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My Encore Excursions

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  • Farming

    Growing food is not something I would normally do but the opportunity presented itself in Spring.  I wanted to add a couple fruit trees to the property so planted an apple and a quince in the area I now call The Farm.  This is the same area where I discarded some pumpkin’s I had used […]

    MSRitzman

    August 24, 2020
    Projects
  • Learning to ‘fool the eye’

    Learning ‘trompe l’oeil techniques from Kathleen  McKeehen Project progress…

    MSRitzman

    January 14, 2020
    Projects, Sketching, Workshop
  • Painted Paper Flowers

    Experiments with paint and bleach on crepe paper. Working toward a grand floral display for the mantel.  

    MSRitzman

    March 25, 2015
    Projects
    crepe paper flowers, painted crepe paper flowers
  • Paper Into Flowers

    Paper Into Flowers

     It was a rainy Sunday in Seattle so I attended a “Paper Bouquet” class at Packaging Specialties.  In 2 hours I learned some basics for crepe paper and tissue flowers.  This annotation gives some basic steps that I can refer back to when I forget!

    MSRitzman

    March 22, 2015
    Projects
    crepe paper flowers, Paper flowers
  • Painted

    This past week we experimented with Annie Sloan chalk paint on furniture, fabric, ceramic, metal and bamboo:    

    MSRitzman

    September 8, 2014
    Projects
    Chalk Paint

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