Inspired by everything
Last fall I was driving home from the Watercolor Society of Oregon convention in Bandon, Oregon, when i saw an egret in a field/pond beside the road. I stopped and…
Tara Choate And I almost didn’t make it…
Today painting inspiration was thin on the ground and it took me until the last hours of my day to get to the drawing board. Things like grocery shopping, laundry,…
No more painting today
Well, I did it. In fact, I more than did it. I got three paintings done, matted and framed, and entered in the Hillsboro Plein Air Plus for judging. “In…
Day 1 and I should be halfway done…
So I woke up the morning and made my way across town to participate in the Hillsboro Plein Air Plus event. I scoped out the park I planned to paint…
Cheating (ever so slightly…)
Tonight I am forced to cheat a little on my painting a day challenge. 1. I did do a painting (technically a mixed media) but it is currently covered in…
Traverse… super quick
Tonight I went out to a painting class at Angie Grainger‘s. She had just come back from a Robert Burridge seminar and had us do a warm up: we mixed…
Marsh Song
I took the reference photo for this near Cascade Head on the Audubon Society of Lincoln City’s monthly trip.
Red & a Rant
Today on my “Walk the dog everyday” challenge, the bonus was to be inspired by something red. I was a little short on inspiration, so I went looking through my…
September 7 Painting (Painting a Day Challenge)
I started this painting as a study for a piece my friend asked me to make. I now know that this composition and technique won’t work… Good knowledge to have…