I haven’t played the violin in many years, but I remember playing scales. Scales and arpeggios are the basic building blocks of music, that is, music with which I am familiar, anyway. I hope to play again some day, but I know that I will have to start from scratch, trying to play each note […]
Yesterday, my watercolor experiment was all about allowing watercolors to flow into each other to create patterns and mixtures with very little artist intervention. The artist sets up the scenario and then allows the watercolors to do the rest of the work. Today’s watercolor experiment: Today I used the same pigments as I did in […]
It wasn’t until I finished today’s experiment that I thought of the real theme for this post. Previously I had painted a sketch of two California Poppies. One in full face, the other in a profile, like a mug shot, I suppose. Today I wanted to revisit the poppy, as they have a stunning color […]
I went shopping for interesting fruits today. I asked about Dragonfruit, but this it isn’t the season yet. Who knew? I did get my first vegetable for my table. I’m going to execute my first still life with a vegetable. I saw a really strange-looking Kiwi that looked like it was trying to be twins. […]
