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pearshttps://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/william-and-tiny-earthlings.jpgWilliam and tiny earthlingshttps://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cactus-rock-woman.jpgCactus Rock Womanhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/quote-book.jpgquote book2016-04-02T20:10:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2016/03/04/563-days-later/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/opaque-white.jpgopaque whiteMistakes are just a change in design.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/prismacolor-pencils.jpgprismacolor pencilsI started using COLOR!https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/micron-pen.jpgmicron penI still use black inkhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/first-and-latest-sketches.jpgfirst and latest sketchesThis is the first (upright) and one of the latest (laying down and with color) sketches.2016-03-04T21:33:14+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2015/04/11/stories-just-bustin-to-get-out/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tissues-of-delaney-blu.jpgtissues of Delaney Bluhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/storyboard-sketches-for-nightmare.jpgStoryboard sketches for Nightmare2015-04-11T16:31:18+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2014/12/03/painting-with-children-are-you-kidding/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-11-26-08-41-45.jpgJonathan's w frameJonathan's w framehttps://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-11-26-08-39-24.jpgJonathan's art w/o frameJonathan's art w/o framehttps://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-11-25-16-23-43.jpgThanksgiving kidsThanksgiving kidshttps://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-10-30-15-25-06.jpgKyle's art w frameKyle's art w framehttps://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-10-29-16-48-04.jpgKyle's art w/o frameKyle's art w/o frame. 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The brush survived.2014-12-03T21:45:42+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2014/12/03/a-simple-and-inexpensive-art-project-for-children-mask-making/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-09-16-11-09-32.jpgLooking in the mirrorNow go look at yourself in the mirror! https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-09-16-11-11-10.jpgSecond class of fifth graders.Now the final touches! 6.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-09-16-10-19-05.jpgFirst class of fifth graders.Materials used: 1. Brightly colored and black cardstock. 2. Glue sticks, scissors, staplers, and colored pencils.2014-12-03T01:10:51+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2014/10/26/eat-a-live-frog-first-thing-in-the-morning/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/blog-photos-for-oct-26-2014-003.jpgblog photos for Oct 26, 2014 0032. Social Media: Today I will be drawing-from-life my 70th sketch in a row. I am amazed, myself, that I have been that consistent. Sometimes the drawing gets done by the stroke of midnight, but it gets done. I have posted each day's drawing on Instagram and also shared it with my Facebook timeline. Was told about a #inktober project artists were posting to and joined in. Since I was already doing my sketches in ink I fit right in and have met some new artist friends. Finding thematic and interesting things to draw every day has become a game that requires some thinking. My dear husband has gotten into the swing of things...doesn't object to my disappearing into the studio or out into the wilderness for a while to draw, and even will remind me on occasion: "Have you done your sketch for the day?" https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/blog-photos-for-oct-26-2014-002.jpgNicki1. Impressionist/Realistic Painting. Started this portrait with free-hand drawing from a photo. Two days in I used a method I had seen a great portrait painter use: traced the photo onto tracing paper, enlarged to the same size as my painting, traced enlarged tracing onto a clear plastic overlay, gently laid it over the painting to check major inaccuracies. I was thrilled to discover that aside from raising the shoulder and sliding the top of the ear to the right a bit...I had been amazingly accurate with my eye/hand co-ordination. The face's profile was an exact match! It's got to be the practice of drawing every day from life!!! Yay!https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/blog-photos-for-oct-26-2014-001.jpgblog photos for Oct 26, 2014 0013. Concept Painting: Have decided to begin painting characters in the stories I am writing. These paintings fit in the concept/stylized compartment of my art life. I am looking at self-publishing some of my stories. Therefore, art needs to be produced! I love these little characters and it is delightful to explore what they will look like and how they will act in visual as well as words. This is a fairy-princess named Siz.