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Painting of the Week – Heading Out
Roughing in a Painting
With acrylic, I draw up a sketch and rough it in. However, this time my canvas didn’t have the same proportions...
Painting of the Week – Autumn Essentials
Bountiful Color Contrasts
This painting, Autumn Essentials, is about bounty. The leaves are just turning color and there is a healthy ...
Painting of the Week – Trolley Rides, Hang On!
Change the Intensity in your Color for your Center of Interest
I thought I’d spice things up with an old San Francisco painting. This ...
Painting of the Week – Ornamental Cabbage
Sometimes You Get Lost
Paul and I were on a fall trip in West Virginia where there was as bed of beautiful Ornamental Cabbage mixed wi...
Painting of the Week – Bird’s Eye View
Try a Different Viewpoint
A “Bird’s Eye View” by Ellen Jean Diederich - Painting of the Week
If you think this is an unusual painting...
Painting of the Week – Pastoral
Using Grays to Lighten Colors
Painting of the Week - Pastoral by Fargo Artist Ellen Jean Diederich
Driving home from the lake on Memo...
Painting of the Week – Fiesta
Color promotes a Festive Atmosphere
I was in Oaxaco, Mexico enjoying lunch when we suddenly heard explosions go off. To calm our fears...
Painting of the Week – Ronda
Portraying Colorful Places
In May of 2000, Paul and I went to Spain for a Diederich family vacation. On one of our day trips we drove ...
Painting of the Week – Into the Mist
A Theme Can Inspire New Ideas
I’m looking out at the fog this morning and it made me think of this painting “Into the Mist”. The idea ...
Painting of the Week – Essentials
Starving Artist Paints TP
After hearing about how desperate people were for toilet paper and paper towels, I chose to paint this paint...