Art
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Learning About Myself While Learning to Paint
As I struggled with my last painting, I realized I’m learning about myself as I learn to paint… Continue reading
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Letting Go of Perfectionism
“Don’t panic, you can fix this.” That’s what I said to myself as I was inwardly freaking out. I was doing a painting for my Dad, and I was down to the last few details. As I started painting the… Continue reading
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Learning Patience
I’m finally finished with my Hubby’s painting! I always say the good Lord didn’t bless me with a lot of patience, but I sure am learning some through this process of trying to become the artist I want to be…. Continue reading
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Here I Go Experimenting Again
Watercolor is an interesting medium. It can be rather unforgiving if you haven’t planned well, but on the other hand, it allows you to go back later and fix mistakes you’ve made — or at least lessen their impact. I’ve… Continue reading
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What Story Do You Want to Tell?
The stories we tell, whether it’s to ourselves or to others, remind us of our history, inform how we present ourselves to the world, and allow others to really get to know us. Thinking about this made me ask, “What… Continue reading
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Watercolor Lessons 4
A recent failure taught me some more Watercolor Lessons. I’m sharing them to hopefully help others avoid the same mistakes I made…. Continue reading
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Lessons From the Master Potter
I looked at the cardboard box with a mixture of excitement and trepidation. I was about to view the final results of my first pottery lesson…. Continue reading
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When I Don’t Feel Like Painting
I’ve barely even wet my paint brushes over the last two weeks, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been thinking about painting. It seems like I’m starting to look at everything and think, “how would I paint that?”…. Continue reading
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Why Can’t I Stay Motivated?
I haven’t painted for well over a week now….I just couldn’t seem to get motivated to get back to my painting table….Why is it so hard to get motivated, especially when we really want to do something? Continue reading
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Finding My Artistic Style
Lately I’ve been thinking about finding my artistic style….What kind of style is ‘my kind of style’? How do I find my own style instead of just copying other peoples’ work? How do I even start to figure all this… Continue reading
