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  • Longhaired Dachshund Calendar: June Final

     

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    Darby Calendar: June by Moira McLaughlin

    I finished the June college of my Longhaired Dachshund calendar this morning.   I have lots to tell you about how it came together, but not today.

    Wishing you all the best in 2012. 

  • Longhaired Dachshund Calendar: June Collage Prep

     

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    This is from October 2011 when I started the June collage for my Longhaired Dachshund calendar.  I can't remember why I did this in the kitchen and not the studio.  I know I wanted to lay out the materials I would use and work on the color palette before I started.  As you can see, I had forgotten to place Darby's pillow in his spot by the French doors.  He is waiting there for me to do so.  

  • Longhaired Dachshund Calendar: June

     

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    I drew this sketch last January when I decided to make the Darby calendar.  I started working on it two months ago, combining it with this sketch…

     

     

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    I've been looking a lot at this print…

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    New Year's Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree, Oji by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1857

    And this one…

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    Fireworks Over Ryogoku Bridge by Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856

    I'm incorporating the stars from the above print.  And today dog artist and author Kim Niles of KiniArt sent me this quote:

    "Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in the heavens, where the love of our lost ones shines down to let us know they are with us." –  author unknown.

    I still start my day with tears.  I still appreciate hearing that it will get better, but I miss him so much.  It's hard to believe.

  • Longhaired Dachshund Calendar: February Collage

     

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    Here is my Darby calendar collage for the month of February.  This one was less of a struggle than January's collage.  It helped to sketch an idea first…

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    It also helped to look at a masterpiece.   I printed out Van Gogh's Bedroom in Arles, 1888, and referred to it often…

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    I also discovered that Van Gogh was much more methodical than is often assumed.  Here are two sketches of Bedroom in Arles.  One sent to his brother Theo…

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    And this one sent to his friend and fellow artist Paul Gaugin…

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    The other piece I printed out was this Romare Bearden collage.  I don't know the name of it.  I kept coming back to his blocks of color…

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    Now, on to March.  I think it's going to be about Darby in the miner's lettuce…

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