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Palettes of Keuka: Part 2
This week I’m sharing more about my painting process. While I’m specifically speaking about painting the palette for the Palettes of Keuka in this blog post, I follow a similar process for other projects. I’ve compiled pictures of the process and video clips from the 100 Day Project that showed…
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Palettes of Keuka: Part 1
Guess what’s happening today!? I’m a little excited! (If you couldn’t tell.) Bidding for the Palettes of Keuka opens today!! When I was invited to participate in Palettes of Keuka this year I was so excited! In honor of the bidding starting for this event, I’m sharing what inspired my…
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Waterfall Wednesday: Sweedler Preserve
If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you may remember me previously mentioning Sweedler Preserve and my little mishap with reading the map (reread here). I’ve been reading up on the waterfall and the trails in this preserve and there are many young, experienced hikers that have commented on…
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Waterfall Wednesday: Upper Triphammer Falls
I haven’t quite pinned down why this waterfall is one of my favorites. Maybe it’s because it falls at angular steps. Maybe it’s because it’s in such an urban setting. Maybe it’s because it satisfies some need to find out where things start. Maybe it’s the beautiful lake and waterlilies…
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Waterfall Wednesday: Businessman’s Lunch Falls
Today we’re back in Ithaca, New York to look at Businessman’s Lunch Falls. Way back on week three of this Waterfall Wednesday series (we’re now on week 42) I shared about Van Natta Falls which is the waterfall at the top created by a man-made dam. There are three natural waterfalls below…
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Waterfall Wednesday: Foaming Falls
This is one of my favorite paintings from my recent series of 50 New York Waterfalls. I feel like I say that a lot, but each one is so beautiful and unique. Today’s waterfall is Foaming Falls, also known as Horseshoe Falls, from Fall Creek Gorge in Ithaca, New York. …
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Waterfall Wednesday: Rocky Falls
Rocky Falls (top), photograph, 2018 For today’s featured waterfall – Rocky Falls – we are going back to Fall Creek Gorge (also called Ithaca Gorge) in Ithaca, New York. Fall Creek Gorge is located right within the Cornell University campus and includes six named waterfalls – Ithaca Falls, Forest Falls, Foaming…
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Waterwall Wednesday: Ithaca Falls
There’s a lot of waterfalls in Ithaca – a LOT – but this one is one of my favorites and the first that I visited – Ithaca Falls. When it comes to waterfalls in Ithaca, I’m a bit of a newbie. I knew that Buttermilk Falls existed but until this…
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Waterfall Wednesday: Giant’s Staircase
Giant’s Staircase is this week’s featured waterfall adventure and painting! This beautiful waterfall is located in Cascadilla Gorge tucked into the Cornell University Campus in Ithaca, New York. Cascadilla Gorge, photograph, 2018 Cascadilla Gorge has a .6 mile trail (one way) from Linn Street at University Avenue and Court Street…
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Inktober 2018: Recap Week 2
Week two done for the the Inktober drawing challenge! If you missed my week 1 drawings you can catch up on the blog post from last week here. Inktober is a drawing challenge created by artist Jake Parker which encourages artists to create a drawing each day with ink based on…
