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Fixin’ to be a good day - finished

May 28th, 2009 · 4 Comments

This was an experiment for me and a step away from my art comfort zone.  But I like it.

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Doing what you love.

May 20th, 2009 · 3 Comments

One artist who regularly posts some excellent and helpful pieces is Rose Welty.  She had a great article on doing art every day, even if for just ten minutes.  (Read post here) One of the things I like about that idea is that it reminds us, every day, that whatever else we may be [...]

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Draw, Plant, Save, Donate, Appreciate a Tree

April 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments

Wherever you live, you probably enjoy
the shade and scent and beauty of a tree.

When I leave home and drive in any direction, there are new neighborhoods emerging - in an incredibly short time span - from the freshly razed ground.  Mature trees are now heaped into scrap piles around the perimeter.
With the construction of most [...]

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Tree Shadows, Sun Bokeh, Tres Amigas Botanical

March 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments

I had a lot of fun last weekend at the Zilker Park Botanical Festival, sharing a “Botanical Art” booth with two other artists.  We discussed many things, art among them, and met a lot of nice people.  For a while, I tried to draw a tree, but the sun coming through the crape myrtle behind [...]

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Sunflowers, Sunny Friends

February 24th, 2009 · 4 Comments

We had a great day painting pastels of a beautiful bouquet brought by new friend Sue from Michigan and my friend Jo from Bastrop. We traded pastel tips and encouraging words while sipping Starbucks.  Life is good.

    
Sunflowers         Sue, painting
  
Jo, painting                 [...]

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Art of the pencil

December 16th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Since I have always loved the most basic element of art - pencil drawing - I wanted to post one that I did a few years ago, and links to some of my favorite pencil artists who definitely excel at pencil “painting”.  For me, drawing has always been a part of my life.  It [...]

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Leslie’s cabbage - how to draw a flower

November 5th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve seen a lot of searches to this site about ” how to sketch a flower “, and I’d like to help you find one of the best step-by-step illustrations I’ve seen. It’s by a friend of mine, Leslie Hawes, on her blog www.lesliehawes.com and is from one of the virtual sketch exercises. [...]

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Jo Castillo - Pepper’s Art Gallery, Magdalena

July 12th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Jo Castillo Art Show
I wanted to post one of my favorite Jo Castillo paintings today in honor of her fifth annual artist reception at Peppers Art Gallery, 100 E 1st., Magdalena, New Mexico, 12:00 noon - 4:00 p.m., Saturday, July 12, 2008

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