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After wandering down the Oregon Coast, thanks to our new best friend, our car navigation system, we found our way through the winding small streets up into the forest beyond Corvallis to the home of figurative artist Clint Brown just in time for cocktail hour. He and his wife Cheryl have a lovely forested property, […]
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Day 1 Excitement and fun started at the Blaine Peace Arch Border when we presented our enhanced drivers licenses at the Nexus lane. We had about a 40 minute wait in the lineup to explain how we had misinterpreted information we had read and be explained that the enhanced DLs can be used at the
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Make your own tiny watercolor box from a seamless metal slide top tin You’ve probably seen my tiny watercolor travel boxes made from a mints tin and a smaller on made from a blush compact. Well, my husband definitely wanted a tiny one too but I needed to find another small tin for him. The
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Make your own tiny watercolor travel tin palette from a blush compact Inspired by this super little youtube video about how to make tiny travel tins for watercolor paints, I set about to make my 2nd tiny box, a real pocket sized on in an empty blush compact. He makes several tiny boxes in this
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Make your own watercolor travel tin from mints tin This Spring we took a 2 week painting trip to Mexico with a few other artists. Challenged to paint in plein air, I started to think about how to make my travel watercolor box even lighter and smaller than my very nice but much heavier Winsor
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Have you heard of Dr. Sketchy life drawing groups? They’re a real hoot! Life drawing with an Attitude with a capital A! It’s an international organization with franchises here and there. Last week my husband and I went to the Vancouver group and drew up a storm! He’s just a newcomer to life drawing but
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Wearable art coat in soft green fake fur shearling, a Fake Fendi coat, Making an art coat in green and pink fake fur.
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Mural Mosaic’s latest huge outdoors mural panel is unveiled in Sherbrooke, Quebec today! Participating artists include: Juan Martinez Steve Adams Igor Postash Andrew Benyei Heather Brewster Kai McCall Phillip Buller Paula O’Brien Autumn Skye Morrison Meghan Hildebrand Big job! Well done! My little panel appears just over the runner’s uplifted leg. Published 2013/08/16
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