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Figure drawing – Mockingbirds at midnight
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Painting all the world that's under the sky. Watercolor Portrait Classes and Workshops. How to find artistic vision when you’re just groping in the dark. May 16, 2016. May 15, 2016. 5-minute figures in watercolor. Once a week I attend a life drawing session. I love figure drawing more than doing just about anything else (except maybe eating ice cream). My brain, smarter than my heart, says, “give it up. Go watch a movie instead.” But my stubborn and desperate heart over rules my brain...8230;no, really,.
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Uncategorized – Mockingbirds at midnight
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Painting all the world that's under the sky. Watercolor Portrait Classes and Workshops. Thanks for the mention! August 24, 2016. I am excited and touched that blogger Anne Chan at Annectar’s Room. Profiled me, along with painter Natasha Nashadka. Anne says some lovely things, and I appreciate her beautiful words. Thank you Anne, and I’ve been enjoying your blog. Please share my blog! Join me for World Watercolor Month. July 1, 2016. Somehow July has become World Watercolor Month. Please share my blog!
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drawing children – Mockingbirds at midnight
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Painting all the world that's under the sky. Watercolor Portrait Classes and Workshops. Sketching at the Farmer’s market. August 4, 2015. It’s not quite urban sketching, but our local farmer’s market. In a town, and the market is big enough that there are plenty of peaches, tomatoes, squash, and cucumbers for everyone. And plenty of people for me to sketch as I slouch over my sketchbook, hiding next to the fiddler as he plays. Shove the Pig’s Foot a little Further into the Fire. Little boy with hat.
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Tutorials – Mockingbirds at midnight
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Painting all the world that's under the sky. Watercolor Portrait Classes and Workshops. Occasionally I post watercolor and drawing tutorials. I enjoy helping people learn; I know what it feels like to have the desire but not the information when creating art. This pdf lists my materials and a little bit about my process. How to paint teeth in watercolor Part 1. How to paint teeth in watercolor Part 2. Please share my blog! What are your thoughts and ideas about this post? Enter your comment here. I love ...
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how to draw portraits – Mockingbirds at midnight
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Painting all the world that's under the sky. Watercolor Portrait Classes and Workshops. How to draw portraits. How to draw portraits. July 29, 2015. July 29, 2015. Charcoal portrait of J. July 29th and August 13th I’m teaching classes on drawing the portrait from a live model at Town Hall Arts/Gallery Copper. In Copperopolis, starting at 9:30 sharp. If you live nearby, I hope you can make it. Making portraits from life is a hard task, but it’s about my favorite thing to do. Why? Please share my blog!
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Inklings of flight – Mockingbirds at midnight
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Painting all the world that's under the sky. Watercolor Portrait Classes and Workshops. August 10, 2015. August 8, 2015. I’ve never understood the mystery and aura of flight. Perhaps it’s because I grew up in an age when air travel was more of a chore than an adventure. Flying on a big ol’ jet airliner has always been just a drag: crowded, uncomfortable, smelly, and recently full of fear and long lines at security checkpoints. I wasn’t quite sure how to feel. Was grass level enough? It took a while, but ...
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portrait sketching – Mockingbirds at midnight
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Painting all the world that's under the sky. Watercolor Portrait Classes and Workshops. How to draw portraits. July 29, 2015. July 29, 2015. Charcoal portrait of J. July 29th and August 13th I’m teaching classes on drawing the portrait from a live model at Town Hall Arts/Gallery Copper. In Copperopolis, starting at 9:30 sharp. If you live nearby, I hope you can make it. Making portraits from life is a hard task, but it’s about my favorite thing to do. Why? Please share my blog! July 20, 2015. Since I was...
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Urban sketching – Mockingbirds at midnight
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Painting all the world that's under the sky. Watercolor Portrait Classes and Workshops. How to make sketches into compositions. August 6, 2015. August 4, 2015. Sketching at the Farmer’s market. Sigma Micron pen in Stillman and Birn Delta Series sketchbook. But it’s taken me a while to get to this place, to exert control over my drawings rather than my drawings controlling me. But once I began trying to design my sketches, it’s like a whole new artistic world opened up to me. People are always moving, so ...
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Portraits – Mockingbirds at midnight
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Painting all the world that's under the sky. Watercolor Portrait Classes and Workshops. Thanks for the mention! August 24, 2016. I am excited and touched that blogger Anne Chan at Annectar’s Room. Profiled me, along with painter Natasha Nashadka. Anne says some lovely things, and I appreciate her beautiful words. Thank you Anne, and I’ve been enjoying your blog. Please share my blog! Celebrate your sister on National Sisters Day. August 7, 2016. Watercolor on 6″ x 6″ Aquabord. Please share my blog! First...