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the forest floor

15January2023by k. 3 Comments

In the summer of 2022, I began a community mural project with Woodland Centers, a mental health facility based in Willmar, MN. They wanted to animate a retaining wall and […]

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five huge fish

1November2022by k. 2 Comments

A while back, when I was hanging with my idols (previous blog post), Mary Wohnoutka and Sandy Saulsbury, this is what we thought up: A huge fish mural on a […]

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the bosser and the teller

14July2020by k.

My friend, Hazel, came to help me create a sidewalk mandala in front of greenwater. We kept our distance by working opposite each other in a kind of dance around […]

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arts learning for the rest of us

25February2018by k.

Here’s the thing about us as adults and parents: We have no problem prioritizing arts learning for children and young people, but we rarely make time for those expressions for […]

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things are getting serious

25May2014by k. Leave a comment

This is the nucleus of greenwater’s garage band–Ben | Nathan | Jackson. They have been practicing at the garage on irregular Thursdays when the Robotics, Theater and sports activities don’t otherwise engage them. […]

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little treasures

24May2014by k. 4 Comments

Last week, the entire NL-S first grade took a walking tour of New London. They were on a continuous nature walk on the way from the school to downtown and toured area […]

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black is sensible

22January2014by k. 3 Comments

When I took Life Drawing I as an MCAD freshman with Judith Roode, I was unprepared for her passion. She was a trendsetter–a petite powerhouse dressed all in black so her […]

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a starfighter refuels

28May2013by k. Leave a comment

I traveled southeast today to meet with my peeps at Midwest-CBK in Cannon Falls. Every starfighter needs to board the mothership on occasion to refuel and receive orders for the […]

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a potter with a problem

28April2013by k. Leave a comment

Bill Gossman came by the other day with a pot & a problem. He knew he needed to attach a ceramic handle to a ceramic pot with copper wire, but […]

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pizza delivery boy

23April2013by k. Leave a comment

This little gent is one of my favorite pals. He visits the shop every once in awhile just to see what is going on. Last time he came by, I gave […]

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This week, we worked on depicting clouds in a drawing. It is a lot more complicated than we assume, so we focused on building tones in the sky using different techniques. Then, we took the tone off again to form our clouds. Graphite on, graphite off, just like Mr Miyagi says. This is the good stuff, Danny.
This lesson, I was told, was very ambitious. We began by making charts and value scales of tints and shades. Some of us worked in watercolor, some in gouache. I worked in both in order to compare and contrast the way our brain has to work differently for each. Then we painted glass bottles-also ambitious. We were ready, and the work we shared was really, really fine. The good stuff was transparent this time!
My word for the year is "noticing," and this season is a perfect time to exercise it. Join me in noticing the things you pass by every day. Look a little closer. See a little deeper. Listen a little longer. 🤩 Carry on!
It has been a study in inks around here: learning the variety, the purpose, and how to set expectations. We warmed up for real, then got to work on our drawing form. Working in ink takes a different kind of courage, but if you practice your bravery, your work gets easier AND better. We're deep in the good stuff over here!
We continued our study of a vintage-inspired, muted palette with a look at birds. We tried a mopped daisy, practiced on one bird and got serious on another. By the end, we knew ourselves better and felt even more comfortable with our medium. Confidence takes awhile, but it is definitely the good stuff.
This was billed as a study of a coffee pot, but it was so much more. We worked in pen & ink, building midtones and shadows with lines of all kinds. Our warmup included value scales and a quick self portrait. Once we conquered all that, the coffee pot study was a breeze. This is the good stuff!
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