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Experimenting with Spatter painting: Lake Michigan Shoreline
Read more: Experimenting with Spatter painting: Lake Michigan ShorelineOkay, since I’m mainly self-taught (well, I did minor in art in college, but they didn’t teach much painting technique, mostly drawing and design) I like to check out art books from the library, learn about techniques and…experiment. Sometimes they work out, sometimes they are disasters. I went to Lake Michigan a couple of weeks…
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Birds of Michigan series: Titmouse
Read more: Birds of Michigan series: TitmouseRecently, I’ve been painting birds. I did a couple for one of the bathrooms in the house I live in, to complement a series of birdhouses that a roommate put up. They look nice together, along with the shower curtain that has…birds. I live where the birds constantly come and visit, due to the feeders…
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Plein Aire painting of Atoka Lake
Read more: Plein Aire painting of Atoka LakeI love to paint outdoors, and capture the feel of a landscape on site. This is a plein aire (outdoors on site) painting that I did awhile back of the trees at Atoka Lake in Oklahoma. I was fascinated by the textures of the lichen growing on the bark, and wanted to show it. If…