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/blog-photos-for-oct-26-2014-004.jpgblog photos for Oct 26, 2014 0044. Story: It is amazing what you can accomplish, a little bit at a time. This past week, because I am eating that "live frog" first thing, I have made some real progress on two stories: "A Little Sad Love Story" and "Nightmare Roundup". At this rate I may actually join the ranks of writers, storytellers, children's books aficionados in my lifetime!2014-10-26T16:38:22+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2014/10/12/after-the-art-show-now-what/2014-10-12T23:19:16+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2014/10/12/we-three-had-a-great-time/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/story-notes.jpgstory notesBegan reading some Writer's Digest magazine articles and to understand premise, outline, protagonist. Have a notebook that I assembled all my story ideas into. Began plumbing the depths of one of the stories about "sadding". Stay tuned for what that jargon means.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/wistful-print.jpgWistful printhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/caution-children-print.jpgCaution Children printhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/flower-girl-close-up-design.jpgflower girl (close-up) designhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/flower-girl-mid-thigh-design.jpgflower girl (mid-thigh) designhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/promise-tree-design.jpgpromise tree designhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2014-09-14-18-28-32.jpg2014-09-14 18.28.32https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2014-09-06-14-42-58.jpg"The Pomp of Ponderous Thinking"4. Impressionist/Realistic Painting: Back in the delicious game of paint application. Working on keeping some edges and losing others, thick or thin paint, and always thinking about the overall design.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2014-09-04-16-46-29.jpg2014-09-04 16.46.293. Social Media: Every day of two years of Laser Mode Masters I post a pen and ink drawing from life on Instagram (and then connect into Facebook). That's 730 sketches practicing eye/hand co-ordination, converting 3D into 2D, recognizing shapes, negative spaces, seeing gesture, etc. Essential practice for an artist. I am up to Day 55. I may have established an essential art habit!https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2014-08-22-00-09-15.jpg2014-08-22 00.09.152014-10-12T21:54:54+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2014/06/09/we-three-and-art-magic/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_1003.jpgIMG_1003Dilleen Humphries Marsh, artist, in her Hurricane, Utah studio.2014-06-09T00:11:51+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2014/06/04/we-three-and-maynard-dixon/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dixon-retreat-3-gunsmoke.jpgDixon Retreat #3 gunsmokeDixon Retreat #3, also in May, 2010. We explored surrounding areas a little more stopping at Pipe Springs National Monument ranch, photographing people in western costume in Kanab, painted at the spooky "mystery pond" (Google Montezuma's treasure in Kanab), and saw the full moon rise over the Coral Pink Sand Dunes. Every shared experience is still a unique and individual experience. In the photo above, Rox and Barb are standing by the old TV film set for Gunsmoke (series ran 1955 to 1975). We got permission to climb over the fence, carry our supplies a short trek, take photos, and set up to paint in the atmosphere of this (fake) old western town. Light good, temp not too bad...but the wind was unpredictable and kept blasting us. For Barb it was one of her worst "retreat" days. She just about gave up the sport of "plein aire". For me it was one of my best "retreat" days. I love ghost towns and old wood, memories of my father's dedication to Gunsmoke, and loved the sound of the wind in the trees.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dixon-retreat-1-w-barb-scenery.jpgDixon Retreat #1 w Barb sceneryOur first Dixon Retreat was in May 2008. It was COLD!!! We were getting our "retreat" sea legs that first year and made some "field notes" for future reference: bring a blender for our morning shakes, don't forget the bug spray and sunscreen, warm AND cool clothes, more wet paintings storage, ODORLESS paint thinner (we had a spill of smelly turp in the car), be up at 6:30a (hard for Barb and me, no prob for Rox) , and someday paint a night painting. Fabulous southwest scenery, HIGH quality art in the Bingham Gallery, plenty of rock cliffs for me and Rox and plenty of horses for Barb. This view, above, is across the street from the Bingham Gallery.2014-06-04T16:53:40+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2014/05/29/the-saga-of-we-three-continues/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/forgotten-man-2005.jpgForgotten Man 2005WE THREE have a fondness for the artist, Maynard Dixon. On an excursion to the MOA (Museum Of Art) on the BYU campus in Provo, Utah, later that 2005 year, we paused at his "Forgotten Man" painting. Little did we know that Mr. Dixon would have a significant influence on our "retreating". Saga to be continued...https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/barb-plein-aire-snow-canyon-may-2005.jpgBarb plein aire Snow Canyon May 2005In 2005 WE THREE traveled south again. Thinking we were being adventurous, we stayed a night in Mesquite, Nevada. After scoping out the casinos for something to paint...they don't have any chairs you can sit in to sketch the patrons from, we turned in for the night. Our room was on the ground floor and we didn't sleep, what with the all night drunken shouting and swearing and flashing police lights through our window! The next day we packed up and fled to St. George, a much calmer place conducive to painting. We set up in Snow Canyon and I began to really see the beauty of the desert cactus.2014-05-29T16:41:57+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2014/05/26/we-three-retreating/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1993-retreat-at-cabin-w-baby-devon.jpg1993 retreat at cabin w baby DevonYep. Sometimes the "kids" came along. This is 1993 on an art retreat at Barb and Glen Edwards' cabin in Star Valley, Wyoming. I am on the left and Rox, on the right, is holding her fourth and newest child, Devon.