Yesterday my husband and I took a drive up into the mountains to nearby Hyatt Lake, OR. It was a beautiful day and perfect for a drive. After a good winter for snow and rain, the lakes are almost full. Naturally, I took my field painting box. There is an old snag that’s been taken […]
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Grinding Another Drawing Greetings! Its “Organic Grind” time! And, time to add another entry in my “Drawing Talent” series. The series is about on location watercolor drawings of my hometown of Talent, OR. (See the bottom of this post for more about the series). Today I took the opportunity to walk to “Organic Grind”, a
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I just wanted to do it – go and draw something around Talent, OR. Its been several months since I’ve been out. Things just keep getting in the way. For example, rain and storms are headed our direction. And, it should be rainy for several days. The signs were there that maybe I’d get rained
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Greetings! Its been a weird year. Could it be because I started out with a proud proclamation of big goals? I had great intentions of doing a painting every day. And, then, mid-January hit. A close family member became ill. And then…and then…and well, then other things happened. Its been stressful. Here I am and
Intro to Creating a Painting One of my artist friends asked to show how I go about creating my paintings. The suggestion came a couple of months ago while I was participating in a local watercolor critique group. I said “sure, no problem”. Now as I get ready to write about it, I wonder what do
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Good News I am thrilled to say that my painting “Coffee Break Conversations” has been accepted into the Watercolor Society of Oregon‘s 51st Spring Experimental Exhibition in Silverton, OR. Thank you Juror Kathleen Conover for selecting my painting as one of the 80 watercolors in the show. Its a huge honor to be included in
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Sketching Local Building Yesterday I took advantage of some afternoon sun and went out to sketch a local building. Because it was afternoon, I wanted to draw something that was facing the west. What better place to work on than the place formerly known as “Funky Fashions”? “Drawing Talent” I’d like to give a little backstory to
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Thinking About Perfection and Seth Godin Perfection…is it a good thing? I was fixing my second (or was it third?) cup of espresso this morning. Into my head popped the thought that I bet Seth Godin’s blog posts aren’t perfect everyday. I wonder what his percentages are; how many times does he hit it out
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Habit for 2016 Greetings! I would like share with you my ideas about a daily habit I’m adopting this 2016. My intention in this post is to outline the why, what and how I’m going to establish this daily habit. Inspiration I follow artist Myrna Wacknov’s blog titled her “Creativity Journey”. At the beginning of the year,
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Daily Painting Greetings! I thought I’d share last week’s paintings. These would be the final watercolor and ink paintings of December and 2015! My intention was to show you all eight watercolor and ink paintings then move on. Well, the world of blogging has evolved. It’s no longer enough just to post pictures and move on.
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