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hanging with my idols

5February2022by k. 1 Comment

I am lucky because on any given day I could run into one of these gals at an event, a meeting or walking down the street. They are Mary and […]

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projects

it’s granular

27January2022by k. Leave a comment

We are back at our weekly practice after a refreshing holiday break, and I tell ya — it feels great! I have a new attitude, more energy and some clever […]

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workshops

lemonade

31December2020by k. Leave a comment

I’ve just posted my Monday and Tuesday offerings for the month of January and I find myself excited for the continued practice and intentional camaraderie of these evenings. I’d never […]

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observations

so the learning sticks

9December2020by k. 2 Comments

We worked in washes this week, with trees as our subject matter. We are learning about watercolor and gouache on Mondays, ink and watercolor on Tuesdays. We are warming up, […]

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workshops

mixing, blending and escaping

1December2020by k. Leave a comment

This past November was a tough one for me and many others. But on Monday and Tuesday evenings, I was able to escape into a session of mixing color or […]

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workshops

the sun in our eyes

4August2020by k.

The greenwater cohort has been taking advantage of a string of lovely Tuesdays to sit outside with some distance between us. We have been learning to use some of the […]

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events

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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action!

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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action!

then came the hush

3December2017by k.

From our first open studio saturday: It nearly always happens and it is a wonderful sound. It is that ‘hush’ when everyone in the studio is working at their task, […]

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I believe surprise is essential when you want to unlock your creative expression. Tonight, it was an elephant warm-up exercise. At first, it might be intimidating, but this one was fun. The rest of the evening we focused on the surfaces and structures of birch trees using water soluble graphite. We know how to handle the good stuff.
Our practice this week circled around pigment density, layering and adding other mediums. We got to know the work of Farah Nebeela Khan and her wizardly watercolors. Check her out @fnkdesigns and her Etsy shop. We practiced control, but we won't let it go to our heads! This is the good stuff.
Over the last couple of months, I've had the chance to work with the Art Club at Willmar High School. We created an image together in many different interpretations. 48 tiles, one crazy-fun painting. Acrylic and paper collage on canvas tiles, 96"x32" Ms. Canavan will hang it in their art room to inspire future projects. Collaboration is fun stuff!
Our drawing practice has been focusing on understanding form and volume lately. This week, our subject was cows, so we began by imagining the surface of the cow in our reference, then we made our drawing. More sooty smudges, but also more skills. This is the good stuff.
We started several paintings this week, using a variety of techniques. Wetting, dropping, floating, dabbing, blotting-all the things. We were slowed by drying time, but now we know our tools and materials just a bit better. We might finish them all. 😊 This is the good stuff.
Drawing = seeing + practice. Join us sometime!
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