This month, I took a four-session series of art classes at Starlight Studio and Art Gallery on sketchbooks. Starlight offers instruction for people who have disabilities. It gives them a chance to creatively express themselves in a supportive environment. Each session focused on a different topic. The really cool thing was that all art supplies, […]
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Inktober occurs in October. The challenge of Inktober is to draw a picture a day in pen and ink for an entire month. I have actually completed the challenge twice. I had tried for several years but gave up partly through until two years ago, when I was able to complete the challenge. The project
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Over the past few years, I’ve had so much fun taking selfies and even more fun editing them on the computer. Oh, the wonders of modern technology! Before the digital camera, the cell phone, and the home computer, this sort of entertainment was not even a glimmer in anyone’s eye. I used to go into
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Today is National Gardening Day! So, I am going to combine my love for gardening with my love for native plants and pollinators, especially bumblebees, mason bees, leaf cutter bees, sweat bees, monarch butterflies, black swallowtail butterflies, and red admiral butterflies. Below are two drawings of plants that attract pollinators. These two plants will be
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Today, there was an open house at Orange Poppy Art Studio. So, I decided to go, despite the fact that it would probably rain. When I arrived, I saw that my sister Diane was there and was busily painting a wooden box in a variety of colors. I found a wooden egg, and I started
Inktober 52 is an art project that provides weekly prompts. I love to have prompts because it gives me the chance to interpret a concept. When I get blocked, it’s because I have no idea of what I want to draw. With a prompt, I can simply focus on how I want to interpret that
Today, I am starting a series of drawings of native plants in Western New York. My goal is to create a painting of native plants. These are plants that are likely to attract pollinators, especially bees and butterflies. Currently, here, the rusty patched bumblebee (bombus affinis) is on the endangered species list. That bee hasn’t
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Today’s blog post is all about the number four. Loads of things come in four, including seasons, card suits, elements and eyes (if you’re wearing glasses). You could sing as part of a quartet or you could play string instruments as part of a quartet. And speaking about music, if you like a nice march,
“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” ~Leonardo da Vinci I love reading poetry to my cat. She head butts me, purrs, and kisses me while I’m reading. It seems that I have a cat that appreciates literature. She even purrs, head butts, and
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