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1990s-at-the-cabin-br.jpg1990s at the cabin BRBut most of the time we left the children for a bit to concentrate on the painting. This "retreat" was in June of 1994.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1990s-at-the-cabin-bd.jpg1990s at the cabin BDWE THREE "retreated" to Barb's cabin several times in the 1990s. Fields of flowers, the comfortable warmth of a potbelly stove, and a short hop, skip, and jump from the art mecca, Jackson Hole. I am on the left and Barb is on the right.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/retreat-in-logan-july-1991-barb-and-rox.jpgretreat in Logan July 1991 Barb and RoxIn July of 1991 WE THREE got together in Logan, Utah. By this time we all had children. Sometimes they came along.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/retreat-in-logan-july-1991.jpgretreat in Logan July 1991July 1991 in Logan, Utah. I have paint on my mouth. Why does it sometimes look like artists are eating their paint or making comments like, "that color looks good enough to eat"...? (Actually, we DON'T eat our paint, very toxic, but we do get messy.)2014-05-26T19:40:38+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2014/04/02/a-sudden-stroke-of-an-idea/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/gratitude-value-drawing.jpgGratitude value drawingSince I was making up these figures and creating my own light source, rather than using photographic reference...I needed to resolve some three-dimensional values. Where would the forms be darker/lighter, turn in space? I photo copied my tissue drawing and colored some of it as a guide when I started painting. This was a delicious exercise. It reminded me of the time spent coloring "in the lines" in a coloring book as a child. Very therapeutic.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/gratitude-doodle.jpgGratitude doodleThis is the "doodle" of the "gratitude" idea that came into my mind. I am a designer and it was a natural instinct to make sure I had an artistic number of women: five, an odd number. It is also a well used design concept to offset to one side the main point of interest. I kept thinking of - labor that bends your back, looking down versus looking up...https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/gratitude-tissue.jpgGratitude tissueStill using tracing paper and keeping the size small: 9 x 4 1/2 inches (so it is quicker to work with and easy to see an overview of the design) as well as keeping my pencils really sharpened, I assembled the parts. I use tracing paper so that I can, obviously, trace over bits and pieces of change rather than redraw everything from scratch each time. This helps me refine each shape.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/gratitude-sketching-the-parts.jpgGratitude sketching the partsI began focusing on the individual parts. Using tracing paper I considered the poses of each woman. I am so "grateful" for the internet. Googling images of field workers around the world gave me an education in dress, baskets, and methods of harvesting.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/gratitude-color-spot.jpgGratitude color spotThen, I wondered, what color scheme?! I fluctuated between vibrant, wildly bold color, and muted tones. Tried some color pencil rendering to assist me in making a decision. I struggled with this ping-ponging even into the painting. It seems obvious that a quiet moment would need quiet colors. But I love juicy colors and it took some real restraint to stay calm. Too much herbal concentrate, lol? My husband proved the deciding factor. He walked into the studio one day when I had painted swirling color around the standing figure and informed me that I had gone over the top and needed to scale back. He was absolutely right. When I muted the color, leaving the idea and design to speak for themselves, it was a much stronger image.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/gratitude.jpgGratitudeThe final painting. It is 18 x 36 inches and oil on board. I believe I have opened a door to a series of similar paintings to satisfy those "strokes of ideas" that plague and bless my artistic life. 2014-04-02T19:19:59+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2014/03/27/we-three-traveling-the-art-road-less-traveled/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/retreat-at-tetons.jpg1988 First Art Retreat at the Teton mountain rangeThen we began "retreating".https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/high-school-rbd-photo.jpgRoxane, Barbara, and Dilleen in high school.WE THREE were part of five founding members of our high school art society. Circa 1968.