Strange Dreams

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Here's another little collage while I wait to remember how to paint. My husband and I take a long walk most days, and I have particularly enjoyed watching spring happen this year. I am inspired by all the new buds and leaves. Here's an abstracted version.

Watering Hole

 

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This is a scene I've painted before, but last time, there were horses. Plus the last one was in oil, and this is gouache. One great thing about gouache is that I can go back and work on it as many times as I want/need. Oil, on the other hand, gets a little finicky. Subsequent darks dry chalky, and if you go back too soon, the under layers are tacky. Plus you always have to keep in mind the fat over lean thing. With gouache all you have to worry about is overworking in general.

Rise Above

 

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Here's a little gouache landscape from a hike I took in the summer along Blodgett Creek. I have a few of these little landscapes left that have been sitting around my studio. Today I pulled them out and they inspired me to do some new ones. So you'll see those soon.

Sharing a Bed

 

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Every once in a while I think of a title like this and I am baffled that after 3000+ paintings, I haven't used it before! I took photos of these tulips in Dallas a few years ago at the Botanical Gardens with my good friend, Jackie. I kept passing them over to paint in oil, but man it works in gouache (IMHO)! Which is the great thing about using more than one medium.

Clouds Rising

 

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This is from a photo I took back in summer. Our Montana winter has been really beautiful as well, but we haven't ventured out nearly as much. I'm sure I will get braver with time. Meanwhile, I'm looking forward to the great hiking opportunities summer brings!

Now Look Right

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I worked all day on my art app review (ok, I did squeeze in some Pickleball), and now it's ready! There was a lot of info, and I thought it would be helpful to include images, so I decided to use the ArtByte format, and of course make it free. So here's "A Few Art Apps, Reviewed." I hope you find it useful. Feel free to give me feedback, and I will update it. Thanks!

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