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Blue Walk

7 Awesome Reasons To Take An Art Walk Workshop

Anne Hathaway, Shakespeare's wife's, family home If you're wondering whether or not take a weeklong workshop (like the Art Walk England in August!!) is a good fit for you, I hope the following will give you a better idea: 7 Awesome Reasons To Take An Art Walk Workshop 1. Ummm, because it is sooooo much fun!! It's total immersion into the location you're visiting....

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Part 2: Frustrated to Fabulous Green Pigments

“Information does not become knowledge nor does it become powerful until we after we apply it and make it our own.”  Think about it…how often have you heard a piece of information that seemed helpful, but had no relevance to your life because you had no use for it or didn't put it into use right away? It is much the same with...

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Heart and Hand Lettering Reveal

Having fun playing with a squishy sweet Valentine's message for my honey! I used a Molotow masking pen to create the lettering and then watercolored over them. I added a bit of shading using Faber-Castell PITT pens to the first and last words. And of course, Ms. Moby had to get her nosy self in there too! ...

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Frustrated or Fearful of the Lovely Green Pigment On Your Palette? (Part 1)

In a recent conversation, an artist shared she had just purchased a pre-filled watercolor palette and it only had one green pigment. Not only did it have only one green, she confessed, she didn't even like the color. She explained it was a very "fake green" not found in nature and she didn't think she could paint a garden whether it was her...

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Painting A Fiery Sunset - NEW CLASS!

What is it about sunsets that we are compelled to capture their beauty in our sketchbooks or on canvas? Is it the colors, the brilliant light, the fleeting moment that will never be again or is it capturing the memory of the moment? I think for me, it's a bit of all of the above. There is something poignant about a sunset as...

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