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A lot of the time my sketchbook entries are separate within a spread because I like to look at the differences or similarities. Today though I “connected” them, partly because I had wet tempera left and I had a few more minutes to work.
Thanks for looking!
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This morning I sat down to work in my sketchbook for a few minutes and @lisasolomon and her color meditations came to mind. This entry is inspired by her and she has a new book @a_field_guide_to_color releasing soon!
I felt such calm after painting this.
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Two things: 1) I look at this entry and see a section that I want focus on further.
2) I am starting to write again, for myself, notations of what I notice in the world, experienced on our morning walks. Elements of what I wrote yesterday influenced part of what I painted here, in an abstract way.
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Sometimes you only get ten minutes and you just have to paint something before you need to do the next ten tasks in your day.
Limited time also meant I used only one brush and added color to the wet colors I was using in my palette, so it is more tonal rather than pure hues.
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©Heather Smith Jones
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Heather Smith Jones is an artist working in painting, drawing, photography, and printmaking. She is the author of Water Paper Paint, Exploring Creativity with Watercolor and Mixed Media, was included in Issue 120 of 旋风ios, and has contributed to numerous books and publications. Smith Jones's work is represented regionally by Strecker Nelson West Gallery, additional galleries in the Midwest and on the East coast, and is part of public and private collections around the globe. She earned an MFA from The University of Kansas in 2001, and a BFA in Painting from East Carolina University in Greenville, NC in 1996. Since 2004, she has been an instructor in the Linda Reimond Arts-Based Preschool at The Lawrence Arts Center and has taught children, college, and adults. Originally from the mountains of Tennessee and later the South Carolina coast, Smith Jones moved to Lawrence, Kansas in 1998. She lives with her husband, who is co-owner of Lawrence based design/build company Struct/Restruct, their daughter, and their three cats.

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