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Watercolors And Letters
Back in the autumn I did a lettering project and I really enjoyed it. I combined my love of watercolor with a verse that had really spoken to me. I was inspired to do it by an artist I found through Instagram. She has a lot of tutorials that are easy to follow if…
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Reality That Looks Abstract, Painting #3
The third painting I did in that group of three was of the beach in Boracay, Philippines. We visited Boracay in October of 2008. The trip was a gift to our family. Boracay is a beautiful tropical island with palm tree lined beach and turquoise water. Though this painting looks a bit abstract it…
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Yaquina Head Lighthouse, Painting #2
After I painted Peggys Cove Lighthouse, I decided to work on Yaquina Head Lighthouse next. Yaquina Head Lighthouse is located on the Oregon coast. In 2008, my husband and I took a trip down the coast of Oregon and stopped to photograph most of the lighthouses along the coast. We were not able to go inside…
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Picking Up The Brush (Peggys Cove Lighthouse, Painting #1)
Earlier this year I finally picked up a brush again. I painted three small 8 x 10 canvases using acrylic. My first was Peggy’s Cove Lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada. I painted from a photo that I had taken back in 2009. The day my dad and I visited Peggy’s Cove in 2009, it had…
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Pigment On Paper; Art Journey, Part 7
I know. “Part 7” Seems like overkill. I was about to publish a post about the paintings I did this past spring and it just didn’t seem right to leave a huge gap in the story. After the Relevant 2010, hearing Ann equate being creative to worshipping God, I went home and wrote an…