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One of my artistic goals this year is to further my inspiration and learn new painting processes and techniques. I’m off to a great start! David taught us how our iPads and the Paper by 53 app are invaluable tools to have in our artist’s quiver. In our first exercise we worked from a photograph […]
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I’m taking a workshop with David Rankin. We are sketching on iPads using the Paper 53 app, then using this image to create a traditional watercolor painting. Yee ha!
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My coworker has this southern native tree/shrub growing on his property and brought a cutting to work for me. It sat on my desk several days before I had the opportunity to make a sketch. So long so that it was now or never, as the blossoms were starting to fade. I decided to use […]
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I arrived at the office this morning to find this sweet little Box Turtle in a dishpan on the conference table. My co-worker wasn’t in the office at the time, but he was on campus. He must be the reason this little one is visiting. Now far be it from me to ignore the opportunity […]
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I keep a journal at work. Sadly, it doesn’t get a lot of use. I ran across it the other day and found that I’d not posted this quick sketch made of the atamasco lily. I remember sketching the lilies in the field and then adding color and lettering back at the office. Sepia Micron […]
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At long last, spring weather has arrived! Last Friday, I made my way to a special area on Spring Island called the Trillium Garden. It’s an amazing piece of property where spotted trillium, atamasco lilies, bloodroot and mayapples, Podophyllum peltatum, naturally decorate the landscape. This year, as part of my job, I will be illustrating […]
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