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2013-md-retreat-6.jpg2013 MD retreat #6Dixon Retreat #6. The last week of June in 2013 was part nice temp and part hot temp. Fluctuations in conditions just go with the artistic life. The serenity and support of being with friends while working on the passion that has "dogged" us all of our artistic lives can never be over valued. This photo is of Barb and Rox working in the studio. We thought Maynard worked here, but found out he preferred to work outside under a tree in front of a shed by his house. Finally, that night, I set up to do a "night" painting and painted where Dixon painted. My compatriots had gone to bed so I was alone. Night creaks and rustlings, I will have to admit, made me a little nervous. Interestingly, I found comfort in the sound of trucks driving the nearby highway, both of us working into the night. https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2012-rox-studio.jpg2012 rox studioRoxane Mitchell Pfister, artist, in her Logan, Utah studio.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2012-md-retreat-5.jpg2012 MD retreat #5Dixon Retreat #5. The first part of June 2012 was perfect weather. WE THREE are standing outside of the Maynard Dixon home that we stayed in each time we came on "retreat". Continued our "smarter" regimen of Barb, a studio painter, painting in the studio, while Rox and I got up early and at dusk to paint outside. We gathered to work at midday and then at night we watched DVDs on Rox's laptop while discussing great themes and solving the world's problems...as well as sharing the adventures of growing children and the maladies of getting older.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2012-barb-studio.jpg2012 barb studioBarbara Summers Edwards, artist, in her Smithfield, Utah studio.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2011-sep.jpg2011 sephttps://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2011-md-retreat-4.jpg2011 MD retreat #4Dixon Retreat #4. We thought we'd try the end of June into July for some warmer weather. Way hot!!! Except in the morning and late evening. WE THREE got smarter. Barb stayed in the Dixon studio to paint and I got up early with Rox to go out plein aire painting. We joined Barb in the studio for midday. Then we went out again at dusk. One morning Rox and I set up in Barracks Canyon by the side of a dirt road under a tree for shade. Could not understand why a herd of cows began to gather around us. Art critics? They continued to gather, bunching in so close that we had to "shoo" them away from upsetting our paints. We finally noticed that there was hay strewn around our feet. We had set up in their feeding spot. They thought we were there to feed them. Rox (above) and I got lots of "cow" photos that day, I can tell you.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2010-md-retreat-3.jpg2010 MD retreat #3https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2010-art-society-reunion.jpg2010 art society reunionThere is a strange resemblance in this photo to the photo of WE THREE in high school. Can you see the connection?2014-03-27T10:12:30+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2014/01/10/the-heart-of-the-conversation-series-continued/2014-01-10T18:14:11+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2014/01/10/the-heart-of-the-conversation-series/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/missing-the-heart-of-the-matter.jpgMissing the Heart of the MatterThe final painting, a 9 x 12 inch oil on board. "Missing The Heart of the Conversation".https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/missing-the-heart-sketch.jpgmissing the heart sketchThe sketch in my journal for the painting, "Missing The Heart of the Conversation".https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/holy-cow.jpgHoly Cow!The finished product is a 9 x 12 inch oil on board.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/holy-cow-sketch.jpgholy cow sketchI jotted this sketch in my journal as I recorded the day I sold four paintings and found out I didn't have cancer anymore.2014-01-10T17:54:39+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/12/16/what-does-a-line-inspire-instructions/2013-12-16T21:12:00+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/12/16/what-does-a-line-inspire/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/kids-art-projects-october-2013-0122.jpgLine and a ButterflySeeing the "line" in the body of a butterfly inspired four young artists as seen by the attached photos.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/kids-art-projects-october-2013-0161.jpgWhat Does A Line Inspire?These children saw a tree trunk in their "line".https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/kids-art-projects-october-2013-0151.jpgWhat Does A Line Inspire?This was a demonstration I did of bending the "line". Inspired me to use it as a nose in a face.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/kids-art-projects-october-2013-0141.jpgWhat Does A Line Inspire?The textures of the butterflies' wings are pastel pencil, prismacolor pencil, and chalk on black cardstock paper.