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Podcasts, such a great way to continue learning while painting!

Podcasts, such a great way to continue learning while painting!

Lately I have been working on my own version of professional development by listening to podcasts and books on tape! Do you have any books or podcasts that you love?!  I would love to hear! Here is a link to a few great ones to start with. Happy Art-ing! https://www.artworkarchive.com/blog/7-essential-podcasts-for-artists

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Hey art friends, this is a business, how do we make a living?! (Insert anxious face).

So my first major art mentor's words still seem to have some ownership in my brain, despite how unhealthy and delusional they were.  A few things...a lot of DON'T'S:  DON'T Be a sell out, a regional artist, relationships ruin an artist's independence, you'll be over if you leave the realm of my genius guidance, don't do anything else... ummm, yes.  I'm trying to restrain myself from going on a tangent of why (in my opinion) ALL of those things are ridiculous.  Let's just say they really are RIDICULOUS and keep this short.  I am now on the up and up, and...

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COLOR COLOR COLOR

We all have so many influences on our state of mind, mood, outlook and perspective each and every moment of the day.  I have been painting with a variety of crazy colors these past few days.  As I move paint across my canvas, I have been listening to some thought provoking books on tape (more on that later) that cover this topic as well.  Needless to say, I am very intrigued by how our minds work and how we "color" our own reality.  Today, I ran across this great article on color.  Being an artist, I love the color wheel...

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WELCOME!

I am extremely excited and thrilled to welcome you to my NEW and much improved website!  What a breath of much needed and AMAZING fresh air!! You can now find (and sign up for!) classes, find my work in galleries, online, see my portfolio and leave me your thoughts and comments about my artwork. I'll be blogging and sending out a newsletter as well, so please sign up for that, and follow me on social media to keep up to date! More to come!

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