Learning the whole bag of tricks
Tara Choate This weekend is the spring Watercolor Society of Oregon convention, held at the Oregon Garden. First, let me say, “WOW! What a show!” Held at the stunning Oregon Garden, the…
Painting
Trust Issues
Looking at my last few posts, I’m starting to feel a theme. This evening I sat down to paint the background on “Learning the Ropes.” When I envisioned this, I…
Fearful + in the studio = a better combination
I went to my critique group on Thursday. I held onto this quote like a lifeline. “Everyone in life has a purpose, even if it’s to serve as a bad…
Raptor Sketching
Last night I drove down to the Brownsville Art Association for their “Sketchbook Club” night because they were having live raptors from the Cascades Raptor Center come in for posing.…
Fearful and Lazy Don’t Make a Good Combination
My house is 99% put together and lately it has become apparent that free time is starting to come my way again. Tonight, I sat down and realized the dog…
Finally! A painting post!
Well, folks, it may seem like a miracle, but after two months of painting hiatus, I am back. I’m moved. I’m installed. I have a nice studio. So, when I…
Dropping Off
Saturday I plan to drop off three paintings for various shows. First, I intend to drop off my 6″x6″ canvas for the Wild Art Project at the November 21-22 the…
Let the sorting begin
Sorting is any process of arranging items systematically, and has two common, yet distinct meanings: ordering: arranging items in a sequence ordered by some criterion; categorizing: grouping items with similar…
Getting in some promotion
I have a confession. I really hate the promotion side of this whole art thing. I like the painting part, but getting out there and selling paintings is not great…