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/kids-art-projects-october-2013-0131.jpgWhat Does A Line Inspire?Another butterfly!https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/kids-art-projects-october-2013-0021.jpgkids art projects october 2013 002https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/kids-art-projects-october-2013-011.jpgkids art projects october 2013 011https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/kids-art-projects-october-2013-010.jpgWhat Does A Line Inspire?The children rolled origami patterned paper into a tube. Glued it to a black 8 1/2 x 11 inch cardstock paper. Added color and texture with pastel and colored pencils.2013-12-16T20:53:20+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/09/23/pushing-the-envelope-what-does-it-take-to-do-that-2/2013-09-23T18:17:05+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/09/23/pushing-the-envelope-what-does-it-take-to-do-that/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/driz-and-siz-revisited.jpgDriz and Siz revisitedhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/siz-and-driz-character-sketch.jpgsiz and driz character sketch2013-09-24T15:48:14+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/08/03/an-inexpensive-and-creative-childrens-art-project-or-for-you-moms-and-grandmas-out-there-an-activity-that-is-creative-simplicity-itself/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/july-2013-245.jpgJuly 2013 245William, Jayson, and Grandma Melissa at the Sorry board. How does that game live on and on?! I remember playing Sorry with my dad and sisters at Christmas. Lots of fun.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/july-2013-239.jpgJuly 2013 239Jayson, 5, and William, 8. Adorable, precious, creative, genius, sweet, fun . . . do I sound like a grandma?!https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/july-2013-238.jpgJuly 2013 238Yes, the final art could be used as a mask. Jayson is modelling the possibilities!https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/july-2013-237.jpgJuly 2013 237The work of "Creative Simplicity Itself" begins. Each has a piece of paper and a crayon color. The timer is set and off we go!2013-08-03T19:01:27+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/08/03/3-woman-show-at-logan-fine-art/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/3-woman-show-in-logan-001.jpg3 woman show in Logan 001Katie stopped by the reception after work and added sparkle . . . as well as loving support. There were other notables there that night: Jon and Judy Anderson (Jon was my design professor at USU. A significant mentor in my life) and two artists I admire, Brad and Debra Teare. Roxane's son, Ryan, popped in to see what his mom has been up to. Kristie Grussendorf, a fabulous watercolorist and good friend graced us with her presence, coming directly from a long painting workshop day. Even a bygone roommate from my student days at USU, Dana, showed up with her husband. So many years and so much life since college. https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/july-2013-232.jpgJuly 2013 232One of the pleasurable parts of the evening was having guests point out their favorite "Roxane" painting. This is Barb Edwards on the left and Katie Marsh on the right. Stiff competition for "Vanna White"!https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/july-2013-229.jpgJuly 2013 229Me and Susette standing by one of MY self-expressed landscape paintings.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/july-2013-227.jpgJuly 2013 227See?! Like I said, a bundle of energy! This is Susette in front of one of her very self expressed floral paintings. https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/july-2013-225.jpgJuly 2013 225Julie (Logan Fine Art staff and enthusiastic support), Katie (the fabulous daughter), Glen (my USU illustration professor and mentor friend), and Barb (art buddy forever) at the table display of my illustrations.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/july-2013-223.jpgJuly 2013 223One of the ten posters we placed around town. Katie's reflection is seen in the window. Nice design on the poster by staff at Logan Fine Art.2013-08-03T18:18:20+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/08/01/art-adventure-dixon-6-part-v/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/july-2013-172.jpgJuly 2013 172https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/july-2013-092.jpgJuly 2013 092https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/july-2013-041.jpgJuly 2013 041https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/sevier-river-plein-aire-001.jpgsevier river plein aire 0012013-08-01T17:58:11+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/08/01/art-adventure-dixon-6-part-iv/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/july-2013-025.jpgJuly 2013 025https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/night-time-painting-of-maynards-shed-001.jpgnight time painting of Maynard's shed 0012013-08-01T17:33:10+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/08/01/art-adventure-dixon-6-part-iii/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/july-2013-020.jpgJuly 2013 020https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/july-2013-019.jpgJuly 2013 0192013-08-01T17:03:30+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/08/01/art-adventure-dixon-6-part-ii/2013-08-01T16:49:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/08/01/art-adventures-dixon-6/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/sketch-of-cow-skull-dixon-6-001.jpgsketch