Musing: A period of reflection or thought. A Day For Musing. Greetings! Its a lovely Sunday afternoon. Its one of those days where the weather is unsettled, snow, then sun, then gray again. I caught myself in a state of musing as I stared out the window. I love the quiet of this time of […]
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The horse is one of my most consistent, long term subjects. And, here I am, drawing horses again! Day #9 = Horse Study. Greetings! It is indeed Day Nine of the #30paintingsin30days hosted by Leslie Seata Fine Art. Today’s piece is another in a long line of drawings and paintings featuring a horse as subject.
The Horse As Subject; Day 9 #30paintingsin30days. Its Always Fun! Read More »
Still Painting! The drawing and painting challenge is over. What to do next? Continue painting! Going for 60 plus days! Changing Challenges. Greetings! Yesterday marked the end of the Strada Easel 31 Drawings and Paintings From Life January challenge. And, today is the start of the Saeta Studio’s 30 Paintings in 30 Days challenge.
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About The Easel. Greetings! Only five days left in the Strada Easel January Challenge! This month seems to be flying by all of a sudden! Life became busy and next thing I know, its Day 26! Recently, I was asked the question “what makes a Strada Easel so special?” What an excellent question
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Its About Doing Studies. What I’d like to do with today’s article is talk to you about why I do studies. You might have noticed that I’m called my drawings and paintings for the Strada Easel challenge “studies”. I’m doing that for a reason: I’m studying! With this article, I’ll also be current in posting
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Experimenting With Paper and Paint. Greetings! Strada Easel challenge day 18 studies are about experimenting. For my first piece, I decided to try Daniel Smith‘s “Moonglow”, a lovely blend of pigments that make a nice neutral grayish tint. The experiment? Getting a feel for how the blend of pigments handles. This first study was done
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Muddy Is Good. Day 17, #stradaeasel Challenge. Greetings! Today’s muddy color study is Day 17 of the #stradaeasel challenge. I was pleased with the grays I used today and thought I’d share with you how I achieved these subtle colors. The Set Up. To begin with, today’s still life set up was gray. What
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Three Studies. Hi! I thought I’d take a few moments and catch up on posting my daily studies for the #stradaeasel challenge. I have been posting them to my Facebook personal page and business page. But, not everyone has Facebook. More to the point, I like to have my studies, paintings and drawings posted here.
Days 5 Through 7, #stradaeasel Challenge. Studies: One Teabag; Two Horses Read More »
Red and Green Challenge. Every year about Christmas time, I want to write a blog posting about dealing with the complementary colors of red and green in paintings. You see, I find it a challenge to create a painting using red and green. If I’m not careful, the resulting image will look like it ought
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New Nova Paper! Greetings! I’d like to thank Stillman & Birn for sending me a sample pack of their new Nova Series Toned Paper for Multi Media. Gift Via Stillman & Birn’s Facebook Page. To explain, I was one of 100 artists who won a sample-pack give away on Stillman & Birn’s Facebook page.
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