Category: My Art
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After the Snow
Working on black for both of the works above: at top is acrylics on an 8″x10″ wrapped canvas, and below it is a 11″ x 14″ black art board, worked with mixed media, including pastel, colored pencil, pen, and acrylic paint! Of course the versions on the right are the digital variations that I cannot…
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Fireplace
I volunteered to work on a sort of stage set “Harry Potter fireplace” for a neighbor (!), but was stumped as how best to accomplish this mission. My goal was to re-use a pile of styrofoam packing blocks that I have stored for years, just knowing these would come in handy for a project. Now,…
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Walking in the Snow
Very unusual weather conditions in Port Townsend: many inches of snow over the past week, with serious accumulation on the ground. Schools closed, grocery stores full, but few cars on the neighborhood streets that are not getting plowed of course. I am loving it, and have been taking long slow 2-3 hour walks the last…
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Drawing Lines
I really love using one drawing, at various stages, to produce digital foils & patterns! Often the early drafts, which are simpler and may have more contrast, result in the best digital works. And I have found that photos of a drawing, which inevitably have variations in light & shadow, will produce something quite different…
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Old Print Reworked
The print is inked over encased feathers, and was too dark and monotonous in tone and hue. I took a paintbrush with thinned acrylic paint to the background. The digital piece is a transformation of a scanned monotype printing plate, also featuring a feather.
