January 9, 2009
by Bonnie Porter
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MONDAY MONTAGE. “to everything there is a season. . . .” From the gardens of Tuscany and vineyards of Chianti . . . to the gardens and vineyards of my East Cobb Atlanta neighborhood, I continue to find inspiration for sketching and painting. My most recent watercolor interpretation of the garden in Tuscany where I […]
August 4, 2008
by Bonnie Porter
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MONDAY MONTAGE. Unfinished Projects! Eager to start a new painting, I flipped through a pile of pristine white watercolor paper and tablets. A surprise was lurking at the bottom of the box. Not mold (thankfully). Not sketch paper (which sometimes migrates from one file drawer to another). I found several pages with light sketches of […]
July 27, 2008
by Bonnie Porter
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MONDAY MONTAGE: WARM-UPS. With any project we endeavor, we can benefit greatly from making an effort to get off to a good start. I’m finding that an appropriate kick-start seems to help me generate better work. No matter what kind of painting project I’m starting, I like to paint a piece of fresh fruit first. […]
July 20, 2008
by Bonnie Porter
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MONDAY MONTAGE: Why blog?I’ve been journaling since the 6th grade. And making scrapbooks and paper crafts since I was six years old.This web-journal will be an extension of that tradition. I want it to be topic focused, just like my personal journals. Instead of keeping a daily diary, for many years now I’ve been in […]
July 14, 2008
by Bonnie Porter
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MONDAY MONTAGE: Painting sunflowers is a guaranteed happy painting project. With kids AND with adults. We all seem to enjoy splashing thick yellow pigment on a canvas as much as Van Gogh did. And I love the Italian word for sunflower. Girasole means “turn towards the sun.” Today in Art Camp we looked closely at […]