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During the Creative Process

During the creative process – your beautiful space.

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The Magic of Venice

There’s no mistaking Venice.
No way to get it confused with the thousand of other places on the planet.
Water for streets
Gondolas for…

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V is for Venice:)!

Watercolor Postcard from Italy! As you can see, I have been using the H2O Twinkler watercolors on the postcards I have done in Italy.  They show more shimmer, depending on how the light hits ’em!   Detail 🙂 So much Venice! One could paint a lifetime  and not capture all that is here. So ancient,…

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Bellissimo Burano and Pussy Galore!

“Postcards from Burano!” Detail  🙂 Burano is an island just a wee bit away from Venice. It is known for its lacemaking AND colorful buildings 🙂 Not having an Eddie sighting since arriving in Venice, I ASSUMED  it was safe to venture out. So I’m out, shutterbugging around Burano (did I mention it was COLORFUL??)…

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Sunflower Skies and Grapevine Goodness

Detail 😛   And they wanted you to see where they live! The grapes are hanging out next door to the sunflowers because… they compliment each other so well 😛 And they wanted to show off their home to you too! And a breezy video for you from the Tuscan countryside! A peek at my…

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Under THE Tuscan Sun

  Detail 🙂 This very petite watercolor comes with it’s own handmade paper envelope (procured from the same place as the Fabriano journal:) It is approx 3 x 4″ and is the giveaway for today! (See Below) It’s morning here in Cortona and I thought it was time to share a bit with you via…

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You Say Cortona, Eddie Says Cortuna

And the next thing I knew, cats were turning up everywhere… So I shouldn’t have been surprised when I walked into the shop and saw… Yep. Just as we had feared. Eddie has joined us in, as he calls it, Cortuna. So I will attempt to offset what may become a HUGE problem by focusing…

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Life Among the Ruins…

“A Night in Roma”
Original Watercolor Postcard
Runaway to Italy #3 Giveaway

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A Tale of Secret Gardens, Purple Berets and Hidden Delights

The Le Vieux Couvent in the southwest of France has that special ingredient that was present in the book I read so many years ago—-the kind of place one might find on a walk and peer longingly over the wall wishing you could enter in, but knowing you will never get to—except in this case,…

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A Taste of Watercolor in France

“Waiting for You at Le Vieux Couvent” Watercolor/ 12 x 12 I am so happy to see  (from all the comments on yesterday’s post) that you are having fun with it as well!  Above is the demo I did today and below is the watercolor postcard of the scene. I sat in the chair by…

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From Paris to Paris!

We managed to cram a lot of fun into those 5 days in Lexington though, let me tell you. From big girl panties to little red wagons….. and funny stories of late night downtown buggy rides  (buggies that were still labeled “Just Married”—seems like the gang  from Texas  is skilled in creating a stir;)) We…