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Dusty Painting: December 10th
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Art journal, thoughts about life, painting, community and more. Thursday, December 11, 2014. It is hard to sit down and write. Especially if you are posting frequent work related stuff. This is me trying to do something different. Something outside of my comfort zone - the landscape. It was challenging to decide how to leave the background, yes! The front poppy has detail and all but I kept going back and forth defining the flowers in the background and then trying to make them go back further.
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Dusty Painting: October 2012
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Art journal, thoughts about life, painting, community and more. Monday, October 8, 2012. Last month or so, a friend of mine asked me to paint a picture he had taken here in Washington state. He was on fishing and on vacation. It's probably the best piece I have so far in my portfolio. Everyone who has complimented me for it is amazed by the colors. Purples - my favorites - right? Sunrise in Methow River, WA. The reflections are so perfect that make it hard to accomplish. It was a fun work to do. I went d...
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Dusty Painting: May 2013
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Art journal, thoughts about life, painting, community and more. Sunday, May 26, 2013. A painting of the tulip fields. Sun light sneaking in thru the trees in a friend's garden. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Promote Your Page Too. Barbara Newton Art Journal. Pastel on black mat. Painting a Snow Scene in 6 Easy Steps. Carol Marine's Painting a Day. Marla Baggetta Daily Painting Journal. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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Dusty Painting: Daily Painting?
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Art journal, thoughts about life, painting, community and more. Friday, December 5, 2014. I got literally possessed by the book Daily Painting. By Carol Marine. I read a few pages and off I was preparing some surfaces with watercolor paper and ground for pastels. The idea is to have paper available quickly that can be cut in sizes 5x7 or 6x6 or any other small size and use them to make some sort of art every day. Every day is a lot of commitment. But even twice a week will do. View my complete profile.
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Dusty Painting: Holidays
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Art journal, thoughts about life, painting, community and more. Saturday, December 20, 2014. I love the look of this little guy. I used a real Christmas tree ornament as a model. It came in a set of 4 - will I paint the others? The background is darker than it appears in the picture and it makes his serious stand pop out of the painting a lot. Reds and purples contrast with the white of the beard. I was able to apply some gold and silver pastel pigments to give a sparkly look. View my complete profile.
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Dusty Painting: Edmonds Art Walk! June 2015
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Art journal, thoughts about life, painting, community and more. Monday, June 22, 2015. Again, thanks to Michael from. Christopher Framing and Gallery. My latest work with pastels are on display at his gallery. This time, you can find a series of new brilliant colors and contrast in local landscapes - Bothell area - and some wildlife as well. The work will be on display for a month until the next month's Art Walk (July 16th). Stop by and check it out! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Pastel on black mat.
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Dusty Painting: August 2015
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Art journal, thoughts about life, painting, community and more. Saturday, August 15, 2015. Guest artist: Vickie Stokes. Vickie is dear friend of mine and a talented artist. I met her about 3 years ago in one of Janet Hamilton. S workshops and we have painted together many many times. A woman of many talents, Vickie finds the time for family, business, art and sports and . she does a very good job in all these fields! Vickie's art work was for display recently at Gallery North. She owns an italian restaur...
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Dusty Painting: August 2013
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Art journal, thoughts about life, painting, community and more. Saturday, August 17, 2013. I finally have a dedicated space for an easel and pastels. I have always wanted to have a place where I could leave all my pastel painting materials there instead of having to put stuff away. I figured that was the best way to find time to paint. I hit the fear to start problem again. First off, what to paint? That took me a while to overcome and a failure attempt at a landscape. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Carol M...
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Dusty Painting: October 2011
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Art journal, thoughts about life, painting, community and more. Tuesday, October 11, 2011. I painted this back in May of this year. I had just gotten a new set of sennelier colors and I was super excited to try them out. My main interest here was to make the water fairly real in the front part of the painting. The paper was not the best choice. But I am pretty happy with this. Influenced by my mom when I was a child I developed a passion for drawing and painting. I have become big fan of Marla Baggetta.
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Dusty Painting: August 2012
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Art journal, thoughts about life, painting, community and more. Wednesday, August 1, 2012. Bellevue Arts Festival and Marla Baggetta. Super excited about meeting my favorite artist, I decided to walk by who knows how many booths of the Bellevue Arts Festival to find Marla Baggetta. The goal was to get to meet her and of course buy one of her paintings! Yeah, go Ale! After a while I got to meet her. She has a great smile all the time and she is very warm. She remembered me from facebook!
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