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December 2010
December 25, 2010
December 23, 2010
Collections Part 1: Mushrooms!
Every year my sister and I put together a calendar to give to our family. We each draw six images based upon a theme and then through the magic of the internet, she sends them to me, and I send them to Canada, and they come back as shiny wall calendars. This year's theme was collections. This is the first of several Collections posts:
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I had a lot of fun painting these mushrooms! I included a few tasty mushrooms in addition to the deadly ones. As usual, these are done with acrylic gouache on board, one of my favorite mediums.
December 20, 2010
Xalapa
I recently had the opportunity to travel to Veracruz, Mexico in November. Beyond the mandatory drinking and beaching, we took a day trip to Xalapa to visit their AMAZING archeology museum. (Beware! The link takes you to their somewhat theatrical website.) I took some photos of some items I found inspiring. Sorry, there are no informative captions. Anyway, they were in Spanish.
I love these animal heads!
This figure has large narrow eyes and sharp little separate teeth! This is very much my style!
Amazing wheeled child's toy with wheels
