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I've been painting, and teaching, animals in watercolour lately. It's easy to shy away from horses because they're so challenging. But, I'm trying to step up to the plate and capture thier beautiful eyes and distictive shape. Enjoyed painting this immensely! I hope you enjoy it too.

breakfast in the garden

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This cutie-patootie chipmunk is enjoying a little breakfast in the garden. In an upcoming art class I'm teaching, we will be talking about contour lines and a warm/cool palette. So, in preparation for my class demo, I drew this little snookums with a energetic line then painted him with a two-colour palette, of warm orange and cool violet. Super happy with him. ; )

springy friends

 

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The third little bouquet from the big bouquet!

Pastel Beauties

 

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I recently took a flower arranging class! I've been interested in doing this for some time. We made a huge bouquet which was lovely, but sooo big. Once I got it home, I decided to make many small bunches from it and take the week to paint each one. Here's the first. #woohoo

A winter walk

 

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Sidewalk snow is packed down and ready to tackle after a long snowfall. Mom and daughter happily head out for the day!

hands in pockets

 

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I love painting snow! It forms such fantastic shapes as it settles on cars and stairs, and even on the recycling bins. ; ) 

jewels

 

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I got to indulge in my favourite colour... again! Opera Pink (yummy), which I floated onto the page next to some warm reds. Then, all those cool greens and blues in the jar, those floaty bits, so abstract and fun to paint. Yummy, yummy, yummy!

spring circle

 

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I finished planting my garden today! It was the perfect weather for it - not a cloud in the sky and there was a constant breeze. Ahh. The circle of spring.

fallen heartstrings

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Backlit painting of two pink flowers, and a little friend who is a bit heartbroken... he ended up on the sidelines. But the two big friends are looking out for him. : )

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a lion

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I think this guy speaks for himself.  ; )

Crimson Stars

 

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These red pears are called Starkrimson... so I played around with the name of them and came up with Crimson Stars. ; )

the favourite old suit

 

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Today's coat is a lot different than yesterday's big yellow one! ; )

This is the first time one of my "In Conversation" paintings has the subjects standing. No one is sitting at cafes right now! #doh.

Another very splish-splash watercolour. There really is no medium like it.

The time-lapse film of this one is over on my Instagram page - https://www.instagram.com/noramacphailart/

The Yellow Jacket

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People reading - it's such a great painting topic and has been through art history. I think because the reader is so involved and concentrating on reading, that it makes for good body language. The big yellow coat was an added bonus.

Check out the time-lapse video of this on my Instagram Page - https://www.instagram.com/noramacphailart/

be a friend

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More and more I realize how much adding people's hands helps with expression. In this piece, they kind of mirror each other. One of my pieces for my ongoing "In Conversation" series.

listening to a friend

 

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The thing that is interesting to me about painting two people talking is, capturing the body language. Just grabbing a 'talking pose' and a 'listening pose' is so intriguing to me.

Pear Pals

 

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Side by side, these pear pals are full of splashes of colour! I drew them with a charcoal pencil, which darkens as it gets wet, then I added as much pink, red, purple and green as I could!

an understanding

 

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My 'in conversation' series continues. This is number 20! I love the body language that can happen between two people listening only to each other. I managed to capture him 'thinking'.