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  • The Color of Maps

    The Color of Maps

    The next few posts are going to include how color was introduced to the genre of maps and charts. The earliest maps were used for storytelling and wayfinding on land and at sea. Military planning and plant hunting were specialized areas using early colored maps. In the 1780s the profession of ‘topographic artist’ was introduced. […]

    MSRitzman

    August 2, 2022
    2022 Color
    Color week, Jean Mackay, maps, watercolor maps, watercolor practice, Winslowartcenter.com
  • Too Brilliant Color

    Too Brilliant Color

    If you pause and look around the environment where you are right now, do you see much Orange? Orange, our color this week does not casually creep into our personal environment… possibly if we are outdoors in the fall foliage, or maybe if we work in an industrial site surrounded by safety messaging or drive […]

    MSRitzman

    July 20, 2022
    2022 Color
    color choices, Color week, orange, orange garden flowers, orange varnish, victoria finlay, watercolor practice
  • Yucca

    Yucca

    The Yucca has become a smart plant for urban gardens. The plant is low maintenance, copes well in sun or shade and brings an interesting heritage. Seeing the flowering Yucca on my daily walk route and a family members visit to the Fremont Indian State Park & Museum has inspired this post.

    MSRitzman

    July 13, 2022
    2022 Color
    color, color choices, Fremont culture, Pigment, sapoines, yucca
  • Getting Started

    Getting Started

    When starting the watercolor sketch for this post it was to explore the three watercolors that made it onto my palette when I first started watercolor. The plant I chose to sketch is – Akebia quinata or 5-Leaf Vine. Synchronicity set in … it was 5 years ago that I took my first ‘encore’ / […]

    MSRitzman

    July 8, 2022
    2022 Color
    color choices, Color week, Cynthia Armstrong, Ian de Hoog, jane barton, Jean Mackay, kathleen Mckeenan, lisa snow lady, Shari Blaukopf, watercolor practice, Winslowartcenter.com
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