, but I couldn’t get away from the purplish hue. I convinced myself...
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20 in 20: June Birthday Bash Giveaway, Day 18
The progression of Day 18′s painting is interesting in that I started out with what I thought was a straightforward idea and ended up with something I didn’t expect. Before I started the painting, I...
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20 in 20: June Birthday Bash Giveaway, Day 19
For Day 19′s painting I wanted to paint something in a loose style; to doodle with the paint brush. The “swoops” theme I’ve explored in the past seemed to be just the ticket. I painted this in layers...
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20 in 20: June Birthday Bash Giveaway, Day 20
Woohoo!!! I did it! Today is the last painting for this 20 in 20 giveaway project. I must admit, things got a little rocky for me during the last week or so, but I persevered, and today I can proudly...
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20 in 20: June Birthday Bash Giveaway, Winners for Week 5
WOOHOOO!!!! I’ve done it! So happy to have completed this project. Thank each and every one of you who participated in the giveaway. Every single one of your comments helped to keep me going throughout...
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Wonderfully Gray
I’ve been working on a few paintings over the last couple of weeks. They are all small works in gouache on paper. I started painting again recently to fulfill a couple of requests I’ve had lingering...
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Misfit Paintings
In my last post, I wrote about some recent paintings I’ve finished in tones of gray. I had a couple of other paintings to share, but they didn’t seem to fit with the last group, so they get their very...
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Creative Oops
Last week on twitter, I saw a tweet asking for artists to participate in Joanne Hawker’s Creative Insight column on her blog, Origami Chicken. Not considering that I would qualify to participate, I...
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Painting Experiments
This month I’ve been creating a doodle a day along with several other artists on Instagram (#doodleadayaug). I wasn’t intending to have a theme when I started, but after the first few days, I realized...
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Bottles for Light Grey Art Lab’s 6 Degrees Show
Several weeks ago I saw a call for art at Light Grey Art Lab. The show is called 6 Degrees, and it’s an, “exhibition and project celebrating the work and cultures of artists from around the globe–a...
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Pattern a Day October
After creating patterns for over a year, it’s funny that I never realized that most of the patterns I created were on white backgrounds. I became aware of that fact before October, so I thought it...
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Gouache Paintings Made with Extra Paint
Gouache is one of my favorite mediums to use. I worked with it in October and November for my daily pattern project, and during the process, something new developed–a series of abstract paintings I...
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We Are The Contributors
We Are The Contributors is a cool new creative community that hosts collaborative projects. Some of their goals are to create and showcase art projects inspired by a theme while growing their creative...
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