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| December 30 - Keep Painting: I'm going to keep painting till I finally get something correct. I finished my newest watercolor of "Dorise". Now, I need to get back to working on "Street People NOLA". If it works out - this one has a chance of being a winner.   ... |
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| December 29 - Life On The Street: I'm starting a new composition - it's a challenging one - but the subject matter is fantastic - I thought it best to leave the cluttered background empty. The format is very horizontal - should end up about 17 x 26 inches before it's matted.  ... |
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| December 28 - Progress on "Dorise": Progress on Dorise - so far - I'm considering a dark background.  ... |
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| December 27 - Shadows Finished: I'm starting to appreciate the way this one turned out - I'm still not sure if it's entry quality for a juried show.   ... |
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| December 26 - A Bit of Salt: A start on my newest watercolor of "Dorise" - I like to put a layer of color on at first. I will show through laters layers of color - plus a bit of salt for texture.   ... |
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| December 25 - Merry Christmas: Second time around for some subjects - I'm starting to paint from old subjects - my first choice is "Dorise" - Tanya & Dorise play beautiful music on Royal Street in New Orleans. I'll play one of their CD's while I'm painting.   ... |
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| December 24 - Local Exhibitions: There are a couple local exhibitions coming up soon. These are the 4 watercolors I plan to enter in the First Methodist Exhibit.  ... |
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| December 23 - Old Subjects for New Watercolors: I've been going through old photos on my computer. I'm trying to find subjects to paint. Some, I've painted before - but, perhaps I can do a better job now. Tanya & Dorise play beautiful music on Royal Street in New Orleans. These two ladies make wonderful subjects for my watercolors.  ... |
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| December 22 - Shadows Are Fun: Searching through old photos I discovered this one from Cartagena, Spain from a cruise we took a few years back. This painting should be fun - I get to play with back lighting of the figures plus the melting of the cast shadows.   ... |
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| December 21 - Last of a Series: I finished my fourth in my Brother John series - Time to move on to more subjects   ... |
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| December 20 - Finished: This morning, painting with my Friday friends at the Unitarian Church, I completed my newest watercolor of "Lian Quan Zhen". A friend suggested that I send the image to him - so I did. Now, I need to move on and select a new subject. I'll have to look through old photos and find some inspriation.   ... |
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| December 19 - Progress: My watercolor of "Lian Quan Zhen" before and after I removed the liquid mask. Now, I've got lots of blending and scrubbing to do.   ... |
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| December 18 - Portrait of an Artist: Here are the first few stages of my new wayercolor on "Lian Quan Zhen". Each time I introduce a color - I'm trying to place it in other areas of the composition.    ... |
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| December 17 - New Subject: Decided on a change subjects - I think I'll paint artists in process - I use to paint that years ago. My subject - Lian Quan Zhen has done workshops twice here in Albuquerque. Painting will be 15 x 18 on 300 lb Arches Rough - back of an old painting of course. ... |
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| December 15 - More Juried Exhibitions: Some additional Watercolor Juried Exhibitions to consider. Why not make the attempt to move on up ? Your best work may have been rejected by one juror and win top prize awards next time.  ... |
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| December 14 - Just The Hands: Fifth in my Brother John series -"Brother John's Hands" is on a quarter sheet of Archers Rough - matted it will fit a 20 x 16 inch frame.  ... |
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| December 13 - Progress: I'm currently working on number 4 in the series - number 5 is contemplated - it will be just "His Hands".  ... |
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| December 12 - Fourth Times A Charm: Beginning on my fourth in the series of Brother John watercolors - "In Our Hands". I hope to merge all the dark shapes together in the composition and of course focus on the Monks hands.  ... |
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| December 11 - Our Neighbor: This morning I'm starting a simple portrait of one of our neighbors who poses for me often  ... |
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| December 10 - Full Moon: I'm so glad it was a cloudless sky tonight - here's several shots of the full moon from our back yard - I photographed it hand held with my Nikon coolpix p900 it has an 83X Optical Zoom.    ... |
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| December 8 - The Bird: New Mexico Watercolor Society had our Holiday Potluck and painting exchange yesterday. My friend Rex picked the painting first, but, I took it from him.  ... |
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| December 7 - Watercolor Holiday Party: New Mexico Watercolor Society had our Holiday Potluck and painting exchange today. There was lots of good food, great company and fun had by all.  ... |
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| December 6 - Finished "Mud Artist": This morning, I finished my newest version of "Mud Artist". This time I zoomed in a bit closer to the figure which cut off much of his shadow. I'm still wondering if this one would catch the judges attention - especially one unfamilar with Taos and adobe churches of the southwest.  ... |
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| December 4 - Prior To Painting: I've started a new drawing of an old subject. I've done a successful painting of this worker applying a coat of adobe on the arch in Taos before. I'll try to do it justice again. Prior to any painting on "Mud Artist" I've protected the whites and lightest areas with "pebeo" drawing gum. For the texture of the adobe wall I've applied "Golden" light molding paste. When everything dries I'll be ready to paint.   ... |
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| December 3 - First Henson Tour: Our docent team took 3rd graders through the Henson Exhibition today - they made their own hand puppets after the tour. This exhibition means we will always have a tour through Spring. Our team has tours every other Tuesday.    ... |
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| December 2 - Kermit In Albuquerque: At the museum, this morning, we docents were treated to a couple sample tours of the Henson exhibit. Tomorrow, the team I'm on has it's first, of many, actual tours - this time it's 3rd graders.    ... |
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| December 1 - More Watercolor Entries: I decided to enter the Georgia Watercolor Society 41st National. This is my first time attempting Georgia. I think I'm producing some good work now - this can be a test. Right now I've got entries submitted into Western Fed, MasterWorks, Pence in California, and now Georgia. One painting is at Mark Arts for the Kansas National.  ... |
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