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October 18, 2016April 25, 2018

Peeling Away the Layers with Practice

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How my paintings begin.

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Picking out what one wants from nature is as challenging as finding just the right thing when you go shopping. It's made even more difficult if you don't know what you want when you start. But then something--the color, line, or texture--will catch your eye, and you just know it's what you need to take home.

To be perfectly honest, I had no idea what "learn to see with new eyes," meant when I started plein air painting in 2015. And I spent a lot of time looking for new landscapes to paint. I think I might have learned faster if I had painted the same landscape a few times. It takes time to develop the mindset and skills, like seeing, that are needed to do any kind of artwork.

This little handmade book that contains a painting, a poem, and a promise was a graduation gift for my favorite (only) grandson.

5 new paintings in 5 hours spread over 5 days! One a day. There was some prep work to get ready for the 5-day challenge, which is a good jump start on the plain air painting season. I’ll finish the paintings over the next week and post them.

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How my paintings begin.

#artforthesoul #artforthehome #artheals #artforlife #inspiredbynature

Picking out what one wants from nature is as challenging as finding just the right thing when you go shopping. It's made even more difficult if you don't know what you want when you start. But then something--the color, line, or texture--will catch your eye, and you just know it's what you need to take home.

To be perfectly honest, I had no idea what "learn to see with new eyes," meant when I started plein air painting in 2015. And I spent a lot of time looking for new landscapes to paint. I think I might have learned faster if I had painted the same landscape a few times. It takes time to develop the mindset and skills, like seeing, that are needed to do any kind of artwork.

This little handmade book that contains a painting, a poem, and a promise was a graduation gift for my favorite (only) grandson.

5 new paintings in 5 hours spread over 5 days! One a day. There was some prep work to get ready for the 5-day challenge, which is a good jump start on the plain air painting season. I’ll finish the paintings over the next week and post them.

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