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Black and white, large, then crop
These were cropped from large sheets of paper on which I used black and white media (acrylic paint and ink). Why have I not explored black and white before???? The purpose was to use large gestures,...
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Black paint, wash, 1 piece of collage, 1 color
These range from 7 x 7 inches to about 8.5 x 8.5 inches. The process: black paint, a wash (diluted black paint) & let that dray; add one piece of collage; add one color (acrylic paint in this...
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Prompt & Inspiration – Painting, Poetry
I recently partnered with my friend Robbi Nester for each of us to create a piece (poem by her, painting by me) for the most recent issue (18) of the online journal Sparked (www.getsparked.org)....
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Line and free-form design
Five’s a crowd I still do not draw regularly, but I am drawing more often than I have been in the last few years. I’ve watched videos on life drawing, bought or gone back to some drawing books I own,...
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Light Fall – mixed media
I completed this painting just in time to have it included with several others to be featured in the upcoming issue of Inlandia: a Literary Journey. Light Fall, mixed media I began with torn papers...
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Abstract Mixed Media in early March
I started these two a week ago and finished them a couple of days ago. I had been working on abstract landscapes (acrylic or mixed media with collage) and was ready to move in a different direction....
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Influences: Mike Bernard
I am lucky enough to work for a university’s Interlibrary Loan Department, so I can often borrow and preview art books before I decide whether to buy them. I have been borrowing quite a few books...
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Bulgaria, Virtual Paintout 1
My first submission to The Virtual Paintout site. “Just before snow,” (Bulgaria) acrylic, 12 x 12 in. on stretched canvas
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Virtual Paintout, Second Submission
I submitted this painting (my second for the April location–Bulgaria) to Virtual Paintout on the last day and it is up with many other art pieces well worth studying. Go to the far bottom right when...
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Found Objects
In the process of cleaning up my painting area, I had to move these things I had laid out long ago and covered with cardboard to keep the dust down. In case the bits slip away from one another (and...
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Virtual Paintout, May 2013, Lido di Jesolo, Italy
I just submitted this painting to the Virtual Paintout site. For May, we visited Lido di Jesolo (Italy) via Google Street View. I was after the late evening (or was it early morning?) light....
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Azores & Pampas
I finished two paintings this week, one for Virtual Paintout (trees and hydrangeas) and one from a photographic I took of pampas grass in the neighborhood. Trees and Hydrangeas in the Azores (acrylic...
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Michigan paintings to be continued
I was in Michigan recently, visiting family and house sitting many cats and a dog while my sister took a much-needed vacation “away.” Last year I started a painting that I was not happy with, so I...
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Bloomin’ Bird, mixed media painting
Bloomin’ Bird 11 x 13.5 on paper Lately I have focused on using some of the magazine pages I have collected (and I have collected a large box full). Generally, I use smaller or larger sections of...
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Bird Walk, mixed media
Bird Walk, mixed media, 9 x 12 in. on mat board This is another piece that began with bits of magazine paper, mostly altered pages (sanded to capture textures underneath; see earlier posts on how I...
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Night Circus – mixed media
Night Circus, mixed media 11 x 15 inches, on paper Process: affixing torn bits of magazine pages (chosen for color and texture) over the surface; applying acrylic paint to connect the bits; looking...
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Mixed Media Collage
Bird Watch, mixed media, 12×16 in. on board More birds. Took a painting workshop from Robert Burridge recently and just want to paint. When the fire cools, I will post more new paintings. The...
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Mixed media, Go-round
Go-round, mixed media collage What do you see? The post Mixed media, Go-round appeared first on Lavina Blossom Art Blog.
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Banana in a bowl series
In late November of last year, I started a practice series of paintings of a banana in an old white bowl. The first few days were more like warm-ups. The third day’s painting (on 11/27) turned out...
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Banana in a bowl series – more
More in the series of my daily paintings in December, experimenting with surfaces, collage, acrylic inks, using different colors and backgrounds… banana in bowl series 12/1/13 12/2/13 painting 12/3/13...
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