I played around with this image quite a bit last week and this is the painted version.  I initially wasn't going to post it because the scan isn't very good, but since I put up the sketch yesterday I thought I should follow up with a color study.  I also took a quick photo of the actual painting so you can see where some of the details ar ...

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Here's a recent sketch:Just before returning to Canada last fall, we went back to Edinburgh, Scotland, to visit some friends.  "She walks like a teapot," was a line that was said by our friend Melissa as a description for a lady she knew.  I got a visual in my head immediately and did these sketches shortly after.  Then I forgot ...

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I realize that things around the blog have been a bit quiet lately so I thought I should pop in for a quick update.  The month of July has been a whirl of activity. We've had house guests, dinner parties, festivals, my nephew was born, and last week my husband and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary. I have been sketching and paintin ...

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I have a few images to show that I've been playing with during my recent studio time, but my scanner is giving me grief.  Hopefully I'll have the problem solved soon, but until then, here's s sketch of a boy and a tree. ...

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As part of my husband's birthday gift (he turned 31 on Friday), I wanted to give him a full day of us hanging out and having fun. When we were traveling, we used to pick up snacks and spend an entire day just walking around, exploring new neighborhoods, drinking coffee... I wanted to do something similar in our own city so I chose the neighborhoo ...

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