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I’ve had great fun this past week getting outside to field sketch and to test out my new tripod. I’m able to paint my largest plein-air sketches yet with it- 15″ x 30″! I’m heading to Seattle this week and plan to pick up a larger drawing board that will support a full 22″ x [...]
I listened today to a TED talk by Dan Buettner on how to live to 100 years old and took time to reflect on my art and lifestyle choices. Buettner and his team have studied communities around the world whose elders live to record setting ages with vigor, and this talk features nine habits that [...]
The sky yesterday at lunch was magnificent. Cumulus clouds were boiling over the hills, growing in towering cumulonimbus as the winds began to gust. After lunch, my husband Darin and I dashed outside to record the clouds with my paints and his camera. The clouds advanced and within half an hour the sky was overcast. [...]
I had a great time sketching this past weekend. I’m excited to build my Methow Valley palette and plan this spring to develop a series of watercolors that will be exhibited at the local (and delicious) Cinnamon Twisp Bakery.
I sat outside on my porch a few days ago with my watercolors and painted amid gusts [...]
Last week I was in Seattle for a few days and saw a great show by Wilco at the Paramount theater. While waiting in line for the doors to open, I had fun sketching with the Brushes app on my new iPod Touch (birthday present and loving it). Brushes is great fun- I learned about [...]
