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Month: January 2011
Jan 2011 Watercolor Sketch Class Results
It is mild, there is no wind, and we are at a sweltering 30°F. Sweltering? Yes! After weeks of cooler temps, this is a heat wave in the Chicago area. So mild that the gang decided to sketch outside instead of inside! Yesssss! We are nature… Continue Reading “Jan 2011 Watercolor Sketch Class Results”
Romantic Valentine Watercolor Sketch
Oscar loves Piggie forever…or until he rips the stuffing out. This is my dog’s favorite, most beloved, toy Piggie. Well actually, this is Piggie #2, for he loves his Piggie toys so much that he loves them to death. As you can see Piggie is not bright pink… Continue Reading “Romantic Valentine Watercolor Sketch”
Free Watercolor Sketch Class Saturday
Do you want to learn how to paint in 2011 but don’t know where to start? Or maybe the dollars are a little tight and you don’t think you can afford a class? Well, have no fear….Free Nature Watercolor Sketch Class is here!!! WHOOOOO HOOOOO!… Continue Reading “Free Watercolor Sketch Class Saturday”
Let’s Paint Twilight Winter Landscape!
This is a picture I took last winter at the Orland Grasslands. I think it was about 4:30, just before dark. Something about this scene caught my eye, maybe it was the openness of the field or that lonely moon looking down. Winter is wonderfully… Continue Reading “Let’s Paint Twilight Winter Landscape!”
Woodpecker Hole Sketch at McClaughry Spring Woods
01-13-2011 20°F cloudy McClaughry Springs Woods Stopping by McClaughry Woods, you can’t even say that I went for a hike, but rather just an emergency stop for 30 minutes in nature. When I’m only allowed a little bit of time, I try to be… Continue Reading “Woodpecker Hole Sketch at McClaughry Spring Woods”
Snow Flurry Sketch
Not feeling well, but desperately wanting to sketch, I stopped by Lake Katherine to do a quick one while sitting in my car. The snow was falling at different rates; sometimes slow and then all of a sudden quick and hurried, just to return to a… Continue Reading “Snow Flurry Sketch”
Winter Queen Anne’s Lace
As a child, I grew up next to a small empty lot in the city. It was my special “field” where I spent much time exploring. I use to think it was so gigantic (it’s really not). I would walk around studying plants in my… Continue Reading “Winter Queen Anne’s Lace”
Nature’s Jewels
2010 left with a bang…literally. The last day of the year woke me up with thunder, lovely winter lightning and thunder, how rare! As a result, when I looked out the window in the morning, every evergreen blade held a beautiful sparkling jewel. Oh, how… Continue Reading “Nature’s Jewels”
Daily Verse
- Philippians 2:3-4“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”
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