tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36066191761585160222024-03-05T19:58:06.102-05:00The Adventurous Art TeacherAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262483197193836751noreply@blogger.comBlogger278125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606619176158516022.post-83770311425888953722016-08-10T14:16:00.001-04:002016-08-10T14:16:57.089-04:00Stages of an Expressive & