Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Oct 20, 2009, 8:59 am
Work in Progress - start of my next paintingJust popping in to say that life has gotten extremely busy for me, so I am going to have to take a week or so off of blogging. Thank you for your patience a...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Oct 13, 2009, 9:52 pm
Fall Bloomersacrylic on gessoed board, 10in x 8 inIn my house, the turn to autumn brings new blooms - copper canyon daisies and Mexican sage. Another part of autumn is bringing out the family dishes a...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Oct 12, 2009, 11:02 pm
After being inspired by Jo Castillo and her iPhone sketches, I just had to pick up my Nintendo DS again. You can use a homebrew card and a free software program called Colors to create a portable digi...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Oct 6, 2009, 9:46 pm
Some more sketches from our zoo trip. 
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Oct 5, 2009, 8:16 pm
The flu has hit our house. Two boys are on the couch with fevers and congestion, buckets next to the couch (although they haven't been used in a while thankfully). During the down times I decided ...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Oct 4, 2009, 8:20 pm
Friday was a "no homework" day for the boys at school. I asked them what they wanted to do, they all said they wanted to take their journals to the zoo and draw. So we spent a gorgeous day at the zoo ...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Oct 3, 2009, 3:54 pm
I've worked a bit more on the mother/son painting. As I was working, I kept reworking the eyes. I still don't have them but I was beginning to get lost. So, I decided to retreat before more da...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Oct 2, 2009, 7:12 pm
I decided to join "Sketchy Self Portrait Thursday". It's a Flickr group run by Tina Mammoser. Doing a self-portrait every week sounds rather vain. But, I have to say, actually it is more an exerci...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Oct 1, 2009, 9:10 am
Last night I took a walk with the boys in the coolish autumn evening. A lovely breeze just carried us along. We didn't walk far, but it was still nice to get out in the fresh air after a long day ...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Sep 29, 2009, 9:11 am
Study for my latest paintingToday I wanted to share a few links to useful information.First, my buddy, the amazing Belinda Lindhardt has recently done a series called Formulas to Help Work, Rest, and ...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Sep 27, 2009, 7:14 pm
The lovely Jeanette Jobson has issued an apple challenge. The other night I needed a quiet art activity, so I brought out the colored pencils, a few apples, and a plate. It was fun to work with the pe...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Sep 21, 2009, 9:32 pm
My boys had their first soccer practice tonight – They were so excited. The practice was cut short because of lightning, which meant we had time for an ice cream stop. Yum!   While they were runn...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Sep 18, 2009, 10:29 pm
Got a few more hours in on this painting. It’s blocked in pretty well, might be time to break out the smaller brushes and start refining. There was a point this evening when I almost stopped and qu...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Sep 17, 2009, 7:59 pm
Didn’t think that I would get much art in today, too much life going on. So I decided to just squeeze in a few quick sketches of my sons while they watched TV. They enjoyed themselves and I was in a...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Sep 16, 2009, 1:24 pm
Having enjoyed Holbein’s work this week, I decided to try and do a little sketching from life with a Holbein flavor. Here are my attempts at drawing myself, from a mirror, propped up in bed. As you ...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Sep 15, 2009, 9:16 pm
I’d desperately like to be doing portraits in color on a more regular basis. But, as is typical with me, I chicken out when it comes to color. So, knowing how I learn best, I’m trying to copy some...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Sep 14, 2009, 8:01 pm
This is another drawing from my Holbein session the other night.   I was reminded of how important detail is in portrait drawing. Details like the thickness of eyelids, the bumps and angles at the ...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Sep 13, 2009, 4:46 pm
The other night I didn’t have enough time to get out the paints, so I decided to spend some time copying some Holbein drawings. He was a master of line – just “simple” drawings – a few lines...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Aug 24, 2009, 8:35 pm
I’ve been trying to improve my exercise habits recently – yay for Nintendo Wii Fit!  In addition, I’ve been working on my eating habits. So, the other night, instead of sitting down with a bowl...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Aug 21, 2009, 4:04 pm
Here’s a leaf from my first house plant. We’ve had it a couple of weeks now. Amazingly, it is still alive. Hopefully I can keep it and the new vincas I put outside in pots alive for a while.   ...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Aug 19, 2009, 4:11 pm
We’ve had a small cabinet that is a little worse for wear. You can see the red marker stripes on the door, there were blue ballpoint scribbles on the top. We recently moved it to another room, near ...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Aug 18, 2009, 12:39 pm
Today was our first day of “Lego school”. My youngest wanted to have some school to do while the two older boys were at their school. So today we worked on the sound “k”. We talked about how b...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Aug 16, 2009, 9:54 pm
Yes, school begins for us this week. My sons go to a school that is 2 days there with a teacher and 3 days home with me as the teacher. This year I’ll have a Kindergartner and 2nd grader, both are t...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Aug 12, 2009, 10:01 pm
Recently I’ve been reading The Yin/Yang of Painting by Hongnian Zhang and Lois Woolley. The book is fabulous. There is alot to think about in there. Mr. Zhang offers his unique strategy for choosing...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Aug 11, 2009, 4:54 pm
Our summer is shortly drawing to a close here. We are all dreading the advent of the school year and all the discipline that it requires. But, we are also ready for a bit more discipline in our lives....
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Aug 7, 2009, 4:15 pm
This was my final painting from my month long class with Linda Blondheim. I really enjoyed the class I took from her. She is a very attentive teacher and has lots of knowledge to share. If you are int...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Jul 31, 2009, 10:14 pm
This week has been a bumper week for me in terms of mentions on the internet, so I thought I'd thank those folks with a little link love.Thanks to Regina for putting my name so close to Andrea Jos...
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Rose W. posted an article on Rose's Art Lines - Jul 29, 2009, 11:20 pm
I’m currently trying out some new ideas with my painting and so I thought I’d document my process here so I remember it and you can see how I approach a painting.   I began with a value study a...
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