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Print by Ellen Tennis Print by Sally Yeager Here are two prints that took trees as their subjects--in particular, trees with elegant beautiful trunks. Continue reading

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More North Cascades Printmaking Flora

Print by Mara Adelman Today I'm sharing more of the wonderful prints created by students in the workshop I taught last weekend at the North Cascades Institute. Print by Lindsey Frallic These focus once again on plant and vegetable life!... Continue reading

Posted 2 days ago at Molly Hashimoto

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Spring Flora in the North Cascades

This weekend I saw a great display of plant life at the North Cascades Institute's Environmental Learning Center. One of my favorites was this Maidenhair Fern, nestled in a small rivulet that flows freely in late spring. It's surrounded by... Continue reading

Posted 3 days ago at Molly Hashimoto

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Printmaking in the North Cascades with Friends

This weekend I taught a class for the North Cascades Institute on printmaking without a press. We used easy-to-carve materials, lovely papers, inks in black and white and all colors, and also employed watercolor to tint the prints. It was... Continue reading

Posted 4 days ago at Molly Hashimoto

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This is a lovely page-- I admire how you incorporated so many of the different elements of the garden: flora, fauna and architecture.

Commented May 15, 2013 on Botanical Garden as a Nature Journal Destination at Jocelyn Curry Lettering and Illustration

Blossoms & Boughs: Kids' Watercolors

Yesterday I taught a workshop on spring blossoms and boughs at the Mercer Island Library; participants were all ages, but primarily 8 to 12 years old. I was so impressed with what the kids came up with--I had brought a... Continue reading

Posted May 12, 2013 at Molly Hashimoto

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More New Student Art

Watercolor by Polly Sanford Today I'm sharing more art by my students; these two paintings were done in my Watercolor Flowers and Gardens course, being taught at University Heights Center. Watercolor by Joan Cox Both artists took advantage of our... Continue reading

Posted May 5, 2013 at Molly Hashimoto

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New Student Art

Watercolor Sketch by Patricia Hall I am delighted today to share some of the work being done in my spring weekly watercolor classes at University Heights Center in Seattle. These two sketches were both done with a playful and light... Continue reading

Posted May 1, 2013 at Molly Hashimoto

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Siena and Duccio

Maesta, by Duccio Last fall I traveled to Siena with the class I taught for Il Chiostro. One of the highlights of our visit to that incomparable city was the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo. Siena's greatest masterpiece, the Maesta Altarpiece... Continue reading

Posted Apr 28, 2013 at Molly Hashimoto

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Western Junco: Relief Print

Western Junco & Hydrangea I recently completed this relief print, and thought it would be fun to share what inspired it. I spend alot of time observing birds, both in natural areas and in my garden and try to have... Continue reading

Posted Apr 24, 2013 at Molly Hashimoto

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There Lives The Dearest Freshness Deep Down Things

Yesterday I drove up to Darrington and Granite Falls to offer programs for their libraries, both part of the Sno-Isle Library System. The theme for our journals was Nature Play, and our subjects were birds' nests and eggs, and early... Continue reading

Posted Apr 21, 2013 at Molly Hashimoto

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Seward Park Audubon Exhibit of Prints

Two weeks remain for the exhibit at Seward Park Audubon Center. I am showing several of the relief prints, 4 of which also appear in Pomegranate Communication's boxed set of notecards--included is this print of a cedar waxwing that I... Continue reading

Posted Apr 14, 2013 at Molly Hashimoto

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April at Magnuson Park Wetlands

The rare April sunshine brings out some of my favorite creatures at the Magnuson Park wetlands. To the left is a sun-bathing pond turtle, a rather large specimen--at least a foot in length! To the right is a Mourning Cloak,... Continue reading

Posted Apr 11, 2013 at Molly Hashimoto

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Nature Expressed in Typography

A few weeks ago I met Kay Reinhardt of the Padilla Bay Foundation. She and her husband own Bad Penny Press of Anacortes, Washington and together they created this beautiful notecard as a thank you to donors to the Foundation.... Continue reading

Posted Apr 10, 2013 at Molly Hashimoto

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Evening of Art

On Thursday night my students had an opening party for our exhibit at the new Frame It Gallery's location across from Northgate Mall. Juanita and Chris of Frame It did a marvelous job of framing all the work for the... Continue reading

Posted Apr 7, 2013 at Molly Hashimoto

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Travelers in Search of Art

Madonna & Child with Saints by Piero della Francesca It is a joy to discover a writer like Zbigniew Herbert, whose wanderings brought him to places distant from his Polish home in search of great art. The Frick Museum in... Continue reading

Posted Apr 6, 2013 at Molly Hashimoto

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Student Art Exhibit in Seattle

Zabriskie Point, watercolor by Barbara Henon Several of my students are exhibiting their work tomorrow night and throughout the month of April at Frame It, Ltd. gallery's beautiful new space across from Northgate Mall (address is 10712 5th AV NE).... Continue reading

Posted Apr 3, 2013 at Molly Hashimoto

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Collings: Vancouver Island Watercolors

Falls in Creek off the Shuswap, by Charles John Collings, collection Vancouver Art Gallery Last week I saw an exhibit at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Hope at Dawn, which paired the watercolors of Emily Carr and Charles John Collings. I... Continue reading

Posted Mar 29, 2013 at Molly Hashimoto

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The Nature of Northwest Coast Art

Northwest Coast Indian art is some of the most powerful that has ever been created--these totem poles stand in the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, which I visited last week. It was fascinating to... Continue reading

Posted Mar 26, 2013 at Molly Hashimoto

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Artists of Nature

Woodblock print by Walter J. Phillips, collection of Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Last week I spent several days enjoying the art and natural beauty of British Columbia, traveling to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria to see an impressive... Continue reading

Posted Mar 24, 2013 at Molly Hashimoto

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Drawing in Yellowstone with Alan Petersen

Upstream from Olo, drawing by Alan Petersen On June 1st to 4th, 2013, Alan Petersen, Curator of Fine Art at the Museum of Northern Arizona, will be teaching Drawing the Landscapes of Yellowstone for the Yellowstone Institute. In addition to... Continue reading

Posted Mar 16, 2013 at Molly Hashimoto

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Spring Watercolor Classes in Seattle

Spring Flowers by Molly Hashimoto Beginning the first week of April I am teaching 2 watercolor classes at University Heights Center. Mondays from 9:30am to 12, April 1 to May 20 Watercolor Landscapes: Seattle and Puget Sound, Tuition $185 Our... Continue reading

Posted Mar 10, 2013 at Molly Hashimoto

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Printmaking in the North Cascades

Tiger Lily at Goodell Creek by Molly Hashimoto On May 17th, I will be heading up to the North Cascades Institute's Enviornmental Learning Center on Diablo Lake to teach a 3 day workshop on printmaking, using fun techniques--everything is done... Continue reading

Posted Mar 9, 2013 at Molly Hashimoto

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March at Magnuson Park Wetlands

Last week I walked at the Magnuson Park Wetlands and saw this willow glowing with white downy buds like a winter light display. It's a special time of year, the songs of red-winged blackbirds filling the air, and the dogwood... Continue reading

Posted Mar 8, 2013 at Molly Hashimoto

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Gallery of Students' Art

Watercolor by Dick Johnson Once again today I am sharing some of the excellent work being done in the class I am teaching on western watercolor landscapes. Here are two by Dick Johnson. More follow by other students. Watercolor by... Continue reading

Posted Mar 3, 2013 at Molly Hashimoto

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