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Artichokes in Oil (paint) & Color correcting in Photoshop
Artichokes, Oil painting on 8x8" Gessobord After deconstructing one artichoke to paint in watercolor (previous post) I decided they were too old and worn out to bother cooking them, so why not paint...
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How Maira Kalman (and I) Create Gouache Paintings with Ink Lettering
Why Are Flamingoes Pink? Gouache on hot press paper, 5.5x7.5" Why Flamingoes Are Pink (Hint: You Are What You Eat!) Why Are Flamingoes Pink? Gouache & Ink, 5.5x7.5" I adore Maira Kalman‘s...
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Hydrangeas: More Testing Fabriano Venezia Sketchbook
Hydrangeas in Pitcher, 9x11", ink & watercolor The first hydrangeas of the season provided an opportunity to try out ink and watercolor in the Fabriano Venezzia sketchbook I posted about yesterday....
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Happy Bird-Day to Me
Happy Bird-Day to Me, pencil, ink & wc 9x12 This morning I made my annual birthday pilgrimage to Fat Apples for a Baked Apple Pancake along with dear friends and family. Then I sketched this little...
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FIGuratively Speaking
Figs on Photoshop Manual, Pencil and watercolor, 6x9 These organic figs were disappointingly tasteless and so they became still life subjects instead of eating objects. I’ve been using the heavy...
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Study for Tulip Painting in Watercolor
Kaiser Hospital Tulip painting study, watercolor, 4.5" x 6.5" I accidentally arrived an hour early for a doctor’s appointment at one of Kaiser Oakland’s medical offices that has an amazing hidden...
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Boring? Not!
View north from Peet's Coffee, El Cerrito, ink & watercolor, 7x5" At first glance, the corner of San Pablo Avenue and Carlson in El Cerrito is boring, boring, boring: a wide busy avenue with boxy...
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White Roses in Creamery Bottle (and painting process stuff)
White Roses in Creamery Bottle, oil on linen, 8x8" (Available) Strauss Family Creamery is a Marin County dairy that produces organic dairy products served in old-fashioned glass bottles from happy cows...
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Brown Delivers…in the Dark (portrait in oil with steps in the process)
UPS Delivers at Night, Oil on Canvas, 20×16 (Update 12/2012: This painting is shortlisted for Portrait of the Year on Making a Mark where you can vote for your favorite until December 30, 6 a.m. PST)....
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Sunflowers in Spaghetti Jar
Sunflowers in Spaghetti Jar, oil on panel, 6×6 inches This was supposed to be a quick and easy project that went totally out of control. I wanted to try out Arches Oil Paper and quickly paint a bouquet...
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