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Notebook Sketches 3
I love these little beauties. These liitle 10 -15 minute sketches have an incredible power to clear my thinking.I really dont think of these little paintings as art but instead, like drawing, they are...
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Notebook Sketches 4
Sometimes I find it hard to keep my focus on one particular idea when it comes to painting and so sketching in color is a way to get alot of my thoughts down on paper and when ideas flow at a slower...
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Notebook Sketches 6
A day of sketches.I want everyone to know how grateful I am that you take time to visit my blog. In the colder months I paint in watercolor because my daughter has asthma. I dont paint with oils during...
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Notebook Sketches 7
These sketches have been very therapeutic for me recently aside from the fact that I love to do them. I warn you though, if you decide to begin doing these sketches on your own, it's habit forming.Cheers
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Notebook Sketches 8
I was able to get to Blick today to replenish some severely depleted watercolors. Now, I'm all stocked up and fully loaded. The bad thing was that nothing was on sale.I use Winser Newton for my primary...
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Notebook Sketches 9
I was able to pick up some new colors and try them out. I got a rose color that is so powerful that I bet I dont go through the tube in a year. Some of the colors are potent. There is a world of color...
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Notebook Sketches 10
I included some figures in this post. I am gaining a wealth of information from these tiny sketches. The real challenge is making use of this information. If it's not useful, it's waste.Economy of...
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Notebook Sketches 11
The portraits were done at the Livonia library, here in Michigan. People tend to sit very still when they read or relax in the library. The portraits took 20 - 30 minutes. I couldn't finish the ear on...
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Sunrise
I did this oil the other day when it was warm out. I cant wait for it to warm up more so I can use my oils. I used white, burnt umber, lemon yellow and ultramarine for this painting and that's it. It...
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Notebook Sketches 12
I highly recomend a composition book that school children use to paint in. It's portable and durable and I hope that I have conclusively proven that it is suitable for water sketches.I use a Cotman...
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FML0001
This is the first painting in a series of paintings. FML is personal but let me just say that there are 999 more to go.It is 16x20 oil. It took about 6 hours. Full palette. I did this from one of my...
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Windy Landscape
I grabbed an old sketch book and saw a surface I could paint on. I didn't prime it. It took the paint well. I'm sure these paintings have a shelf life. For now it's beautiful. I know that painting on...
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FML0002
998 more to go. This is actually bigger but I had to crop it. Full Palette. 11x14 oil on canvas board. I had to make 5 passes on this painting to get the textures and edges right.
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FML0003
This is a pleine aire landscape. 11x14 oil on canvas board. Started as a color/light and shadow study but quickly turned into a finished piece. 997 to go.
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Studies
Here are some recent studies. I bought a sketchbook that is the size of a world atlas and the paper is made of cotton fibers and sucks up the watercolor fast. I like being surprised by the differing...
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3 In One Day
This one took a couple of hours but a nice impression piece. 8x10 oil on panel. This one took only an hour and I was going to take it further but something told me to stop. 8x10 oil on panel.My...
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