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Meme of the day–Back it up!

Carol L. DouglasJan 28, 20111 min read
My new hard drive that just arrived in the mail, 6X8, oil on canvas A note about these still lives: they’re exercises before my “real work”, a sort of a meme-inside-a-meme, considering how popular the painting-a-day movement is. They take an hour, more or less. And I do them because I find the classic still …
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Meme of the day–Statement Jewelry (OK, OK, it’s not a meme, it’s a trend.)

Carol L. DouglasJan 27, 20111 min read
Jennifer Jones’ statement jewelry, 8X5″, oil on canvas Still life set up by my student, jewelry designer Jennifer Jones. If you’re interested in seeing her work (which really looks better than my still life) see it here.
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Neko-nabe, or fat cat in a dish (with notes about how to draw the ellipse of the dish)

Carol L. DouglasJan 26, 20111 min read
Neko-nabe, or fat cat in a dish, 8X6 oil on canvas An ellipse is a plane curve with two foci which is symmetrical on both the vertical and positive axes, and intersects with these axes perpendicularly. I recently heard a student tell another one, “She means not a racetrack and not a football.” Works for …
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Meme of the day–Ginger is so last year, but so’s this purse!

Carol L. DouglasJan 24, 20111 min read
Sandy’s ginger purse, which I found lying on the floor, 6X8, oil on canvas These memes of the day are tiny (6X8) still life paintings, warm-ups for my “real” paintings, and if they take me more than an hour, I get quite grumpy. (Girls, can I send this purse away now, or should it kick …
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Internet meme of the day–girl falls into fountain while texting

Carol L. DouglasJan 21, 20111 min read
Girl falls into fountain while texting, 6X8″, oil on canvas And the steps to do it, in about an hour: I start with either a watercolor pencil drawing. Easily erasable with a wet paper towel, allows me to fiddle endlessly with composition. Then I block in colors and values, very roughly. Then these shapes are …