Sand Dunes and Morro Rock 10.7.15
This watercolour exercise was inspired by ms.diplomacy’s photo entitled Morro Rock View, which she posted on July 8th. I loved its minimalism, complementary colors, shapes and spaces. Many thanks ms.d 🙂
Painting
Studio 365: Day 190
Lessons from the Great Masters Day 8, part 2 – 9.7.15
Studio 365: Day 189
Lessons from the Great Masters Day 8, part 1 – 8.7.15
Today’s lesson was entitled Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot: balance of light and dark elements. The image started simply with a light wash followed by dark solid shapes leaving sky-holes within the foliage and painting a single tree-trunk within the reserved white of the sky. Highlights were created scraping the paint away with a sharp knife. Look for the color exercise tomorrow.
Studio 365: Day 188
   
Lessons from the Great Masters Day 7 – 7.7.15
Studio 365: Day 187
Lessons from the Great Masters Day 6 – # I
Arizona Revisited I 6.7.15
Arizona Revisited II 6.7.15
Definitely a quantum leap with today’s exercises, which involved creating watercolor monoprints by pressing paper onto wet paint on my white ceramic palette. The effects were both exciting, and not unexpectedly, surprising.
Lessons from the Great Masters Day 6 – # II
Lessons from the Great Masters Day 6 – # III
One final palette piece that deserves its own space, I’m sure you’ll agree…
It’s been quite a day…
Studio 365: Day 186
Temple of Apollo, The Asklepion, Island of Kos, Greece
Studio 365: Day 185
Sensational Santorini
On this the eve of the referendum in Greece I thought Day 185 on thechangingpalette would be a good day to post this painting of Santorini from our memorable visit there in July 2000. We have so much to thank Greece for in our modern world that has been shaped by its philosophers, its culture and its history. For this great birthplace of democracy lets hope tomorrow leads to better days ahead.
Journal  8.VII.2000
Studio 365 is on the move this weekend visiting our beautiful one-week-old granddaughter.
I’m totally smitten 🙂
Studio 365: Day 184
Lessons from the Great Masters Day 5 – 3.7.15
Studio 365: Day 183
Lessons from the Great Masters Day 4 2.7.15
  
Studio 365: Day 182
Canada Day 1.7.2015
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