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Try It, You’ll Like It
Try It. You’ll like it. Those were popular words in advertising a few decades back. One of my favorite “try it, you’ll like it” ads was this one from Alka-Seltzer: Always good for a laugh, don’t you...
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It Ain’t Me, Babe
If you’re old like me, you’ll remember this Bob Dylan classic. “It Ain’t Me, Babe” is said to be one of the greatest poems ever set to music, and as a huge fan of Dylan, I count it among my favorites....
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Art Quiz: The Answer is Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov
I’d never heard of Rayonism before… which is hardly surprising. I don’t have much background in art history, and what little I have learned has focused on tonalism and impressionism. The more...
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Close Your Eyes… And Draw
In learning art, we hear over and over again about how important it is that we LOOK at what we’re drawing, not necessarily at the marks we’re making, but definitely at our subject. In fact, in Keys to...
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Today’s post is short and to the point. I’m intrigued by avant-garde art, especially art created by artists such as Wassily Kandinsky, and now that I’ve learned about them, Natalia Goncharova and...
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Welcome June!
I’m a bit behind on posting this since I’ve been so wrapped up in other projects I’ve wanted to share. Remember the idea of creating “color and pattern” inspirations? When I wrote that post I...
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Wouldn’t It Be Fun…?
Earlier this month, as part of Joy Ting’s “daily practice” with watercolor — Color Play: Watercolor — I did an overall “leaf doodle” design. This is the sort of art project I have problems with,...
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Starting With Something Simple
The good news — well, I guess it’s good — is that I’m getting back to the studio. I’ve been thinking about picking up a paintbrush again, thinking about putting a bit of paint on a palette, thinking...
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When it’s Done, It’s Done
Obviously I’ve been going through a lot of intense emotions. My feelings are still very mixed when it comes to art. Time and again I find myself thinking about coming to the studio and getting out my...
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A Little Heavy on the Posca
One of my first projects since my return to the studio was a mixed media abstract, one of a series of lessons in one of a series of workshops I’ve signed up for, which I found in one of a series of...
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