On St.Patrick’s Day, the Chicago River is dyed green. This was from last year. These pictures aren’t edited, the water really is that green! Thank you for the challenge! #colorchallege #thursdaygreen

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Ripples (Lake Michigan, 2014) I was looking through some old pictures and found this simple photo of ripples in the water. I remember taking it actually. One nice sunny summer day, I went for a walk along

Watercolor in Blue (watercolor on paper)

Sketch (graphite on paper)

Temple (watercolor) Watercolor, also known as aquarelle, may be the oldest and most widely used form of painting, possibly dating all the way back to paleolithic cave paintings. It uses paint made of pigments

Paint Nite with a Good Friend (acrylic on canvas) The first synthetic pigments were made by ancient Egyptian artisans. Around the third millennium BC, they perfected a synthetic blue pigment, a double

Still Life (tempura on board and oil paint) Earth pigments are derived from naturally occurring minerals containing metal oxides and have been used since prehistoric times. Most earth pigments get their

Color (oil on canvas) In today's world, we are able to walk into a store and choose from a huge array of beautiful colors. But where do they come from? Though I've always known the world is full of color,

Still Life - Mangos on a Table (oil on canvas)

My first oil painting was an interesting experience. I hadn't started taking art classes as yet, and figuring out all the components of the medium was very confusing. Since then, I have learned much about

(Sun rising over a frozen Lake Michigan on a cold winter morning.) Hello, Belatedly in life, I started to appreciate art in all its forms; from graceful curves and vibrant color on a canvas, to the melodic

(Sun rising over a frozen Lake Michigan) Hello, Belatedly in life, I started to appreciate art in all its forms; from graceful curves and vibrant color on a canvas, to the melodic flow of words on paper,