Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Watercolor Wednesday - Abstract Thinking of Zen

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Inspired by William Tillyer and Peter M. Hicks, working in abstract.  Washes of similar values with an added shape of opaque color.  Keeping...
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Friday, September 16, 2016

Pretty in Pink - September Pre-Fall Rose Edition

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Signs of upcoming Fall - the Pink Promise rose starts cranking out lovely blooms again.   I always await with anticipation when I see a b...
Thursday, September 15, 2016

Thursday Tea Time - Français Flagstaff

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Oui, Earl Gray Français from Steep Leaf Lounge in Flagstaff, Arizona - (1 E. Aspen) We stopped there last year and had this delicious...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Wednesday Watercolor - When Still Life Gives You a Lemon

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"When Still Life Gives You a Lemon" 10 1/4" x 11 1/2" Just like practicing the scales, a still life painting gets th...
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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Make Way for the Ducklings

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Sixteen ducklings hatched yesterday in the planter in front of Beck's Prime in Sugar Land - A prime location indeed!  (In additio...
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Monday, September 12, 2016

Love is all around us - Footprints

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Even down and in the dirt. . .
Sunday, September 11, 2016

Sounds of Silence

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Edward Moran  Fifteen years later. . .  (click for the YouTube link to the version by the band, Disturbed) Save Save Save Save
Friday, September 09, 2016

Women of Watercolor - Pretty in Pink

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Playing around on my Fabriano cold press watercolor at the end of the day before putting away the paints and after seeing inspiration on P...
Thursday, September 08, 2016

Thursday Tea Time - Twinings Classics Prince of Wales Tea

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Still clearing the shelves of the teas I've accumulated and tucked away.  Here's an oldie but goodie from 2013.  I think I boug...

Redbox Review - A Royal Night Out

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A Royal Night Out (Redbox Rental) - 3 stars A period piece from 1945 and the madcap adventures by the Princesses Royal in London on VE D...
Wednesday, September 07, 2016

Watercolor Wednesday - Chillin' at 72 degrees

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Chilllin' at 72 degrees 10" x 8 1/2" watercolor Playing with my Strathmore 300 Series watercolor paper, trying to get th...
Tuesday, September 06, 2016

Pinked to Gray

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Fireberry tea - great to drink , dye wooden spoons... but not so much paper. ?!?! Well...It's a pretty dove gray, a nice neut...
Monday, September 05, 2016

P is for Palette

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Inspired by watercolor artists extraordinaire Heidi Willis and Judi Betts, I decided to upgrade my palette .   I found it at Texas Art Sup...
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Sunday, September 04, 2016

Divino Nino - The Beckoning Child Jesus

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8" x 12" watercolor My watercolor rendition of Divino Nino / Divine Child Jesus. I always loved the Holy Cards with the to...
Thursday, September 01, 2016

“Yet we keep flashing, disappearing, and again blossoming out in this Eternity.” —Yayoi Kusama

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What is neat is the lights do disappear and then return. . . (You get less than a minute, but I was lucky with my allotted time and w...
Wednesday, August 31, 2016

“Often a purple patch or two is tacked on to a serious work of high promise..." Horace

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Test strips of my purples and violets -- Qor Doxazine Purple This one seems more of a blue purple to me. Daniel Smith Carbazole...
Tuesday, August 30, 2016

A little birdie told me. . .

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to play some more with the Fabriano hot press paper! I found this Folk Art bird layering three-piece stencil set (mask, silhouette and pat...