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Yellow & Pink Flower Botanical Leaves
In the spirit of painting your heart out I am going to share a painting that had me using various tools. I have been thinking about my abstract flower paintings as gardens that I could walk through. The pops of color and big vine leaves make me smile and feel the way I feel when…
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4 Color Mixing Tips + You
I have been working on color. I finally figured out how to fix my color palette. In this post, I will share four color mixing tips that have simplified my painting process. I want to be like my students who pick up the paintbrush and paint. My goal was to explore painting with my three…
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Lemons, Summer Days and Daisies
Have you finished painting and then notice how beautiful the color is in your water cup is? I have been doing that lately. I’ve also been painting with yellow and pink. These colors feel like summer days! The title of this painting is Lemons Summer Days and Daisies. What a title! I started this pattern…
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Lemons and Pink Flowers
Lemonade on a hot summer day will cool you off. Walking through a garden filled with big pink roses cools me off too. In this painting session I mixed lovely shades of yellow, got out my flat brush and painted lemons and pink flowers. Here are the supplies I used: Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Medium, Quinacridone…
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Art Is a Form of Self-Care
Art can always guide us and teach us how to live deeper lives. I’ll be sharing a poem on all of the lessons I have been learning and end with the story behind my painting. Trying to be the best Thinking you have to know it all-impress Sitting with doubt and the fear Silence and…
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Artist Quote About Taking Deep Breaths
Take a moment to breathe and gather your thoughts wherever you can. -Morgan Harper Nichols Oh, I wish I had read this quote before I painted. Here’s what happened. I mixed a lovely bright pistachio green. Yes, I referenced my color mixing from last week. Then the flowers seemed dull, and I mixed up Magenta…
A Painted Garden 