of cow skull Dixon #6 001https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/sketch-of-irrigation-ditch-dixon-6-001.jpgsketch of irrigation ditch Dixon #6 001https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/sketch-of-dianas-throne-dixon-6-001.jpgsketch of Diana's throne Dixon #6 0012013-08-01T15:50:01+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/07/30/favor-them-o-lord-with-happiness-and-peace-is-the-title-of-this-painting-this-is-part-of-a-series-of-paintings-i-am-doing-of-kids-in-the-desert-and-in-the-desert-with-no-buildings-or-trees-in/2013-07-30T17:23:19+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/07/30/all-the-worlds-a-stage-is-a-painting-i-had-been-working-on-before-june-it-was-inspired-by-the-theatre-arts-close-to-where-i-live-in-southern-utah-tuacahn-renaissance-and-cedar-city-shakespeare/2013-07-30T17:15:54+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/07/30/stable-ghost-on-a-more-serious-note-with-animals-i-strolled-past-the-stables-after-a-local-horse-race-the-haystack-was-a-beautiful-blend-of-shadow-and-varied-color-hay-grasses-the-stable-windo/2013-07-30T17:06:49+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/07/30/more-hey-all-show-paintings-dont-have-to-be-beautiful-or-thought-provoking-some-can-be-just-fun-these-pigs-posed-for-me-at-a-backyard-farm-in-rockville-utah-just-like-us-humans-always-lo/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/igp5099.jpg_IGP5099https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/igp5047.jpg_IGP5047https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/igp5044.jpg_IGP5044https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/igp5038.jpg_IGP50382013-07-30T16:59:51+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/07/30/deadline-the-latest-time-by-which-something-must-be-done-june-was-a-deadline-month-leading-up-to-a-3-woman-art-show-at-the-logan-fine-art-gallery-this-paintingany-dream-will-do-the-technicolor/2020-02-01T02:59:04+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/05/09/rework-rework-rework/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/around-the-corner-pages-24-25-001.jpgAround The Corner pages 24 & 25 001https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/balloon-drifting.jpgballoon drifting2013-05-09T18:56:45+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/05/09/my-first-rejection-in-finding-an-agent-for-my-authorillustrator-life/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/driz-up-close.jpgdriz up close2013-05-10T01:08:51+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/03/11/an-interesting-illustration-job-about-corrupt-communication-hot-off-the-art-table-oil-and-collage-what-we-say-can-tear-down-or-build-float-us-up-and-then-there-is-cyber-bullying/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/corrupt-communication-art-010.jpgcorrupt communication art 010https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/corrupt-communication-art-012.jpgcorrupt communication art 012https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/corrupt-communication-art-007.jpgcorrupt communication art 007https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/corrupt-communication-art-005.jpgcorrupt communication art 005https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/corrupt-communication-art-002.jpgcorrupt communication art 002The Greek root for the word sarcasm is sarkazein and means "to tear flesh like dogs". Ouch.2013-03-11T19:18:02+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/03/11/siz-and-driz-and-the-publishing-world/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/siz-and-driz-illustration-rescan.jpgsiz and driz illustration rescanThis is my first "fully-operational" illustration for the Siz and Driz storybook, "Around The Corner". Look out for flarbs and snarbs.2013-03-11T18:42:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/03/11/the-other-one-that-sold-as-well-as-being-awarded-an-honorable-mention/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/autumn-geysers-001.jpgAutumn Geysers 001This was the other painting that sold at the Dixie Sears Gallery Invitational. And surprise: it was awarded an honorable mention as well. Too much fun!2013-03-11T18:35:53+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/03/11/sold-both-of-my-paintings-at-the-dixie-sears-gallery-invitational-just-sharing-the-joy/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/dixon-retreat-5-and-sears-paintings-016.jpgAbundance2013-03-11T18:30:56+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/02/19/continuing-to-pursue-the-dream-of-publishing-as-an-authorillustrator-introducing-driz-and-siz-little-starlets-of-stories-around-the-corner-and-it-is-what-it-is/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/048.jpgSiz and DrizFearfully cautious Driz and bubbling blissful Siz. Seven year old sisters adventuring around corners and across playgrounds.2013-03-14T15:40:13+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/01/15/directions-for-creating-a-possibility-poster/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/katies-poster.jpgKatie's posterKatie's eyes and gold pencil charts.