{"id":38797,"date":"2022-09-14T07:27:44","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T11:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=38797"},"modified":"2024-11-13T00:00:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T05:00:35","slug":"miss-blanchettes-painting-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/09\/14\/miss-blanchettes-painting-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss Blanchette’s Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I found this painting while searching through a box of old photos the other day. It was gifted to me by Albina Blanchette, an artist and resident of a convalescent home I worked at in high school. When she discovered I was interested in art, she broke out some of her pieces and talked about them.<\/p>\n

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Her method was dipping a palette knife in paint and dragging it across a sheet of paper. Miss Blanchette would look at the results \u2013 this appeared to be a landscape \u2013 she then went back in with a brush and worked on it. The final, which was about the size of a business card – was cropped, glued to a piece of paper, and signed. I adore the beachy vibe of this composition. This technique of painting is what I refer to as “Happy Accidents”, and could easily be a rainy day project with kids.<\/p>\n

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I found this painting while searching through a box of old photos the other day. It was gifted to me by Albina Blanchette, an artist and resident of a convalescent home I worked at in high school. 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