echo
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Post by echo on Jan 30, 2021 16:30:50 GMT -8
Wonderstump Road I loaded a picture of our road, into whiteboard and traced the details with markers, to get the upper left image, then ran that image through some landscape filters on photo lab then I did similar to a picture of a rainbow over my house Not really art but playing around on a rainy weekend.   |
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rebeccad
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Post by rebeccad on Jan 31, 2021 8:45:53 GMT -8
Fun stuff, Echo! I have hauled out my watercolors, but so far am mainly just doing moods—swashes of colors, nothing meant to share.
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markskor
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Post by markskor on Jan 31, 2021 9:41:34 GMT -8
I have hauled out my watercolors... me too. We were up out of Bishop, half way through a two week trip... fishing the "Bears" for Goldens. We came over the pass, and looked out to where our off-trail route led next. Somewhere over there was Granite Park.  |
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Post by rebeccad on Jan 31, 2021 21:13:06 GMT -8
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GaliWalker
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Post by GaliWalker on Feb 1, 2021 5:49:06 GMT -8
I agree! Very nice!
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echo
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Post by echo on Feb 1, 2021 6:55:34 GMT -8
Another fan of this. The pastels are so uplifting when everything here is greys and dark.
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rebeccad
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Post by rebeccad on Feb 2, 2021 17:15:43 GMT -8
In the interests of reminding everyone that this isn’t just for the real artist, but for whatever we create, I’ll share the results of pulling out my watercolors after long stretch.  |
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Post by rebeccad on Feb 17, 2021 21:48:12 GMT -8
I did another tree, just playing to see what I could do with a single color of paint. The photo gave the paper a nice blue wash, which it doesn’t actually have but looks kind of nice.  |
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GaliWalker
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Post by GaliWalker on Feb 18, 2021 8:19:12 GMT -8
Beautiful!
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rebeccad
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Post by rebeccad on Feb 18, 2021 8:23:47 GMT -8
Thanks, GaliWalker! I make no pretense of having any great skill with the watercolors, so I’m very pleased when anything comes out decent  I tried a landscape at the same spot I painted the tree, and proved again that perspective is really hard 🤣. I do better with small things, and best when working from photos, but right now I’m painting in part for therapy, and I also hike to keep my head together, so I tried combining the two. |
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Post by balzaccom on Apr 23, 2021 10:35:35 GMT -8
Rebecca suggested I post a couple of these here:   |
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Post by balzaccom on Apr 26, 2021 17:21:01 GMT -8
One more  |
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rebeccad
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Post by rebeccad on Apr 27, 2021 12:22:10 GMT -8
Those are nice, balzaccom. Very peaceful feeling, especially the last two. |
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Post by Coolkat on Apr 28, 2021 8:39:56 GMT -8
Anything better than a stick person is a Van Gough to me. You guys have great talent. |
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Post by echo on May 31, 2021 11:37:35 GMT -8
 My granddaughter is into a mod of Minecraft called “dogcraft” by a woman called “Stacy Plays” The two of us put together dogcraft scenes using her “favorite biome, the Mesa” and then drew what we wanted in pencil and painted. Daisy is learning the true artists reality, that your end result never quite matches your vision, so she has declared this painting, “the ugliest thing we ever did.” |
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I tried a landscape at the same spot I painted the tree, and proved again that perspective is really hard 🤣. I do better with small things, and best when working from photos, but right now I’m painting in part for therapy, and I also hike to keep my head together, so I tried combining the two.
