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Gwenny

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Gwenny

$75.00

Watercolor, 8”x10”, 100% Cotton, 250gsm

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Trees fascinate me. I love seeing how they lean on each other, twist and turn, grow uphill, and transform through the seasons. Swipe to see the reference photo that inspired this 5x7 piece. 
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Created using leftover palette papers and a randomly pain
These colors have my attention recently. It’s the height of the fall season and I’m enveloped in autumn colors- auburn reds, golden yellows and warm oranges. So naturally I’m drawn to the complementary blues and greens popping up in
Warmth of the sun, watercolor sketches using all the green golds, yellow ochres and warm reds in the pan. A perfect fall day spent quietly.
The kitchen table: the center of the house. This piece of furniture is infused with memories of my children giggling and telling stories of their day, watching them paint, draw and play games here. We baked cookies and pizza while flour went in to ev
I just needed some softness today… 🩵💚🤍
I love Octobers!!!! When I don’t have time to create, I will go in nature (backyard) and invent whimsical captions for my photos. The serendipity of how the leaves fall and land is so interesting to me. I may be the only one and I’m ok wi
Value studies are where my heart goes when life is chaotic. The need to simplify, simplify, simplify is so appealing and calming. These reference photos are from a trip a few years back at Hendricks Head beach near Boothbay Harbor. We went there for
Nature is 100% why I create. It’s an inner response to the experiences of sights, sounds and scents of the outdoors. Sounds deep but it’s really quite simple - the pursuit of beauty. That’s it. I love being with my favorite people,
“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order” — John Burroughs 
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This is so true. I’m immersed in caring for my 90-year old mother-in-law and navigating Medicare/medicaid to get her services. I
“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit” - Ralph Waldo Emerson. 
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I love that thought! These warm muted colors bring me all the autumn cozy vibes. Softened yellow ochres and sage greens with greyed down purples are
How do you start a sketch? Do you jump right in? Do you do thumbnails first? Perhaps use pencils or apply a light wash to activate the surface and respond to those marks and color? 
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No wrong answer here. Curious what process works for you. I’
This felt so good to be immersed for a moment. The sound of charcoal on paper, smudging the values in. Water spelunking. @artphilosophyco curated the best palettes! Here I’m using the Decadent Pies and Essence palettes to create this tiny lands
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