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ajs-poster.jpgAJ's posterhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/january-blog-posts1.jpgJanuary blog postsDoing the poster work.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/january-blog-posts.jpgJanuary blog postsAJ's Live Your Life poster.2013-01-15T19:56:44+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2013/01/15/possibilities-for-2013-some-call-these-dream-boards-i-call-mine-a-possibility-poster-fun-art/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/january-blog-posts-009.jpgJanuary blog posts 0092013 possibility poster2013-01-15T19:08:38+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2012/11/12/fabulous-paper-sculpture-mask-making-directions-on-my-blog-great-fun-with-kids-and-adults/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/20121027_1020212.jpg20121027_102021https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/20121027_1020211.jpg20121027_102021https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/20121027_102021.jpg20121027_1020212012-11-12T22:46:03+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2012/11/12/directions-for-making-paper-sculpture-masks/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/large.jpglarge2012-11-12T22:37:59+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2012/11/12/another-group-of-creative-kids-paper-sculpture-masks/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/mask-making-class-2-st-geo-museum.jpgmask making class 2 st geo museum2012-11-12T22:09:32+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2012/11/12/paper-sculpture-masks-with-children/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/mask-making-class-1-st-geo-museum.jpgA class of 10 year olds with their paper sculpture masks at the St. George Art Museum.2012-11-13T21:00:09+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2012/09/20/art-buddies-forever-me-barb-edwards-and-roxane-pfister-at-our-sep-15th-garden-art-show-and-sale/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/garden-art-show-and-sale-sep-15-2012-0232.jpggarden art show and sale sep 15 2012 023We have known each other since before middle school in Idaho. We have travelled the road of college, family, and ART together. This year we all three turn 60. I say YEAH for the precious decade ahead and to friendships that last and last and last . . . 2012-09-20T03:23:19+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2012/09/20/the-good-guys-wear-white-hats-portrait-of-my-parents-jess-and-verna-humphries/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/garden-art-show-and-sale-sep-15-2012-0021.jpggarden art show and sale sep 15 2012 0022012-09-20T02:36:08+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2012/09/20/posters-and-cards-we-sold-at-our-garden-art-show-and-sale-sep-15-some-still-for-sale/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/garden-art-show-and-sale-sep-15-2012-008.jpggarden art show and sale sep 15 2012 008Rox and I entered the marketing world of posters and cards at our Garden Art Show and Sale. https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/garden-art-show-and-sale-sep-15-2012-002.jpggarden art show and sale sep 15 2012 0022012-09-20T02:15:59+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2012/09/20/introducing-my-portrait-commission-business-with-a-portrait-of-my-parents-jess-and-verna-humphries/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/garden-art-show-and-sale-sep-15-2012-031.jpggarden art show and sale sep 15 2012 0312012-09-20T01:21:27+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2012/09/20/garden-art-show-and-sale-september-15-2012/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/garden-art-show-and-sale-sep-15-2012-020.jpggarden art show and sale sep 15 2012 020https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/garden-art-show-and-sale-sep-15-2012-018.jpggarden art show and sale sep 15 2012 018Happy art buyer, Carole Jensen, showing some of her purchases. Dear friend from our days in California.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/garden-art-show-and-sale-sep-15-2012-0091.jpggarden art show and sale sep 15 2012 009Under the canopy, waiting for the artists to chat: Anna and Susan Lofgren (left), Kay Collett and Jess Humphries (center), and my dear brother, DJ, (right).https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/garden-art-show-and-sale-sep-15-2012-011.jpggarden art show and sale sep 15 2012 011Left to right: Barb Edwards, Roger Motzkus, Glen Edwards, Jess Humphries.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/garden-art-show-and-sale-sep-15-2012-017.jpggarden art show and sale sep 15 2012 017The view, walking up the driveway to meander through the art show in the beautiful backyard. https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/garden-art-show-and-sale-sep-15-2012-009.jpggarden art show and sale sep 15 2012 009https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/garden-art-show-and-sale-sep-15-2012-001.jpggarden art show and sale sep 15 2012 001The fancy invitation. Yes, we are plucky and courageous.2012-09-23T15:43:28+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2012/07/13/some-of-the-outdoor-paintings-from-the-most-excellent-adventures/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/plein-aire-blog-cezanne-trees.jpgPlein aire blog Cezanne treesAlong that same Kolob Reservoir Road on the way to Zion National Park, July 3, 2012.