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Bucket Lists

5/27/2020

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Cozy Harbor Inlet 11”X14”, oil on linen panel, 2014
What's on your bucket list? Mine keeps changing, and the current situation makes me want to revise it again. Some of the items I've done, so they're off the list. Some are ongoing, like learn to speak French. I've been working on that one for 4 years. Then there's learn to play the cello. That's been on my list for over 30 years. Maybe it's time to ditch it.

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Bright Sail, Cozy Harbor 16”X20”, oil on linen panel, 2015
Another thing on my list has been spending the summer in Maine. Last year was the first time we did, and it was wonderful. This year, I'm not so sure. I hope it happens. Being in Maine for the summer, and out on the water a lot of the time, is a dream come true, a real bucket list success.

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My Dream of Maine 20”X24”, oil on canvas, 2016
Then there's learning to paint. I wanted to do that since high school. I took evening classes in drawing early in my work career. I spent some time with water colors, which is how many people start because it seems less messy than the other options. What they don't tell you is that water color is the most difficult painting medium to learn. Then an artist neighbor suggested oil paints, as more forgiving (which is true). That was 20 years ago. I would have missed so much if I never tried it.

What's on your bucket list?

If learning to paint is on that list, I have an opportunity for you. Take a look at the beginning painting workshop I'm teaching in June. You can take it from your own home.

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Bruce McMillan link
5/28/2020 09:47:28 am

If you want an adventure, try watercolors. The colors have a life that play with each other, wet and dry, that can't be found in oil. Do what John Singer Sargent did. After all of his oils, for the rest of his life he painted watercolors, free and loose.

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Volta Pra Escola Blogueira De Moda link
10/12/2023 06:33:36 am

Nicce post thanks for sharing

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