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“The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.”

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Laura DechaineJuly 7, 2022

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Today I grabbed an old photo reference and 6 colors, primary red, cad yellow, primary blue, white and black plus burnt umber as my extra choice.

What I learned:
1 How much I love mixing colors
2 Creating loose shapes and adding a pop of color
3 La

The Joys of Life of the collage process
Painted papers
Cutting and tearing
Arranging and gluing
Layers
Editing
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Working with my hands on cut paper pieces brings me joy, calm and satisfaction. Loved the blue vase but it needed that little pop of yell

I had the weekend to work on a few sketches on Sunday and Monday. Inspired by a local country field scene in the rain. The expanse of it felt like freedom with big skies overhead and distant hills that kept going abd going. So beautiful!

Long rainy holiday weekends. Rest. Caffeinate. Sketch. Snuggle with the paws while reading and watching movies.😆☕️🎨 📚🍿

“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”

–Jacques Yves Cousteau

Calm/Peace/Joy/Rest

I’ve had my eye on this set for quite awhile, and I finally grabbed it last week. I can’t wait to try it on some beachy scenes soon. Lola approved!!

This is the Gansai Tambi Art Nouveau set of 24 by Kuretake. The colors are soft, muted

The mornings this week have been about experimenting and playing with unused art supplies in an intuitive practice. I’m pushing, pulling, layering, gluing, smearing, painting, scraping into the surface to see how far I can push the materials. I

The responsive process has got be the hardest art practice to learn. It’s when you make a single mark and leave it. You don’t correctly it, it is what it is. The next step is respond to it by placing another mark or shape. Keep going unti

Spent a chunk of the morning and early afternoon doing a responsive intuitive process. It is a favorite of mine to keep my skills sharp regarding lines, shapes and composition. I was in an orange mood today🧡✂️✏️
#processart #collageexercise #intuiti

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