An Artist Labyrinth: Ginny Stiles CZT

This is the first, wildest, wisest thing I know: the soul exists...it is built entirely out of attentiveness.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Joan Stephens lily from Watercolor Workshop

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This is the same watercolor subject painted by my friend Joan. It's fun to see how different she interpreted the same subject.
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Friday, February 24, 2012

Lian Zhen workshop: second painting

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Lots more abstract Wednesday. I had more difficulty relating to the compositional elements in this one. Each of us placed our water lilies ...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

A day with a Chinese Painter

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"A beautiful painting depicts the harmony between nature and imagination." Lian Quan Zhen Monday and Tuesday I spent painting this...
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Saturday, February 4, 2012

Drawing Class continues

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Trying to get my "homework" done is quite a challenge with all the distractions here in Florida! For week two class I completed t...
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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Yupo Demo for Jan 23 Florida class....

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It's fun to re-visit a medium you have come to enjoy so much. This is done on a half sheet of translucent Yupo paper with white paper b...
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Fracturing Clematis

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Clematis: (noun) a climbing plant of the buttercup family that bears white, pink, or purple flowers and feathery seeds. Tip: When you put ...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

My Drawing Class

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I feel badly I haven't been posting very regularly. I can think of excuses...but they are not very creative ones. So I'll skip tho...
Saturday, December 31, 2011

Happy Birthday Matisse!

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It's the birthday of painter Henri Matisse (1869), born in Le Cateau, France. As a child and a young man, he had no interest in art. H...
Thursday, December 22, 2011

Two Different WC techniques

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This is watercolor on canvas. I am using Peg Furlin's technique of "fracturing". I took my inspiration from a catalog I found...
Saturday, December 17, 2011

Saving my Lizard Painting

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This painting that comes first is the "touched up" version. Scroll down below to the original painting. I used a John Lovett tec...
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Monday, December 5, 2011

Ginny on Steve Humes CD jacket

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I posted about this once before...but now the album (Exit 32) is out and for sale! My little sketch is on the back. Steve has a sort of ...
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Sunday, December 4, 2011

Fun Ways to Share Art

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The Seno Woodland Education Center is now offering products to raise $ for the environmental center in Burlington, WI. All the products fea...
Monday, November 28, 2011

Fractured

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Based on Peg Furlin's workshop...I did a demo for my wc class today...watercolor on canvas. We only have about two hours to work togeth...
Thursday, November 17, 2011

Peg Furlin's WC on canvas workshop

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We all arrived in a downpour at the Center for the Arts in Leesburg, FL for Peg's class. But by noon it was hot and sunny again! Many ...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

En Plein Air again!

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Our hostess today was my friend, Dawn, who has lovely home on Lake Eustis. 8 or so artists gathered there this morning starting out in ove...
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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Susan Lansdown 75 day sketch complete

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Susan is one of our Sassy Sketchers...and since we all started together last August, we are all ending together in October!!! Susan also sen...
Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Receiving my Artistic License!

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How totally fun is this! When the Sassy Sketcher's signed up with Brenda Swenson on her blog to do the 75 days challenge of doing a pen ...
Monday, November 7, 2011

Joan Stephens Finishes up her 75 Day Sketch Challenge

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The Sassy Sketchers are gradually coming to a finish on this particular project!!! It was great to hear from Joan (pronounced Jo-Ann) and he...
Sunday, November 6, 2011

Pouring Watercolor Part I

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Actually I am posting this for my November 14th watercolor class here in FL. We are preparing to do a little pouring of watercolor ala Jean ...
Sunday, October 30, 2011

Leslie Johnson completes her 75 day sketching Challenge!

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The group of gals (The Sassy Sketchers) who started out about at the same time on this challenge in August...are, of course, finishing up at...
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Ginny Stiles
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
I live in Madison, Wisconsin and summer for a few months in Lac du Flambeau, WI. I teach watercolor, mixed media and Zentangle classes.
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