(OOPS! that shoulda been Charles Dickens!)* I don't have an enormous garden but I do have some of the Most-Important things in it... Basil Sweet edible-pod Peas OKRA If you've never tried fresh-from-the-garden Okra dipped in a bit of ranch dressing I'm thinking about saying a prayer for you. (You gotta try it once, unless you hate Ranch. In that case Bleu-cheese dressing works, too.) Transparent watercolor + Prismacolor pencils * From A Tale of Two Cities: " It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way--in short, the period was so far like the present period that some of its noisiest authorities ...
Miss R. Fadler. Amazing shadows. Looks like a flashlight is pointing directly at those trees. Great "depth-of-field" accomplishment. Master N. Davis. Thanks for letting me "demo" a bit on your painting. Ditto on the shadow-effect. Miss N. Buckingham. Such delicate, ethereal colors here, it's hard to believe all these students are using the very same paints...In this version (as in Miss Lee's further down the post) the focus is as much - or more - on the ink-drawing as it is on the painting. Contrast this with Miss Fadler's and Master Davis's, above and Miss Breeding's below. These latter three have nearly done-away-with the ink-drawing in favor of very bold/rich/or deep toned colors - of course any or all lines could be re-inked. So much for my fearing we'd end up with 12 cookie-cutter paintings each lesson! Miss M. Wolfe. I like this sky. Reminds me of stained-glass. Miss K. Breeding (not quite finished). Does her sky remind anyone else of a...
Portion of a stunning dark red-brown scallop shell as interpreted by Miss K. Breeding. I like it. It's small, yet bold. Kinda like the girl who painted it...
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