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Posted by gflickingerartdesign on July 23, 2015

Aerial View I; Sumi ink, gesso, watercolor, colored pencil on paper. SOLD

Aerial View II; Sumi ink, gesso, watercolor, colored pencil on paper. SOLD

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An attempt to capture the essence (and accuracy) my favorite rose, ‘Playboy’. There are so many nuances of color. #Botanicaldrawing #Botanicaldrawingwithcoloredpencil #Drawing #ColoredPencildrawing #GageAcademy

I am calling this drawing of cyclamen hederifolium leaf complete. #Botanicaldrawing #Drawing #ColoredPencildrawing #gageacademyofart

Making progress with cyclamen hederifolium leaf in week four of Botanical Drawing with Colored Pencil course (online, of course!). Many stages on the path to completing this one. #Botanicaldrawing #Drawing #ColoredPencildrawing #GageAcademy

Revisited some core principles of value and light on form and mark making in week one of Botanical Drawing with Colored Pencil course (online, of course!; through Gage). Always good practice. #Botanicaldrawing #Drawing #ColoredPencildrawing #GageAcademy

There is definitely art in building and there are many artful driftwood structures on the beach at Lincoln Park in sheltered West Seattle. Art, geometry and skill all at play here. #buildingart #makingart #driftwood #driftwoodstructures #driftwoodbuilding #LincolnPark #WestSeattle

Another piece on paper (I won’t be cutting up this one) with the same palette I have been working with since January: Pyrrol Red, Pyrrol Orange, Cobalt Turquoise, Hansa Yellow opaque, Zinc white, and Mars Black, creating an interesting range of colors. This piece was created on paper using excess paint on my brush while working on another piece and includes the shiny blue wrapper of a Godiva chocolate– perfect compliment of color. 8”x 10”. #limitedcolorpalettes #collage #abstraction #abstractcollage #adventureinartmaking #acryliconpaper #recyledart #makeart #westseattleart

I like painting on paper with acrylic paint and there are a lot of advantages to that. It can be mounted to nearly any surface and it can be easily cut apart. I have been working with one color palette since January: Pyrrol Red, Pyrrol Orange, Cobalt Turquoise, Hansa Yellow opaque, Zinc white, and Mars Black, creating an exciting range of colors. One canvas and three paper pieces, all vey different. Typically, I will gesso the paper before I start painting. This piece was created on paper using excess paint on my brush while working on another piece. The combination of Pyrrol red and cobalt turquoise have created some of my favorite passages. Having no attachment to it I cut it part, stacked up the pieces and pieced it back together randomly. The jury (me) is out on the before/after. 9” x 14”. Still working to create uniformly cut pieces. #remakingartwork #collage #abstraction #abstractcollage #adventureinartmaking #acryliconpaper #recyledart #makeart #westseattleart

Painting on paper has a lot of advantages. I typically recycle copy/inkjet paper that has been printed in one side for use as a palette for acrylic paint. I save the ‘painted’ paper palettes for collaging, or, in this case, something entirely new. Each square is like a miniature paining. (One color palette since January: Pyrrol Red, Pyrrol Orange, Cobalt Turquoise, Hansa Yellow opaque, Zinc white, and Mars Black.) Unfortunately I neglected to take a photo of the palette before cutting it up. (Second photo is an example of a palette.) Now I need to refine my precision cutting skill! #paperpalettes #paperpalettecollage #recyledart #makeart #westseattleart

Creating a little bit of sunshine to welcome the newest member of our extended family. #family #babies #Familylove! #welcome!

What could be more cheerful than a little ‘field’ of erythronium tuolumnense on a sunny Sunday morning? These beauties came from my grandmother’s garden 20 years ago and have gently formed a colony. Also known as fawn lily or dogtooth lily (for the canine tooth-shaped bulb) the plants go dormant in June and are not seen again until their leaves begin to reappear in February. Native to California’s Sierra Nevada, specifically endemic to Yosemite area. I have no idea how she came to have them, perhaps from one of her co-collector gardening friends, some 50-60 years ago. # erythronium tuolumnense #fawnlily #dogtoothlily #nativeplants #springblooms

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