Own Your Encore

My Encore Excursions

  • Royal Color

    Royal Color

    I was referred by a reader to a colorful book, Our Rainbow Queen by Sali Hughes. I found a copy on Abe books to add to my color library. Sali Hughes is quoted as saying “The queen tends to wear one color because she feels that if people are queuing for many hours just to […]

    MSRitzman

    February 1, 2022
    2022 Color
    color choices, Color week, Daily sketch, our rainbow queen, pthalo blue, queen Elizabeth II
  • Drawn To Class

    To keep up with daily sketching means that ‘every day’ I need to put something on the page. Some sketches take a couple minutes, a ‘sketchbook’ entry typically takes 45-50 minutes and a botanical drawing can take many hours. So I’m always looking for new ways to fill the page of my ‘daily sketchbook’. When […]

    MSRitzman

    August 4, 2021
    Sketching
    color choices, Daily sketch, Field notes, Jean Mackay, watercolor practice
  • Vera Neumann Inspired

    For the month of July my weekly color posting will be inspired by Vera Neumann. She was simply known as Vera, her iconic name was on all her boldly-colored scarves and cheery home furnishings. You could often tell it was a Vera before seeing the name. There are many online sources for her history & […]

    MSRitzman

    July 6, 2021
    Sketching
    Color week, Daily sketch, Inspiration, Vera, Vera Neumann, Vintage scarves, watercolor practice

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