I am trying new things on an almost daily basis as I really want to grow and become a stronger artist. One of the new things was to try painting without a preliminary sketch. To paint directly on the clean, WHITE paper - aaaaaargh!These lovely little ballerinas are 5 minute sketches drawn from photos. They're by no means great, but they were fun...

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Specky (Short for Speckles)Andi The two above are our rescue dogs. They both had rough beginnings, but are doing all right now. We've had them both for several years and they're best buds. In the last six months both of the girls have started having some health issues. This is not uncommon in dogs in their later years as well as dogs that...

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Page from my sketchbook -watercolor on Arches 140 lb.cold pressDespite the best of intentions, sometimes a good day goes bad. Like when you drop your fully-loaded brush in the beautiful piece of artwork you're working on. Once the day starts going downhill it can sometimes be hard to stop. Even listening to the news in the morning can put a serious kink in...

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Decided to take a stab at the clementine used for the Virtual Sketch Date, http://virtualsketchdate.com/.  I got this great idea at about 8:30 tonight after seeing some of the other great pieces of art. I gave myself a little over an hour to complete it. Ta da! Here she is:It was fun! Much, much looser than how I normally paint and that's a good...

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A new blog and a new Etsy store! You can find the new store at http://PaintedThoughts.Etsy.com! I do hope that you'll come by and visit!I am so excited to finally be able to announce that the store is open! It's off to a very modest start with only four ACEOs - so far. It will soon be growing in leaps and bounds with...

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It had to happen. I had to move the blog. I am moving Painted Thoughts blog off from my web site and on to an independent site. I am disappointed to do that, but sometimes circumstances dictate the need for change and this is the case. I figure it's easier to do it early in the game rather than months or years down...

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