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Showing posts with label self portraits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label self portraits. Show all posts
Monday, February 7, 2011

GOOD THINGS DO COME IN THREES!

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I received a phone call today telling me that I won 2nd place with this painting in the 2nd Annual Signature American Watercolor Exhibition ...
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Monday, January 31, 2011

SURPRISES!

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I flew home from Portland this afternoon and found several wonderful surprises!  First was this tote bag I had custom made by Flashbag .  I ...
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Friday, November 19, 2010

SELF PORTRAITS STUDENT SLIDE SHOW!

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Today we worked on creating self portraits by looking in the mirror as opposed to working from a photograph.  I was impressed with the ...
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

BACK TO WORK!

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 I am still putting things away after my return from LaCrosse.  The studio is finally looking like I can work out there again.  After a li...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

LA CROSSE DAY 3 DEMO: LINE

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I have been admiring Norman Laliberte's work lately.  This is my tribute to him.  Torn black paper silhouette and white and black ink w...
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

SHAPE DEMO FOR LA CROSSE WORKSHOP!

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With a roll of the dice, each participant discovered which element of design they would be working with along with Shape.  Can you guess wh...
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Monday, October 11, 2010

IN THE MEANTIME...

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I am frustrated that I don't have time to work on some painting.  I have managed to do some work in my sketchbook but mostly I am doing...
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Sunday, September 12, 2010

NOW TO COME UP WITH A TITLE!

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  I am excited about how this experiment turned out!  I learned a lot and had the most fun painting on both sides of the paper.  There are a...
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Sunday, May 16, 2010

MASK SKETCHES COMPLETED!

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I am satisfied with the mask images.  Can you identify these artistic women icons?  I was able to use my iPad at the Gallery even though the...
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Friday, May 14, 2010

2nd DRAWING FOR NEW PAINTING!

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It is difficult to photograph these drawings as they are graphite on tracing paper and I am not pressing all that hard on much of the drawin...
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Thursday, April 29, 2010

UNDER THE WIRE!

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Sorry, Gordon, too late.  I already painted over the drawing.  I took this painting to critique this morning and they declared it "fini...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

DRAWING DONE & READY TO PAINT!

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I did the tissue paper layer Monday and didn't get around to drawing on the image until today.  My great plans for painting yesterday go...
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Monday, April 26, 2010

THE START OF SOMETHING KNOWN BUT NOT KNOWN!

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In the middle of trying to unpack from my Oregon trip, deal with end of the month matters, doctors' appointments and all the other ...
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

IT'S DONE...NO FOOLING!

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My critique group acts as my expert eyes.  Often, they see something I missed.  Sometimes their opinions are different from mine and I am no...
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A WORK IN PROGRESS!

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Here is the painting on my easel.  These insulation boards used instead of gatorboard to support the painting are great.  Not only are they ...
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER!

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I realized I had enough of these daily drawings (see "Drawn to the Mirror" blog) to make a background for my next collage self por...
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Sunday, February 7, 2010

BLEEDING HEART: FINAL VERSION COMPLETED!

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I think this painting is finished.  At least I am finished messing with it.  I was surprised I was able to make some major...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

CONTINUING WITH THE SERIES...NEW PAINTING STAGE 1

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I was looking forward to getting back into the studio...well maybe not in the studio exactly because it is slightly trashed, so I worked in...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

IT'S FINISHED!

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It was a wild weather day here in the SF Bay Area.  High winds and driving rains kept me from going to the critique group I lead, so I spen...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010

UPDATES

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Half way finished with this painting in my self portrait collage series.  I  based it on one of my Drawn to the Mirror images.  I start tea...
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