My online class called "Seeing with an Artist's Eye-Mastering the Basics " is open for enrollment! This isn't your normal drawing class, its so much more. Don't miss you opportunity to be inv...
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I love shadows, don't you? Have you really taken the time to look at shadows, notice shadows and see how they play with our heads to create illusions and tell us stories about the object creating...
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I don't really do resolutions, for me it is yet a another list I have yet to complete set up with lofty hopes of losing weight or exercising more, all good thoughts but within a few weeks I am ov...
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I wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and give you all a little gift of art this Christmas. We have been painting ornaments for the last few weeks and I thought I would give you a tuto...
http://sketchy5150s.blogspot.com/2014/12/painting-your-favorite-ornament-tutorial.html
I love to make handmade ornaments and gifts at Christmas. There is just nothing as nice as getting something that is handmade to me. It says to me that I am important enough to spend my time maki...
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This was such a great study in my sketching class that I thought I would share it with you. It is painting shiny, reflective surfaces verses satin finishes. With Christmas just around the corner ...
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I thought with it being Black Friday, it would be a perfect time to paint or sketch something black or something related to black Friday. It could be black cats Black Bubblebees Bla...
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Its that time of the year to count our blessings and be in that spirit of gratitude and Thanksgiving. A time to surround ourselves with family and loved ones but some people are struggling to do ...
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Well it only seems appropriate that with Thanksgiving next Thursday that we celebrate the bird that gives their all for our meal! They are such an odd looking bird, ugly but pretty, not sure how ...
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Good Morning!!! Rise and shine, let paint our breakfast! I love to have my coffee and breakfast right next to my sketchbook in the morning. I know I have posted my breakfast sketches before but ...
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I am so excited to be able to take a few days to actually just go and paint for fun! I haven't done that in awhile. Here I am painting plein air with my watercolors. Oils are a whole new adventur...
Its Fall, a perfect time for painting and sketching the wonderful colors that happen at this time of the year. Look around in your area and see what wonderful shapes and colors you can find. ...
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Most of us have a special pet, someone who is always attentive and loving. Pets are a challenge to paint since they move often but with cell phone cameras we can freeze them so we can paint them...
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BIRDS ARE GREAT TO DRAW OR PAINT. WHETHER YOU LIKE WHIMSICAL OR REALISTIC THEY ARE FUN TO DO. IT SEEMS THAT THEY LEND THEMSELVES TO JUST ABOUT ANYONES STYLE AND YOU CAN MAKE THEM ALMOST ANY SHAP...
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Sorry I am just posting this now, yesterday was crazy. I love to draw and paint flowers! I love to paint them realistically or whimsically or just any ole way! There is no right or wrong way. So ...
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Most of us want to sketch and paint people but its so scary. They often end up looking like a monster and the sketch never resembles the person we are sketching. Well it takes time and practice ...
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This week as I push through the heat I thought it would be nice to paint succulents or cactus. Those amazing plants that are able to thrive most weathers. There are so many different varieties, t...
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It's Friday and time for our weekly challenge. I am in beautiful San Diego at a quilt show this week! It is beautiful here as I am over looking the ocean so I think we should paint water, any wat...
http://sketchy5150s.blogspot.com/2014/09/friday-challenge-is-all-wet.html
Hi everyone, okay I am going to keep this going for us and I hope to see more people participating. Every Friday I will post a challenge and a linky link that you can post your pictures too. I wi...
http://sketchy5150s.blogspot.com/2014/08/week-2-friday-challenge-something-with.html
I know, here we go again, right, me reminding you to practice your art! Well its time, time to encourage you to make the time. Set a date with yourself, schedule it or it won't happen. You know w...
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What gets you excited? What grabs you as you walk by and screams to be painted? As you begin to start seeing the world with an artists eye you will start to notice things you never saw before, s...
http://sketchy5150s.blogspot.com/2014/08/how-to-turn-negative-into-positive.html
This is the time of year that we all take vacations, it is also the perfect opportunity to capture that wonderful trip in your sketchbooks. By taking the time to journal and sketch you will pre...
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I love to carry a small sketch book and pencil/pen with me in my purse. It is perfect for a quick sketch when you seem to have lots of time on your hands. For me it seems to be waiting in doctor...
http://sketchy5150s.blogspot.com/2014/06/quick-sketches-in-crowded-spaces.html
My grandsons came to swim. Blake, who is four, spent every minute in the pool but the baby, Bryce cried everytime we put his toe into the pool water. So I spent most of my day enjoying his giggl...
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Being an artist you begin to notice all the little things. We notice the things that other people miss in the busyness of their daily lives. It's so easy to forget that we have been given a spe...
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