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The most recent Ann Arbor Library art class was abstract art. Since we are all at home, Payton said we should use anything we have, if you don't have paint or drawing materials you can find things to use. I have everything, but decided to try to use natural materials. So I used what I had around the house. Coffee, beet juice, dandelions, grass and charred wood. I used the candle for resist, but it didn't work well. Oh yeah, and some amaranth, why not?

#artataadl #abstract

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Inktober52 prompt: tower. Devil’s Tower.

#inktober52 #inktober #tower #devils tower

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Inktober52 elf

#inktober52 #elf

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Inktober52 wave

#inktober52 #wave

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Inktober52 week 8 - spider

#inktober52 #spider

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Inktober52, prompt 7, dinner. You know you’ve done it.

#inktober52 #dinner

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We learned about pattern and rhythm in Ann Arbor Library art class today.

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Inktober52, prompt is hammer. I decided on a hammerhead shark.

Photo is from animalsearth.blogspot.com

#inktober52 #hammer #hammerhead shark

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Inktober52 balloon

9x12, from photo by Eliza Diamond @eliza28dimonds taken at Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show & Balloon Festival; Battle Creek, Michigan (I added the hills, doubt that Battle Creek has terrian like that)

#inktober52 #balloons

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At the Ann Arbor Library art class we learned about composition using charcoal. American crow. Photo reference Mariah Letowt.

#artataadl crow

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Week 4 of Inktober52, prompt is snake.

#inktober52 #snake #week 4

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Week 3 of Inktober52, brick. I decided to use the prompt as an opportunity to practice my exercises from the Alphonso Dunn Pen & Ink Drawing book.

#inktober52 #week3 #brick

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Ok, this is admittedly weird. In library art class we learned about the Harlem Renaissance and the visual artists of the time.  Romare Bearden did, among other things, collages. We were supposed to do a collage of what we think of as home. I got silly and was going to build it out of food. Thus the granola bar house, salad front yard and cookie driveway. then I got sillier when I saw the grass monster. No, I do not have a monster in my yard, just bunnies that eat everything. We had an hour and limited magazines. It was fun and a good art lesson. We also learned about Jacob Lawernce, Aaron Douglas, Charles Henry Alston, Lois Mailou Jones, and Augusta Savage.

#artataadl #collage

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This week’s Inktober prompt is shadow. What better shadow than a noir shadow. I’m not sure what, if any, movie this is from. The photo credit is Benn Mitchell on Getty Images. A great noir photo in any event. It was interesting drawing it as I didn’t notice the car or the shadow in the upper left ( person, light pole, fire hydrant?).

#inktober52 #noir #shadow

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This is my first real attempt at ink drawing. I am doing the Inktober52 challange. Prompt is flight.

Photo credit: Doug Gochfeld, Alaska; Mew Gull (American); Macaulaylibrary.org

#inktober52 #flight #bird

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Landscape using conte crayons at Ann Arbor Library.

#artataadl #conte crayon #landscape

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Art at AADL. We did water reflections using watercolor.

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