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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Pause
I will be working on some commissioned pieces for the next couple of weeks and will probably not be able to post much for awhile. Don’t go away…I’ll be back. Just busy! In the meantime check out my website: www.visualvoyages.net … Continue reading
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New Classes Forming in October
EXPRESS YOURSELF! CLARK COLLEGE CLASSES NOW FORMING! FALL CLASSES FOR BEGINNERS AND CONTINUING STUDENTS START OCTOBER 11, 2011. Join Sharon this Fall for some exciting classes in acrylics or water mixable oils. Both are taught at the beginner and ongoing levels. Beginning Acrylics (or … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Painting, Uncategorized
Tagged acrylic paints, acrylics, art, art instruction, beginning acrylics, Clark College Community Ed, color, color wheel, complementary colors, composition, Impressionists, intermediate students, landscape painting, local artists, open studio painting, water soluble oil paints, wet into wet painting
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Autumn Leaves
Today is another one of those Indian Summer Days as we used to call them. It rained this weekend, I barely got the grass mowed between sprinkles, but now, midweek, the weather has turned sunny, brisk and clear. I smelled … Continue reading
Call to Local Artists
“Nature in our City (Parks!)” Art Show and Fundraiser The Willamette River Stewardship program of Portland Parks & Recreation City Nature works to connect communities with natural area parks in Portland through hands-on restoration and outdoor education events. In addition … Continue reading
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Soccer, Pirates, and Bloody Corpses
If you have kids between the ages of 4 and 18…Saturdays in the fall are likely to be Soccer Saturdays. By association…it’s also Soccer Saturday for Grandparents, too. If you live within a 100 mile radius of your grandchildren…there is … Continue reading
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Tagged faeries, fairies, grandkids, humor, make-believe, multi-tasking, Parenting, pirates, soccer Saturdays
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I Can’t Get No Satisfaction!
For the past few weeks, I have been struggling with believing in “the beautiful life” I aspire to. Call me cranky, call me moody, but I have been feeling disconnected and like my efforts at relationships are all failing. It certainly … Continue reading
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Me and My Shadow
Another often asked question I get from my students is “What color are shadows?” And….much to their chagrin, my answer is usually, “It depends.” As unsatisfying as that is, it is true. One thing I know a shadow ISN’T is … Continue reading
Choosing a Palette
One of the most often asked questions I get as a painting teacher is: What colors do I need to buy? And I do have a standard full spectrum palette I teach from, but I also think that choosing colors is a very … Continue reading
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Tagged acrylic paints, acrylics, art, art instruction, color, color wheel, gouache, painting, palette
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Painting a Sense of Place
Here in the Northwest, we have a sensitive relationship to the land. Everyone here talks about the weather – constantly . . . mainly because it can change so rapidly from day to day. We have a lot of rain…it’s … Continue reading
A New View
I am always telling my students to trying looking at things from a different angle. Stand back away from your painting…get the long view. If nothing else, try squinting or taking off your glasses to get a new view of … Continue reading
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Tagged art instruction, beautiful life, cancer, challenges, eyes, family, humor, new view
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