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My Orange Jar of Brushes – Simple Pleasures, #24 of 30

Generally we can’t fix our mistakes. They live, whether we like it or not. Regret is useless, but we entertain it on occasion anyway. I’ve looked over this series many times. I’ve noticed issues that…

What’s Inside – Simple Pleasures, #23 of 30

“There must be something in there”, I thought to myself. I turned it all around and admired it. It was simple. It was beautiful. I was intrigued by the thing I could not see; that…

The Bittersweet Vine- Simple Pleasures, #22 of 30

Bittersweet is defined as “arousing pleasure tinged with sadness or pain”… I could go on but my sweet husband returns to Idaho tomorrow, so I’ll close and spend the time I have. Comments Success Leave…

My Darlin’ Clementine – Simple Pleasures, #21 of 30

It was nice to paint with light today! My sweet little nieces are coming to our house to trick-or-treat, so there is no time for the brush to babble anymore today. Pumpkin soup, a hearty…

Green Apples – Simple Pleasures, #20 of 30

The power went out 10 minutes into this painting. I also used a bristle brush on a smooth panel which tends to pick up paint as much as it puts it down. That alone was…

A Warm Hat – Simple Pleasures, #19 of 30

“This is the first year that we will not have snow before Halloween” Aidan and Liam looked at each other with desperation, “I bet there is afoot in Idaho already”. I sympathized. The coming of…

Loving the stillness of a still life – Simple Pleasures #17 & #18 of 30

I thought about blowing it off. Everything in me just wanted to sit on the couch and have a glass of wine. It was 5 PM. We’d had a long day of doctors, shots, shopping,…

Freshly Grated – Simple Pleasures, #16 of 30

Over homemade gnocchi perhaps… Cheese is divine, but it proved to be a difficult study. I had a tube of Vasari paint given to me by an old friend. Unsatisfied with my original background color,…

Cotton – Simple Pleasures, #15 of 30

Cotton…nothin’ like it. Comments Success Leave a Comment Name (required) Email Address (required) Website/Blog Address Comments (required) Remember Your Info Check this box if you want email updates when people comment on this post To…

Garlic – Simple Pleasures, #14 of 30

Garlic is not yellow. I know that. But if the point of the exercise is to study color, I thought I would push it a bit.  Besides, how to do you make “more come forward”…