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Pruning Back a Life
Sometimes there comes a year in a person’s life that feels rather catastrophic. Many times one finds, after the dust has settled, that there is opportunity hidden within the catastrophe. I have written…
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When Life Hands You A Blank Canvas…
When life hands you a blank canvas… you create a home and mobile art studio! This picture might not look like it is related to art at first glance but it actually has…
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How to Prep a Wood Panel for Painting
I enjoy painting on wood panels more than any other support. When I am painting en plein air, I prefer the lighter portable panels and use Gessobord, or canvas covered panels. For larger…
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How to Keep Creating When Your World is Turned Upside Down
About a month or so ago, a major life event suddenly turned my life upside down. I rather abruptly, and unexpectedly, found myself, after nearly 35 years of marriage, in the process of…
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How to Use Digital Media to Improve your Traditional Art
It all started innocently enough, I needed to create a painting for my band’s CD album cover and design the CD case layout. For the painting, I needed to have a river with…
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Why Not Just Take a Picture?
“Why not just take a picture and use it to make a drawing or painting”? I have been asked this question by some of my artist friends. So, why don’t I just take…
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My Favorite Resources for Learning Animal Anatomy: Part 2
In my previous post, I listed two of my favorite resources for learning animal anatomy. Above is a hasty picture of another favorite resource for learning animal anatomy…books! In this case, all of…
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Learning Animal Anatomy
I have recently re-discovered my love of drawing animals. I will tell more about that soon in a future post as it is intertwined with learning to use two new-to-me art mediums. A…
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Developing a Regular Sketch Habit
Sea Lion Beach Live Stream Sketch My journey to sketching on a regular basis didn’t happen overnight, or even very fast. You could say the habit grew on me. I had to first…
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Sharing Art and Beauty from the Wild Edge of the Pacific Northwest
