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I fell in love as soon as I opened the photos for last week’s Weekend Drawing Event at WetCanvas.
His name is Jack…
He’s so young, but I see a child who appears comfortable with who he is so far. Maybe he is loved enough to be who he is. That’s a comforting thought.
He looks as if [...]
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We never see backstage before a performance, do we? We don’t know what competitors, speakers, musicians go through as the clock ticks toward performance time. How do they prepare those last few seconds?
Kali* is a dancer — competing for almost two years in ballet, lyrical, jazz, hip-hop, and acrobatics. The painting below is of her [...]
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I drew and colored my baby announcements. Fall leaves on the front, the insides blank for a few more days until my Terri’s arrival on the 23rd of that October morning. I had washed and folded the spanking-new diapers, laid them on the bassinet’s lower shelf, next to the Carter infant sleepers and tiny wash [...]
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If I compare myself to others, I will always fall short — simply because I know my own weaknesses and have lived through my failures. I don’t see yours. You show me only your best. How can I ever expect my weaknesses to compete with your strengths?
In an article at the Empty Easel called Have [...]
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It’s through story that we understand truth… a truth that is bigger than we are, and bigger than we are able to tell. But various artists try for pieces of it… using the tools of language, or canvas, paper and pigments, or notes, half-notes and cadence, even dance.
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Do My Words Paint Pictures People Can Relate To? Can Connect With?
by Barbara Hartsook on March 11, 2009 · 11 comments
How Does Someone Connect With What I Say? Or Write? Or Paint?
I’m learning how to use less detail in areas of my portraits outside a small focal area.
I’m learning to look at things straight-on and, while not moving my eyes, think about how I see the periphery. Certainly it’s not detailed. Important to the overall [...]
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