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Narcissus on a Shopping Bag
Narcissus make me smile, I hope you get a smile from these too.
Papaya on a Breakfast Tray
Our online Tuesday still life group painted two beautiful papaya halves on a breakfast tray. I liked my sketch but felt my composition needed something more, and today I painted in the azaleas and blue vase over the second papaya … Continue reading
Posted in Still Life
Tagged Black Shizen paper, Blue Vase, Gouache, Papaya, Still Life
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Tuesday Night Still-life
Our Tuesday night still-life group met online, and we were quickly engrossed and painting away. The pot was tilted on its side and I spent forever trying to get the angles of the mouth and sides to look right. I … Continue reading
Goodbye San Pancho
An interior scene is an unusual yet fitting final sketch for our two weeks in San Pancho. On our first day here, my sister-in-law received a stunning birthday bouquet from our cousin. It captured my eye the entire time we … Continue reading
Posted in Telling a Story
Tagged Flowers, Gouache, Mexico, Nayarit, San Pancho, Still Life
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Kitchen Table
The table and flowers are from this week’s Tuesday night still-life session. Because I like to include something of my own, I added our kitchen as a background.
An Afternoon in Winter
Even in San Diego, the afternoon light becomes softer and more diffuse.
Winter Fruit
Most Tuesday evenings, I participate in a Tuesday night still-life group that meets online. This week we had a bowl with deep murky colors, a white table cloth and lots of fruit. I used a large full sheet of Art … Continue reading
Deliberate Sketching 