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Chrysanthemum!!!
Today I ventured over to Volunteer Park Conservatory to take a look at chrysanthemums as a future entry into my sketching notebook. The Chrysanthemum found at the local shops are not the blooms that compete at this annual show! A member docent shared that there are 13 categories represented here. She noted that overall, this…
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Color of Bird Feathers
As I continue lessons in watercolor painting of Shorebirds with Ian de Hoog, our bird subjects these past weeks brings color of feathers to mind. The colors in the feathers of a bird are formed in two different ways, from either pigments or from light refraction caused by the structure of the feather. www.allaboutbirds.org Of…
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Birds Eye
I am back in class with Ian de Hoog painting birds, specifically Shore Birds. I have found that Ian’s unrelenting focus in his bird painting process – on the bird head and specifically the birds ‘eye’ makes this class a wonderful learning platform for watercolor techniques.
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More Landscape Color
Progress has been made in my understanding of successful watercolor landscape. Sarah Hansen has kept us on track in learning techniques for sky, mid-ground, fore-ground and today total composition. Included are
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