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| November 30 - Bike & Adobe: I'm starting a new watercolor this morning - it's from a photo I took at the church in Ranchos de Taos. My friend Jason rode his bike over to check out the progress on the annual remudding of the churc Like myself, Jason comes to Taos every June to paint watercolors at the Sagebrush Inn. We all hope the pandemic will ease up so we all can return to Taos this June.   ... |
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| November 29 - Moon Over Our Mountain: I put the final touches on my newest watercolor - "Barcelona Shadows" yesterday. Then, today I shot some photos of the moon coming over our mountain.   ... |
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| November 23 - Is It Finished ? "Barcelona Shadows" - it's from photos I tookon the last cruise we took to Europe. Perhaps, one day, when this pandemic is finally over we will cruise again. I love painting shadows and this one is all about the shadows. I started wet-n-wet, with just a touch of color - some color plus some salt. Lot's of work since then - after my friends critique it there will most likely be some corrections. I'm open to suggestions.  ... |
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| November 22 - Sunday Morning: My work space this Sunday morning - shows the screen on my i-Mac - of course when it totally wakes up the screen will be cluttered with all the stuff on my desktop. Real sticky notes to remind me of a few things - so I don't forget everything. I also use the monitor to help me think about what to do next on my watercolors. What's that they say about a messy desk ........ Oh Yes - that's a photo I took of our mountain from our backyard.   ... |
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| November 21 - Progress: This is how far I've gotten so far - alot more work before I dare take the liquid mask off.  ... |
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| November 20 - New Painting: I got a new drawing done for a new watercolor -"Barcelona Shadows" - it's from the last cruise we took to Europe. Perhaps, one day, when this pandemic is finally over we will cruise again. I love painting shadows and this one is all about the shadows. I started wet-n-wet, with just a touch of color - some color plus some salt.   ... |
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| November 19 - Chicken Pot Pie: My wonderful bride did it again - she again created her fantastic home made chicken pot-pie. While she was baking the Pot Pie - I was finishing my newest watercolor.   ... |
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| November 17 - Seven Now: Seven on board now that the Dragon Crew joins everyone on ISS - Commander Michael Hopkins, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Shannon Walker, all of NASA, along with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Mission Specialist Soichi Noguchi dock at the ISS.  ... |
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| November 16 - Watching Live: You know I'm a space nut if I watched Crew Dragon Crew-1 docking live.  ... |
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| November 15 - USA is Back: SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on Sunday in a spectacular evening liftoff that came days after the company’s Dragon capsule became the first privately owned and operated spacecraft to be certified by NASA for human spaceflight. SpaceX earned that designation and the right to undertake what NASA hopes will be regular missions to the space station and back after it completed a test flight of two astronauts earlier this year. That May launch was the first of NASA astronauts from U.S. soil since the space shuttle was retired in 2011, forcing the United States to rely on Russia for flights to orbit for nearly a decade. With Sunday's launch, NASA took another step toward a new era in human spaceflight in which private companies partner with the government to build and design spacecraft and rockets. And it marked a coming-of-age moment for SpaceX, the California company founded by Elon Musk that was once viewed as a maverick start-up but is now one of the space industry's stalwarts and one of NASA's most significant partners.  ... |
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| November 13 - WFWS Entries: These are my three entries for WFWS - (Western Federation of Societies) - it's always tough to get accepted - Will it be Virtual or will they hang the show ? Utah is the host next year. The exhibition is to run from May 6th until June 23rd.  ... |
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| November 12 - Six String Banjo: I finished this old painting in time for tomorrow's ZOOM
Critique with my Friday Painter's Friends. At least this is proof that
my "pebeo drawing gum" (liquid mask) will come off even after sitting
on a painting for several weeks. I'm satisfied with the way it turned
out - but, I wonder if it would work better if I added a very dark
background. What do you think ? I love painting street musicians - but
this guy is too normal. I prefer streen musicians with more character -
perhaps a grunge look and dreadlocks.I finished this old painting in time for tomorrow's ZOOM
Critique with my Friday Painter's Friends. At least this is proof that
my "pebeo drawing gum" (liquid mask) will come off even after sitting
on a painting for several weeks. I'm satisfied with the way it turned
out - but, I wonder if it would work better if I added a very dark
background. What do you think ? I love painting street musicians - but
this guy is too normal. I prefer streen musicians with more character -
perhaps a grunge look and dreadlocks.
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| November 11 - Finishing Old Painting: I got out an old painting " Six String Banjo" that I had not finished - I worked on it some time this morning - this will be a real test to see if my liquid mask peals off OK.   ... |
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| November 10 - Some Progress: I made some progress on my "Wired Barn" - perhaps it needs a better title. What attracted me to it were the strong colors. It is definitly not delapated like "Bud's Barn" - but it caught my eye. We spotted it as we drove up the enchanted Circle toward Angel Fire.  ... |
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| November 9 - NAEA Going VIRTUAL: The 2021 NAEA National Convention will be VIRTUAL. The NAEA Board of Directors, the 2021 NAEA National Convention will be held entirely virtually, March 4-7, 2021. While the delivery format of the event is changing, we are projecting that this virtual convening will break records, since there will be no travel expenses for participants and we plan to still offer hundreds of sessions, workshops, discussions, keynote presentations, and more! I made a proposal to do a workshop in Chicago. Now that everything will be virtural - I'm trying to adapt my presentation to video presentation. ...
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| November 8 - New Watercolor: I'm starting a new watercolor "Wired Barn" - I'm going to have fun with the colors on this painting.  ... |
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| November 7 - Antonio's Studio: Today's "On-Line" New Mexico Watercolor Society meeting featured a tour of Antonio Darden's new studio - plus a great painting demo with loads of helpful tips. Thanks to Antonio for inviting us into your space this morning.   ... |
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| November 6 - "Bud's Barn": I've started to paint on "Bud's Barn"  ... |
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| November 4 - Old Home Stead - Finished: I completed my newest watercolor "Old Home Stead" in time for our Friday Painter's ZOOM Critique. Now our find out what other artists think about it. Is it complete or do I need to fix something ?  ... |
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| November 2 - New Watercolor: I broke down and bought some new watercolor paper. Now I won't need to paint on the backs of old paintings. My new subject is a deserted cabin up near Angel Fire in Northern New Mexico. I've photographed it before - but on this trip the light was just right. This one is on a full sheet of Arches 300 lb Rough. It will be 21 x 28 inches. I should be able to get it finished in time for our ZOOM critique this Friday.   ... |
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