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First Georgetown – Seattle Farmer’s Market
After weeks and weeks of dreary grey, Saturday dawned with a brilliant light, and the air was sweet. I had already missed the Columbia City Farmer’s market 3 weeks in a row, because every Wednesday in May was rainy and I just didn’t feel like riding my bike down there to walk around in the…
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Renin’s hat
Renin came to our house one dark stormy night here in Seattle wearing this awesome hat. I knew I had to paint her wearing it. Just think, I could have painted your face, it would have been a perfect father’s day present for someone!
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Sunshine Award
Well this is a First for me! I’ve been nominated for a sunshine award by fellow blogger Alison Schuchs The Sunshine Award is a blogger award for creativity and positively, and its an honor to receive it! The rules for accepting the award are: Put the logo on your blog or within your post. Pass…
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Lucia revisited
It seems that by using wet on wet, Lucia looks more like the Lucy we all knew. She still looks a little too old, but the face is finally hers, at least seems like it to me. I tried to use colors that looked ancient, after all, this is from a 90 year old photograph…
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Megan unposed
I painted Megan again. This time I used a new technique, placing wet paint on wet paper. I wanted to preserve the softness of her skin and to show how she glows. It looks like I’m getting a little closer.
Mimi Torchia Boothby
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