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Using Social Media for Input
As with many things, getting a second or third opinion on a painting can be beneficial. I worried that the white mark on a belted kingfisher’s forehead would be distracting. So I posted a photo of my painting on an Asian watercolor group page on Facebook to ask for advice on how to deal with
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Trying Pastels
An article in Financial Times about the famous French hand-made pastels from La Maison du Pastel, along with some beautiful works by Libby Stevens and others at the Millwood fall show, peaked my interest in exploring pastels. I didn’t know the first thing about pastels, so took four 2.5-hour lessons from Libby, whose studio is
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Trying A New Format
After having lots of success with selling my hand-painted, standard-sized bookmarks, I bought a couple of packs of a larger format from the Hmayart shop on Amazon. The paper is nicer than the craft quality I was finding, and the larger size allows for more creativity. I haven’t looked for plastic sleeves for the new
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