With one day left to finish my painting for the Open Doors invitational, I had to organize quickly. I wanted to work on my painting by natural light and in the a/c (my quilt studio is not air conditioned.) By smushing things a bit, there was room to set up small painting studio in my [...]
No, I haven’t taken up smoking…
by PaMdora on 07. Jul, 2008 in Journeys, Painting, Process, Sketchbooks
…but I’ve been collecting retro melamine ashtrays that make great brush/water holders for painting. And they come in great colors (I have bigger yellow and green ones at my studio.) This is a small one, which is good for travel, especially on a boat where your brushes might roll overboard. The watercolor pencils roll also, [...]
Acrylic Ink Sketches
by PaMdora on 30. Jun, 2008 in Drawings, Mixed Media, Painting, Process, Sketchbooks
Doing some sketches for new ideas. I love using these acrylic inks by Daler-Rowney, especially the pearlescent ones. And who could resist with great names for colors like Waterfall Green, Galactic Blue, or Hot Mama Red?
Monoprinting and Dye Painting
by PaMdora on 21. Feb, 2008 in Dye, Painting, Process
Maybe everything happens for a reason. That week that I laid in bed and read dye painting books really soaked in (my brain, not the bed). So I got out the dye powders I had ordered last year, and weird tools I don’t remember ordering, and started to fool around. This was done with a [...]
Illustration Friday: Zoo School for Big Cats
by PaMdora on 28. Nov, 2007 in Drawings, Illustration Friday, Painting
The Illustration Friday theme this week is Zoo, but I kept thinking about the new Leopard operating system on my Mac. Then I remembered that all the previous Mac OS X operating systems were named for big cats, and I thought the big cats might have to go to school to learn the difference between [...]
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Sketchbook Mania
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Sew “Modern” vintage sewing machine
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Another Moth-eaten Sweater
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The Food Pyramid
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Six Pages in Quilting Arts Magazine!
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Vital Threads exhibition at Stephens College
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The Hotdog Dog
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Old Irons, New Fires
13. Aug, 2010
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Prehistoric Laptop
12. Aug, 2010
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International TECHstyle Art Biennial (ITAB)
09. Aug, 2010
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Emmie: Looks beautiful, Pam. As always. And the picture o...
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Jacque: It looks great! I hope I can get there and see it...
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Fitzy: ..but the photo you caught of the little boy stari...

