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Bird Study

Painting birds. This is a study of a baby bluebird that I wanted to paint to try a new acrylic technique.  I learn from the best and hope my style keeps improving. bluebird with yellow 8 x 8 inch acrylic on canvas.

Folio Focus Week Eight – Faces

When I hear the word “faces”, I think immediately of a famous person, or an animal’s face.  With last week’s Folio Focus assignment, I decided to do a drawing room scene with four faces, including Gertrude Stein, her companion Alice B. Toklas (the woman behind the famous “brownie” recipe),  and their pets Basket and Pepe.  I…

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Folio Focus 2017 Weeks One and Two

Here I go again, on my own… Well, not exactly, but I love Whitesnake and wanted to use the lyrics somehow!  I’m taking another class, this time with riseandshinedesign.com, through their Folio Focus 2017 Portfolio Builder.  Each week, a new brief is presented, with trend reports, helpful hints, incentives, and mock-up materials.  The first week,…

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