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Happy Autumn!
I have to admit, I’m beginning to like autumn. It’s cool weather ends the hot weather of summer. Much as I love summer, I look forward to the end of it. Also, the colors of the leaves are another reason I like fall. Here, I was just stepping out of the car and saw this.…
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Love Shack, Baby!
Ok, I’m wrong, my devotion to the B52’s not withstanding. It’s a love nest. My friend looked at it and said ” You must have been a little squirrely when you drew this. “. Another friend chimed in, “No, she was just plain nuts!”. Well, so much for my friends. It is a squirrels’ nest.…
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Blown Away
What do I think of other artists’ work? I love it! I love it better than my own work, if I am honest. Mostly, I prefer representational work, although some abstract blows me away, too. What I really like is work similar to my own, only better. Frustration hits, though, when something in the non-art,…
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Autumn Already?
Yes, it’s fall, and I’m enjoying it. Today was a crisp, bright day, with a sapphire sky. I went to the local farmer’s market. Apple and pears abounded-not to mention pumpkins. No, I’m not talking about my cat again. I’m talking about the raw materials for jack-o-lanterns. My very first autumn picture in colored pencil…
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It Sort of Makes Sense
So, in tribute to Autumn coming – hard to tell with the summer weather we’ve been having-I did this drawing, “September Field”. I’ve always been attracted to drawing landscapes, and now I realize why. Landscapes capture moods in complex way. I’m not talking something simple like a sunny day being happy. I’m talking about the…
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The Seasons Changed, and So Did I
Okay, when I posted back some time ago, I was complaining about drawing foliage. This started a downward spiral to me hating doing artwork all together, and hating my finished drawings. I’d see ideas for artwork, but I’d shiver in disgust at the thought of drawing. So, I stopped for a while. I don’t make…
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Let’s Get Small!
I’ve worked in the same size for finished drawings since the 1980’s. In those days, I would do copy after copy until my frustration limit, or until I got the drawing as I wanted it. Truthfully, I mostly compromised between those two points. It would take maybe five efforts, and I managed to complete only…
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Happy Halloween, Samhain,….or October 31
Sad to say, I have to take a bit of a break from drawing…I’m having trouble with my thumb due to a repetitive motion injury. I can’t grasp a pencil very well….but fortunately, I can type one finger at a time. I can’t let this day go by without some commemoration. So, tomorrow is November…for…
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I Miss New York! Well, Not Exactly….
I actually miss Manhattan. Unfortunately, there was no magic way to teleport from Queens to Manhattan, and vice versa, so I was stuck, along with millions of others…with the subway. I’ve seen some beautiful artwork romanticizing the subway, but it’s not a romantic memory to me. But yes, I do miss Manhattan. It’s the part…
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