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Italian Earth Colors
Raw Sienna. Burnt Sienna. These earth colors are associated with the Italian landscape and essential for a palette used for nature sketching in Italy – our color topic today. Jean Mackay is leading a Winslow Art Center workshop in Italy where I hope to up my skills in composition and page refinement while sketching outdoors.
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Fresh vs Dried
As I am preparing to go off on a nature sketching excursion next month now is a good time to explore the merits of fresh vs dried watercolor on the palette. Freshly squeezed paint on a palette is nice for painting in the studio. Paint from the tube squeezed into a pan and dried is […]
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WordPrompt April GREEN
For someone who blogs about color each week I welcome ‘Green’ as the WordPress monthly prompt. For those who are not WordPress publishers the monthly prompt challenge is to help writers with a creative topic, a ‘monthly word to inspire a new post whatever you publish’. Recently I have participated in online classes offered by […]
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Textile Tales to Know
This week I want to share some intriguing sites that explore the history of textiles, [accented by my doodling]. Cloth, textiles, yarn, trims, ribbons and their makers are all included in the fascinating stories of textile tales told by two very talented and enthusiastic textile researchers: Rebecca Devaney and Jo Andrews.
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