Category: daily paintings

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A Day in the Life of an artist

Michele B. Naquaiya

Artists view themselves pretty differently than the way the world in general sees them.  I am bringing you a little series I originally drew sometime in the mid 1980’s.  Pretty old, huh.  I found the sketches packed away in some dusty box.  I brought them into my computer and am redrawing them on my Cintique tablet.

I think this will be a lot of fun to create a new take on an old issue of how artists view themselves.  Young or old, beginner or master, artists are colorful people.  Their personalities are reflected in what they make and do.  I tend to be kind of goofy sometimes and that is the best part of me I believe.

So here goes a new way of sketching.  Enjoy.

Here’s my link to find this image on a bunch of stuff you might want to buy.  I can’t ship anything from Mexico reasonably, practically or otherwise and for this reason, I use POD sites.

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on a t-shirt, mug, or other goodies.

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Goofing with hand lettering

Michele B. Naquaiya

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Back to the drawing and painting workspace.  Now that the major remodel has been done on my sweet little village house, and, now that I’m recovering from exhaustion, it is time to goof around and play a little.  I have an idea in my head for another series to be done simultaneously with the almost extinct animals of Mexico.  It’s about painting what you want to paint.  So this is a note to begin.  I will use a digital font for the art but this is just to break the ice and sit at this wonderful table.
I have lots of light here and room to spread out so it’s nothing but fun.  My internet is extremely poor and slow, but I’m hanging in there for a better day.  I have a hundred ideas for this “paint what you love” series.  If you have a suggestion for what you think I should love to paint, feel free and jump in.

 

 

 

 

 

daily paintings

green apple still life

Michele B. Naquaiya

green-apple

Here is a Pippin green apple on an old dish cloth.  This is a miniature watercolor where I find myself going back in time and painting quick vignettes of little household things.

As I recover from surgery and the adjustment to living in Mexico, I need to go back and establish my roots and where I’ve come from.  I have been a daily painter for many years and it gives me comfort.

Check out all the new paintings I’ve done in the past few weeks here.  Ive been playing with abstracts and using vivid colors.  Thanks for looking.