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I’m Watching You
I had spent so much time focusing on the tiny details in my pastel paintings that I wanted to approach the next one differently. My goal was to paint loosely, relaxed, and quickly. I discovered this photograph in a magazine at the library and I knew it had to be painted! The Mandrill painting is one…
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Shut Your Mouth!
I love frogs! Especially the bright beautiful Amazon frogs with a multitude of colors. While looking through magazines for my next pastel painting subject, I came across these guys. They nearly leapt off the page as if to say, “Paint us, paint us!” And so I did.
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What Are You Looking At?
Once I had success with the stippling technique, I was ready to tackle another project. This time, I would go big (literally); the subject was our 35 pound Maine Coon cat Shasta. I love this photo; it captures his tough-guy attitude so well. However, deep down he was a real fraidy cat that loved belly…
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Dylan
In 2005 I began art classes with Kathy through the Warren Fine Arts Center (WFAC). It was really more of a workshop where a group of people met once a week to chat and work on their art. Kathy was our mentor, guiding us through our own personal journey. Some worked in pen and ink…
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Doorway
During 1993 and 2005 was busy! I graduated from MSU and Graduate School. I worked a few temporary jobs until I found a great full-time one as an Instructional Designer where I stayed for six years until Dylan was born. I met and married my husband, had my first joint replacement, traveled to India, and gave…
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Mannequin
In 1997 I took a painting class from a local artist. I was way out of practice and this was my first experience with painting using anything but cheep high school tempera paints. I didn’t know anything about acrylic paints or still-life and was surprised how difficult it was to get into the swing again. A…
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Drawings
In 1994, I took a drawing class in the local community where I was living at the time. One of the best exercises we did was drawing upside-down. It helps to release your focus on the subject and just concentrate on the space, lines, and form. Here are my two attempts with the technique. As in most…
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Afterhours
Afterhours, or as I affectionately refer to it now, as the BEAST, was our final class project for Rendering class. We had to design a restaurant bar within a very large space given a set of parameters and constraints, just as in the real world. I was very pleased with my final presentation and received…
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Live & Learn
Our second major assignment was to design a small space to be used for both living and learning, such as a student. I imagined if I had my own place what it might look like: a small one-bedroom apartment with the basic amenities plus two cats. It’s crazy how much technology has changed in twelve years! I’m…
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Fantasy Façade
For this project, we had to design our own fantasy home. The Fantasy Façade was one of my favorite assignments. I incorporated many of my wish list features. I have always wanted to live in a large cottage-in-the-woods type of home surrounded by large beautiful trees. The exterior is natural stone masonry with a large…
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Color & Rendering
As part of the Interior Design program, we took classes on color theory and rendering by hand. We didn’t have fancy computer programs that did the work for us and I’m glad for it! Rendering allows you to convey your ideas to clients in a visual manner by making presentations appear realistic and three-dimensional. For example, when looking…
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Binders
Sophomore year of college I finally settled on a major — Interior Design. One of my roommates freshman year was a Junior in the program and although it wasn’t ART (what I really wanted to study, but my Dad had other ideas) it looked like it might be a good fit for me as well.…
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The Face
For this high school assignment, I created a large quasi-stippling piece. My subject was a young girl whose image I cut from a magazine. Although, after completion, everyone thought it was a self-portrait! Using a projector, I lightly replicated the image onto a large piece of poster board with pencil and then added the details…
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The Jacket
Closely related to Pointillism is the art of Stippling; using small dots to convey the form. Stippling is done with ink and specialty pens with various size tips to allow for different size dots. For finer detail, you use the smallest opening and space the dots farther apart. For dark and dense areas, you use the larger…
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Chicago
One of our assignments in high school was to create a collage drawing. I used my recent trip to Chicago for inspiration. I composed an array of keepsakes and snapped a photograph. These included: a menu, a photograph, key chain, maps from Shedd Aquarium and the Art Institute of Chicago, luggage tags, and boarding pass.
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