Monday, March 20, 2017

Blogging A to Z 2017 Theme Reveal!

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Drum roll please. . . AUSTRALIA! I visited this lovely country and continent three times and just love it there!  Check my blog every...
Sunday, March 12, 2017

Happy as a clam

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9 3/4" x 9 3/4" While working with defining edges and shadows
Thursday, March 09, 2017

Brusho ATC Swap - Spring theme

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I love daffodils - they are my birth month flower and we can grow them in Texas.  I did two sets of three - Each one turned out differently....
Sunday, February 26, 2017

Floral Time Lines

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Practicing line drawing with another quick timed sketch and watercolor, using a Tombow 977 and extra palette "mud" (leftover paint...
Thursday, February 23, 2017

Thursday Tea Time - Afternoon, Darjeeling Tea

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It pays to shop around - I found a box of Afternoon Darjeeling Tea by Taylors of Harrogate, 20 individually-wrapped tea bags for only $2.99 ...
Sunday, February 19, 2017

La vie en rose

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Inspiration from a Lila Rose hang tag -- I liked the abstract line drawing of a rose and tried it two ways...scratching out while still wet ...
Sunday, February 12, 2017

Plum Triple Play - Practice, Practice, Practice

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Persistance pays off! I marked off Fabriano 140 pound cold press into thirds. . .and painted!  Repeating - "Line, pattern, shape...
Saturday, February 11, 2017

Peggy Persists in Practicing Painting Plums - Part 2

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Plums Fabriano Hot Press 9" x 12" Inspired by Van Gogh's "Still Life with Basket of Apples" 1887 I kept it fast...
Wednesday, February 08, 2017

Wednesday Work in Progress - Peggy Practices Painting Plums

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10 1/2" x 11 1/4" Learning to make highlights by lifting and using gouache and more fuzzy shadow practice.
Saturday, January 28, 2017

30 Paintings in 30 Days - Take Two...Lemons

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10" x 8 1/2" Analogous color wheel study - blue and green bottles with lemons.  The background is actually pale cobalt blue - ...
Thursday, January 26, 2017

Thursday Tea Time - Pear with me

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Here is another one of Madame Flavour's unique blends - Delicate Green Jasmine & Pear. Open the package and just inhale the fru...
Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Wednesday Work in Progress - LemonAid

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When a still life hands you a lemon - practice crazy painting them! There is something quite freeing when all hope is lost. #whattheheck #ju...
Tuesday, January 24, 2017

30 Paintings in 30 Days - Color Wheel Fun "Well Red"

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Matthew 5: 1-12 "The mountain to be climbed is love" - Robert DeLeon, CSC Analogous landscape trees - watercolor color wheel ...
Monday, January 23, 2017

Part 20 of Adventures with Brusho

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Hobby Lobby also had on clearance for 54 cents the tear-dropped shapes in the Blank Slate by Traditions.  I thought they looked like lotus p...
Sunday, January 22, 2017

30 Paintings in 30 Days & Sunday Funday

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"Roll with it" Rerolled bag of kolaches, two watercolor sketches in one. The dangers of painting and sketching at the kitchen t...
Thursday, January 19, 2017

Thursday Tea Time - Did you say more tea, eh? I said Yay!

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If you don't have a David's Tea in your city, find someone who does or take a trip!    They have the most delicious and unusual tea ...

30 Paintings in 30 Days - Day 19 -- Part 19 of Adventures with Brusho -- The Daffiness continues

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OK, so this time I thought I would actually "paint" with Brusho using a paintbrush.  All the splatter and shave cream and abstrac...
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

30 Paintings 30 Days - Day 18 - Daffy

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YAS! Plexiglass, practice and progress all go together!  And you actually try it yourself and figure it out yourself - I thought all fou...