I'm halfway done with my 100 day self-portrait project! Today I'm posting days 35-50. You can see previous self portraits from this project in this post and in this one. 35. pencil with decoration by another artist in the house36. holding pencil with fist37. clay, raku fired38. white on black39. orange40. fountain pen41. Mother's Day [...]
Category: painting
#17-34 self portraits 5.9.2019
Continuing my 100 day self-portrait project, I'm posting days 17-34 this week. You can see the first 16 in this post. 17. gesture drawing18. letters19. profile in pencil20. conte crayon21. as flower22. oil pastel23. conte crayon24. large format25. multiples26. straight lines27. half face28. using foot29. drawing on drawing30. a favorite thing31. random thoughts32. random thoughts, [...]
#1-16 self portraits 4.18.2019
I've completed 16 days of my 100 day self-portrait project. I'm posting all of these self portraits to my Instagram stories, but I know not all of you are Instagram subscribers, so I'll post them here, too, in groups. Here are the first 16 days! 1. turquoise colored pencil2. single continuous line3. blind contour4. pressed [...]
recent watercolors 4.11.2019
I meet with a friend each month and we paint together. After taking a watercolor class last summer, we agreed that we wanted to continue painting. We weren't sure that we'd have the self motivation to paint on our own, so this monthly co-painting session keeps us painting! These three paintings are all from those [...]
sunflower painting 2.14.2019
Last summer I took a watercolor class taught by local watercolorist Lucy Shirek. One of our projects was a sunflower, and part of the plant was supposed to be painted outside the border of the main painting. During one of my daily walks, I stopped by the nearby community gardens where giant sunflowers are grown [...]
watercolor 1.10.2019
Last year, I took a 6-week watercolor class. Although I earned an art degree in college with an emphasis in painting, I didn't take watercolor or oil classes during my college years. I've dabbled in watercolor on my own, but thought it was time I learned some 'real' watercolor techniques. And that's why I took [...]
finished paintings 4.19.2018
In my most recent post about painting, I promised an update when all the paintings were completed. I finished them a few weeks ago, but it's taken me this long to sign each one and take photos and decide on titles. They're small, I know, but they're still good enough to hang on a wall. [...]
painting update 3.1.2018
My vow to paint more this year is holding true. Earlier this year, I wrote about wanting to paint more in this post. I seem to be able to sit down with my paints once a week, and I don't think that's quite enough. But once a week is a start! Here's where I'm at [...]
painting again 1.18.2018
Last year, I hardly picked up a paintbrush. I'm not sure why. Perhaps I had ceramics taking over my brain;) This year I vow to put the paintbrush into action again! Ceramics will have to make a little room for painting, because I want to practice both. It's often a bit daunting for me to [...]
beach art 12.29.2016
My sweetheart and I spent the first two weeks of December on the beach at beautiful Sanibel Island, Florida. Long walks on the ocean shore provided new beach art to view every day. I met the young artists of only a couple of works, both pre-teens. Here are some of my favorites! I took along [...]
