September 4 – Water promise
Tara Choate So, today I kept my promise to try water again. This is a branch above a little rapids along Mill Creek. I sort of think it looks better cropped. And…
Painting
September 3 – I lied
I said in my last post that I would do water today, but the clouds were so great I decided to paint them. There are a lot of trees around…
Sept 1 & 2
September 1 This is the traffic bridge along Summer St., looking west. A couple interesting notes. I grabbed the first sheet of paper I found, and from the way it’s…
History repeating
A year ago I decided to sign up for Leslie Saeta‘s 30 Paintings in 30 Days challenge. I got to day 27 and then life hit the skids This artistic…
Smokey and dry with a chance of painting
As I mentioned in my last post, I am a bit side-lined right now with an injured shoulder (for those that inquired, it is not a dramatic story, just a…
Technique vs. immitation
Before I launch into my artistic musings, I have exciting news to report: “Shoes and Shadows” got into the American Academy of Equine Art Fall Open Juried Exhibition & Sale!…
Someone Else’s Palette
A few months ago I went to an estate sale of a Watercolor Society of Oregon member named Carol Winchester. At the sale I picked up 50 sheets of watercolor…
No, I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth
It’s been a couple of weeks since I have updated the blog. Part of that has been I’ve just been trying to give myself a break, and part of that…
And away they go
Yesterday I went down to the UPS Store and shipped my three Equine Art entries up to Emerald Downs. They need to arrive by Tuesday (UPS Store claimed they would…