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/plein-aire-blog-cubist-zion.jpgPlein aire blog Cubist ZionNorth side of Zion National Park, on a ledge a ways from Kolob Reservoir Road, June 29, 2012.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/plein-aire-blog-dixon-5-cliff-and-trees.jpgPlein aire blog Dixon 5 cliff and treesBarracks Canyon, Mount Carmel, June 5, 2012.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/plein-aire-blog-valley-of-caves-painting.jpgPlein aire blog Valley of Caves paintingValley of Caves, along the Kolob Reservoir Road, May 29, 2012.2012-07-13T16:56:33+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2012/07/13/the-most-excellent-adventure-continued/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/plein-aire-blog-maurine-on-the-phone.jpgPlein aire blog Maurine on the phoneIf you have phone reception you are never away from the kids! "Where are you mom?"https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/plein-aire-blog-runaway-horse.jpgPlein aire blog runaway horse"Did a run-away horse come through here?" Really, you would never get that question in the studio. And suddenly you also have a piece of photo reference for horse and rider.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/plein-aire-blog-ken-in-the-water.jpgPlein aire blog Ken in the waterAnd speaking of HOT. How do you cool down enough to paint? Here's an idea.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/plein-aire-blog-outside-slot-canyon-hot.jpgPlein aire blog outside slot canyon hotPainting OUTSIDE a slot canyon . . . hot.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/plein-aire-blog-inside-slot-canyon-cold.jpgPlein aire blog inside slot canyon coldPainting INSIDE a slot canyon . . . cold.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/plein-aire-blog-getting-lost.jpgPlein aire blog getting lostThen there was the time we got lost. Thankfully we had cell phone reception and called someone who knew where we were and directed us out.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/plein-aire-blog-paint-mishap.jpgPlein aire blog paint mishapSpeaking of WIND. A common mishap in outdoor painting is having the wind grab your painting panel and throw it carelessly onto your palette and into your globs of paint. This time the paint hit the back of the panel. A near miss.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/plein-aire-blog-katie-reading1.jpgPlein aire blog Katie readingOf course there is that interval of painting (from 45 minutes to 3 hours) that requires some alternative activity to pass the time. Smart girl. She brought some reading material.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/plein-aire-blog-katie-hair-in-wind1.jpgPlein aire blog Katie hair in windTaking your daughter along on a painting excursion to see the magnificent views you get to see. AND feeling the wind on the ledge.https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/plein-aire-blog-katie-reading.jpgPlein aire blog Katie reading2012-09-20T01:20:23+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2012/07/13/the-most-excellent-adventure-of-painting-outdoors/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/plein-aire-blog-painters-at-valley-of-caves.jpgPainting outdoors at Valley of Caves, May 29, 20122012-07-13T16:10:24+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2012/06/15/sears-gallery-opening-reception-tonight/2012-06-16T00:24:43+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2012/06/02/the-beginning-of-the-magic-moment-before-lights-out-24-x-36-inch-oil-painting-for-sears-gallery-show-still-painting-away/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/sears-gallery-show-019.jpgSears Gallery show 0192012-06-02T16:30:28+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2012/06/02/something-in-the-wind-24-x-36-inch-oil-painting-for-sears-gallery-show/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/sears-gallery-show-004.jpgSears Gallery show 0042012-06-02T16:44:09+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2012/06/02/results-of-my-5-x-5-project/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/sears-gallery-show-003.jpg"Some Left the Meeting at the X With Ruffled Feathers"This is a 16 x 20 inch oil painting. The first of the five paintings I intended to do in five weeks as part of a 5 x 5 Project.2012-06-02T16:20:41+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2012/04/27/the-final-painting-begins-for-the-5-x-5-project/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/5-x-5-painting-project-022.jpgSome Left the Meeting With Ruffled Feathers2012-04-27T16:15:47+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2012/04/27/value-paintings-for-my-5-x-5-project/2012-04-27T16:05:05+00:00monthlyhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/2012/04/27/my-5-x-5-project/https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/5-x-5-painting-project-004.jpgValue painting for "Some Left the Meeting at the X With Ruffled Feathers"https://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/5-x-5-painting-project-002.jpgThe Exhilaration of a Firm Standhttps://dilleenmarshart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/5-x-5-painting-project-001.jpgThe Magic Moment Before Lights 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