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This week's #CollectedStudies - hands from Leonardo Da Vinci and Albrecht Dürer's sketches. As always, better resolution photos can be found on my website, link in bio.⁠⠀

All of my favorite swan photos from Linlithgow Scotland are now up on the blog this morning -- Link in Bio. And the song that inspired the title is linked within the post.⁠⠀
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I loved this spot by the loch. There's a short video of the birds here around feeding time on my IGTV. I don't have the words to explain how beautiful and grounding it felt to sit and watch and be surrounded by these birds. 🖤⁠⠀

Oil studies from a few weeks back. More on the blog. ⁠(Studying directly from a piece by @henrikaau - thank you so much for sharing videos of your painting techniques! They remind me of how students of John Singer Sargent would describe his techniques - very intentional and in minimal brushstrokes.)⠀
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I’m experimenting with loose brush strokes, minimal blending on the canvas and focusing on blending on the palette to achieve that loose look. This isn’t the final look - but I liked it. ⁠⠀
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From close up, you can see the brush strokes and it seems messy. From far away, your eye fills in the gaps and you form a complete picture. ⁠⠀
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I’ve been studying from artists on Instagram - those who graciously upload videos of themselves painting. It’s crazy. I remember in middle school dreaming of being able to just sit and watch someone paint for hours to learn from viewing - and now, the internet has provided 🖤🙌⁠⠀

New sketchbook - new weekly mini series to keep me sketching. Check out the link in my bio to see the mushroom painting I did a few years back. #CollectedStudies⁠⠀
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I've been playing a whole lot of #StardewValley - and I guess it inspired me to draw mushrooms 😆⁠⠀

Lots of new photos from the Duomo Florence are up on the site this morning 👉 Link in bio ; here are just a few of my favorites. The building is gorgeous. Massive. Detailed. And the way the light played with it throughout the day changed its appearance so dramatically. ⠀

🦢 Linlithgow, Scotland 🖤⠀

Okay, I said I would film myself drawing so I'm holding myself accountable - give me some feedback if you'd like to see more videos. ⁠⠀
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It's not the most original and it's not rendered perfectly, but I'm learning the camera. Lesson learned today: the camera overheats after 30 minutes (so there's a big chunk of time missing). And most of the footage is blending (a.k.a.: boring, so it gets cut). ⁠⠀
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The first eye was drawn last night, so there wasn’t any footage of it. The second one was drawn this morning. ⁠⠀
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Music playing in the background: 05 Ghosts I - Nine Inch Nails. ⁠⠀

For those coming from my old account - Thanks for finding me on here and clicking follow again. It’s nice to see familiar faces here and it does mean a lot. .
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Something I used to really love doing was creating blog posts, so expect some more of those shortly. .
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Another thing I’m working on is filming myself drawing or painting. I have a friend on here who posts these nearly daily and I absolutely love watching them and seeing that discipline and dedication. .
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You can find more photos from Santa Maria Novella Farmacia up on the blog today 👉🏻 Link in bio 🖤

Digging through the archives today and found this. Feeling kind of like a trip to the ocean is required very soon.

Some lake photos from the weekend's pregnancy shoot. New post link in bio.⁠⠀
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I’m writing this blog post with black paint all over my hands and legs. There are oil paintings drying next to me, a pencil drawing of a snake waiting to be finished, and a pregnancy photoshoot halfway finished with edits. Summer is off to a great start! 👌⁠⠀

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March 21, 2018 in Creative Portraits, Portrait