Month: January 2026
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Disrupt the Line
I decided to act on an idea that has been brewing, and spent most of my time today prepping canvases with gesso, and then I got some of them to the stage of having a red ground, and I got the first drawing down onto one of them, mostly so I have something more interesting…
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Mute Pink
I pulled this one out again, and started trying to fix what was bothering me about it. The skin tones were too pink, a hazard when you are obsessed with red grounds. I still don’t think I am happy, but I am happier than I was with it, and it was certainly a better experience…
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Crow Redemption
Yesterday two of my paintings were dropped off at a gallery and I finished a large sketchbook which is full with a lot of work I like. I felt good about my practise. Today I pulled out some soft pastels, graphite and charcoal and started working on an intuitive portrait with no reference. I have…
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It’s All Over
I have become mostly comfortable with putting my art up on this blog, which was one of the reasons I started the 100 Day Project in February 2024. I worked through a lot of inner critic stuff just by being disciplined in posting every day. Today two of my paintings were delivered to an art…
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What What What
I spent a lot of today following news, and procrastinating about the really very simple task of creating labels to include in the cellophane envelopes with these two paintings. It’s one of those things I do, where I build up an imaginary mountain around what ends up being a five minute task. I’ll give myself…
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Bouncy Sketchbook
The last three sheets of my A3 sketchbook are very difficult to paint on because I have painted so much in the book that it has bloomed into a luscious but bouncy thing. I’m also feeling like using much more gestural mark-making, and a 2″ wide brush on a bouncy sketchbook is good practise. Til…
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Happy New Year 2026!
Happy New Year! Til the morn, Suzanne 684/700
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