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blight
Ok, it’s been 3 months or so since I updated the blog; maybe I should begin again. I’ve had brain blight; in other words recurrence of depression. When it happens I usually crawl into my protective...
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prescription
I think art is better therapy than pharmaceuticals; I hate not being able to ditch medication altogether.
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negative space
I liked the color combination so well I hated to journal over it. Two light coats of Golden acrylic glaze, Sea Foam Green with Violet Earth on top, and then a bit of brown crayola. Rubber stamped...
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ode on grecian urn
When old age shall this generation waste, Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe Than ours, a friend to main, to whom thou sayst, “Beauty is truth, truth beauty” (John Keats) Practicing with my...
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heat advisory
It’s the third or fourth day in a row we’ve been under a heat warning. Yesterday it was 103 and up to 80% humidity. How there be so much humidity without at least a few rain drops falling? Oh, yeah,...
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Handcrafted Cattails & Backroads Myths
I have been making up stories with clipped type since I was a teenager, so this month’s GPP Street Team creative crusade on “Text Messaging” was right up my alley. I usually prefer black and white...
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Clear Gesso
I bought a small container of clear gesso to compare with the regular white stuff. This was my first experiment. I brushed the gesso onto tan tissue paper, remembering what great results I had with...
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Nighttime Stories
I started my 6×8 moleskine from the Art House Coop a few weeks ago. It’s been a challenge. I usually work in a 3×5 moleskine, so this feels like four times the amount of space to fill. It’s hard to...
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more night time stories
hmm, Hanna was kind enough to link to my sketchbook in her blog and I realized it’s been 2 months since I posted the cover to my sketchbook. I’m almost finished with it. I’ve worked in spurts,...
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night time stories cont.
Trying out micron pen & caran d’ache crayons in the Sketchbook. I enjoyed doing a project like this in my 3×5 moleskine, but it was more laborious than fun in this larger size book. Everything I...
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