self care
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What An Orange Color This Is!
I can feel the warmth and wonder of that day. Yes, first it was watercolor in bright and warm yellow ochre, cadmium yellow, and orange red. Or wait, I think I mixed an, let’s call it ochre orange or orange… Continue reading
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Keeping that Idea Alive
The shape of these flowers was created with my fingers, and then a flat brush was used for the stroke texture. Sometimes you have to go with the idea. Sometimes it works and other times it leads to what does!… Continue reading
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Make it a Colorful Life
Everything’s Rosy? No, not always. Painting helps, right? Continue reading
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Paint a Tree with Heart Shaped Leaves
This is a project I had the honor, yes honor, of working on. The walls were bare. The tree was bare. No colors. No spring. Then I did what I always hoped my art could do. I had an idea,… Continue reading
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Some Projects Work
and some don’t. Yet in every project there’s new color, a new way to use an old tool. In every project there is practice and YOU. Keep making art. I had a simple idea with ornaments and created these flowers.… Continue reading
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Poem About the Joys of Making Art
Getting better at mixing pinks Yellows and browns sun-kissed Adding water to acrylic Losing track of time Sennelier worth every dime Falling in love like looking at the stars above Having a ball A little doubt but no longer afraid… Continue reading
A Painted Garden 