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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 warm, cool, sunny, fall etc. know what you like! look for colors that work together in washes try mixing to achieve the overall value…
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