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Progress shots from tonight's postcard. #wip #postcards #postcardstomyself #scotland #watercolor #landscape_lovers
Posted by Rebecca Shapiro on 13 Oct 2015 /
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I forgot to post work in progress shots last night so here's a little composite of last night's postcard. #wip #postcards #postcardstomyself #scotland #watercolor #landscape_lovers
Posted by Rebecca Shapiro on 13 Oct 2015 /
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Day 85/100 of #100superviewsinscotland. Acharacle on Ardnamurchan inspired by @skm1963. I love fall and the changing of the colors…the way the low sun makes everything glow. The orange fields and golden mountain top are so beautiful in this photo. #acharacle #ardnamurchan #peninsula #mountains #fields #scottishhighlands #landscape #adventure #scotland #explorescotland #loves_scotland #studiolife #postcardstomyself #watercolor #painting #portland #portlandart #pdx
Posted by Rebecca Shapiro on 12 Oct 2015 /
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A shift in the palette tonight. Last night's postcard got me thinking a lot about fall colors and snow. I'm trying to figure out the best combos…especially the shadows. #watercolor #painting #postcards #postcardstomyself #palette
Posted by Rebecca Shapiro on 11 Oct 2015 /
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Tonight's postcard ended up being much more detailed than I anticipated. I love lines. Sometimes I just want to leave things like this. But! I'm learning to be a watercolorist and I can't learn if I stop here. #alwayslearning #pencildrawing #watercolor #postcardstomyself #postcards
Posted by Rebecca Shapiro on 11 Oct 2015 /
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One of my all time favorite botanical illustrators, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717). I'm also a big fan of Elizabeth Blackwell (1707-1858), a Scottish (of course) illustrator and author who created "A Curious Herbal." Tough to find her work but can see it online at the British Library. Her story is pretty amazing. Married to a rotter (my opinion) who was in prison for pretending he had guild credentials. She worked with him while he was in prison to create the engravings for the book to pay his gaol fines. He got out and then left her and their daughter behind. Was eventually hung for treason. #Repost @theillustratedlife_ with @repostapp.・・・From the German book Das kleine Buch der Tropenwunder (1935). Illustrated by German naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717).#illustration #books #vintagebooks #vintageillustration #vintage #nature #naturalhistory #retrobooks #retroillustration #retro #illustrationart #insects #insectsofinstagram
Posted by Rebecca Shapiro on 11 Oct 2015 /
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I've been thinking a lot about the next 100 paintings (only 15 left!) and tonight's postcard made the decision for me. This definitely needed to be bigger and I needed more time. So the next series of 100 will either be bigger in scale or – if I keep it postcard sized and its complex (that snow! gah!) – then I'll give myself more than a night to complete the piece. Still stuck on Scotland! That won't change yet. Sorry I'm still stalking you guys! Day 84/100 of #100superviewsinscotland. Glen Affric inspired by @jamie__macpherson. I kept thinking of Little House on Prairie…guess this is Little House in the Highlands. #glenaffric #cannich #bothy #nationaltrustforscotland #mountains #fields #scottishhighlands #landscape #adventure #scotland #explorescotland #loves_scotland #studiolife #postcardstomyself #watercolor #painting #portland #portlandart #pdx
Posted by Rebecca Shapiro on 11 Oct 2015 /
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Excited this arrived today! Printed in 1954. Perfect for a dark, rainy day. #heatoncooper #watercolor
Posted by Rebecca Shapiro on 10 Oct 2015 /
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Day 83/100 of #100superviewsinscotland. Torness, above Loch Ness, inspired by @f1nk10. I mentioned in the previous post I was out painting tonight. I thought I had brought enough paint with me but used the very last blue and green I had on my palette for this evening's postcard. It turned out to be quite fun! It helped me remember that constraints often free me up to be more creative. A few years back my studio was broken into and the thief ran off with about a thousand dollars worth of watercolor paints. At first I was devastated but losing those colors made me a better colorist. I only use a few paints now and have learned to mix my own colors instead of relying on a tube to get the exact shade I need. The limitations helped me be a better painter. #torness #lochness #inverness #mountains #fields #scottishhighlands #landscape #adventure #scotland #explorescotland #loves_scotland #studiolife #postcardstomyself #watercolor #painting #portland #portlandart #pdx
Posted by Rebecca Shapiro on 10 Oct 2015 /
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I'm not painting at home tonight and just realized two things. This is all the blue I have with me – so no beaches. And there is a pine needle stuck in the green from camping in July. #studiolife #onthego #rollwithit
Posted by Rebecca Shapiro on 09 Oct 2015 /
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