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Five Days on the North Rim
We camped on the edge of the Grand Canyon’s North Rim, not in the park, but along the Rainbow Trail in Kaibab Forest. If you look closely at this painting, you can see our two campers, my husband, sister, and … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape, Learning, Uncategorized
Tagged Arizona, Gouache, Grand Canyon, North Rim, North Timp Point, Plein Air, Rainbow Trail
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Slow Days of Summer
Hanging out with family under shade trees in the heat of summer may be one of the best experiences ever. I wanted to capture this feeling of slow togetherness in this sketch.
Posted in Groups Interacting, Learning, Telling a Story
Tagged Black Watercolor Paper, Gouache, Summer, Yavapai County Arizona
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Sunset in the Meadow
When I look at the collection above of the plein air paintings that I did on our recent trip to Colorado, I notice that I am reluctant to include people in the landscapes and to use vivid accent colors. Since … Continue reading
Posted in Deliberate Practice
Tagged Black Watercolor Paper, Colorado, Figures, Gouache, Sunset
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Marigolds on Stripes
I brought my marigolds inside and took my time arranging the composition. For color and shape contrast, I put the round orange flowers on a mostly blue striped tablecloth. Then I arranged the wrinkles in the stripes to counter the … Continue reading
Describing Nature’s Beauty
There are so many ways of looking at, thinking about, and admiring nature. Some do it with words, photos, or paint, others in less common ways. Over the years I have come to appreciate the perspective of my favorite mathematician, … Continue reading
Gordon Shows Us How He Paints
I admire the exuberance and humor in the paintings of a local artist, Gordon Bashant. He uses primary colors, black outlines, calligraphy, strong values, and halos. It gives his work a boisterous happy feeling that I would like my own … Continue reading
Intuitive Painting
I just finished a four-day workshop on intuitive painting with the Arizona artist, Stan Kurth. Above are three of my favorite paintings that I did during the workshop. We learned to develop paintings intuitively. Not from life, not from a … Continue reading