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Digital Daydreams
When I got up on this seventh day of vacationing with family and friends in Mexico, my sister Teresa Prevey, a digital artist and blogger, was already working on her photographs. She uses various apps on her iPad and transforms … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Facial Expression
Tagged Body Language, Gouache, Mazatlan, Mexico, Pastel
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Book and Vistas
I began this early morning sketch of my brother-in-law reading in the morning light on the balcony yesterday, and finished it this morning. Since we all read so much here, I would like to compose a painting that shows the … Continue reading
What’s a Six Letter Word that Starts with a G?
The crossword solvers had to work hard this morning on their puzzle. I think I caught their thoughtful focus in this sketch.
Settling In
We, my brother, sister, brother-in-law, husband, and I, have been here in Mazatlan less that a day and already we are settling into relaxation mode- sleeping in, reading, playing Scrabble and sketching. Although I like this sketch because it caught … Continue reading
Posted in Interior, Telling a Story
Tagged Gouache, Mazatlan Sinaloa, Mexico, People
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Between Two Trees
Today I continued to try out new surfaces to paint on. This surface is black watercolor grounds applied with a roller. It made for a rough but uniform texture and absorbed the color down into its surface. I painted at Torrey Pines … Continue reading
Posted in Deliberate Practice, Landscape
Tagged Gouache, Torrey Pines State Reserve, Watercolor grounds
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High Tide at Torrey Pines
There was such a high tide at Torrey Pines this morning, the lagoon was full of water and very exciting to sketch. In my enthusiasm, I painted over the shoreline and road but like the sketch anyway. Yesterday I prepared a … Continue reading
Posted in Deliberate Practice, Landscape
Tagged Gouache, Torrey Pines State Reserve, Watercolor grounds
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A Second Stuffed Bird
Yesterday I drew this bird but did not like the background. Today I added more gouache paint to the background and scraped it around. Then I made the sketch less dark and cropped it by using Photos and Procreate.