Tag: watercolor
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I’m back!
Well, that was an unexpectedly long hiatus. I didn’t intend to take a break from writing blog posts, but I was very focused on the end of my youngest’s senior year and getting both kids off to college for the first time. They’ve both settled into their new collegiate lives beautifully, and now I’m freeeeeee.…
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A Spring Hare Smells the Roses
A friend messaged me in March. He asked me if I would paint something as a gift for his wife. I was honored to be asked. Wait. I need to go back earlier in time. This is not where the story begins. A friend messaged me in October. She asked me if I would paint…
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Pond Life Watercolor
I took a week off from posting, painting, and photography, because I was visiting my parents for my dad’s 80th birthday. It was a nice trip, but I’m glad to be back home. I decided to finish this pond life painting when I got back home. I sketched it about a month ago, but didn’t…
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Two Birthday Paintings (plus a little something for myself)
I seem to be settling into a regular painting routine again. I’m glad! I was a bit worried this might not happen. I painted something every week for over a year, but then I struggled with motivation over the winter. We had lots of visitors over the holidays and did some traveling, but I still…
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Stick to the plan!
I almost always start my paintings with a pencil sketch. I’m in awe of the watercolor painters who can just start painting on a blank paper and end up with something decent! I can’t do that. I need to sketch what my painting will look like, and I usually regret it if I don’t stick…
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Watercolor of an adobe church
This week’s watercolor painting is of an adobe church in Santa Fe. I painted this for a friend of mine. She asked me to feature southwest architecture in her birthday painting. I really like how the cerulean blue contrasts with the brown of the adobe, and how the shadows and granulation turned out.
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First Blog Post
I created my first blog in 2002 when my oldest child was born. I maintained “Sally Says” for 16 years! But then we moved to Washington DC for a couple years, and my children became teenagers. Once we returned to Albuquerque, it felt necessary to stop blogging. Being a Mommy Blogger didn’t feel like something…
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