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More Ranunculus Paintings

I am having so much fun painting these pretty pink ranunculus.  Beautiful, round, pink pillowy blossoms and twisty romantic stems that seem to be very hardy.   The watercolor pictures are perfect to capture the clean and pure colors. The oil paints are also good at capturing the nuances of color and the texture of the many petals.  Hope you enjoy!

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In My Studio

I was playing with my camera in the studio tonite.  I recorded a little video for my youtube channel.  Then I decided to try the timer since I haven't used that before.  Need to work on my focusing skills. But I had fun. Okay.  See you later...

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Using a 3D Printer

Our library here in Elmhurst, IL has a 3D printer, among many other cool things like large format printers, knitting machines, silhouette die cutters, video and sound equipment, and much more available to residents.  So I have been working with my daughter on some projects.  This is my daughter's first project, a model of a makeup case.  The material is a corn bioplastic and we used the suggested beginner's program Tinkercad to design.  Then just send the file to the library for printing.  Easy as can be.  Quite fun also.  I hope to share more projects with you in the future!

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White Iris and Spray Roses

Have you ever seen white iris before?  I have seen purple iris all my life.  But when I saw these white iris, I just had to have them.  They remind me of paper whites and other winter white florals.  As much as I love color this time of year, there is something very clean and refreshing about white flowers.   I also found these pale pink spray roses for $5!  What a bargain from Marianos in Westchester.  Okay.  I already painted them!  See below.  Kind of a funky abstract playful painting.   Hope you enjoy my new painting.  

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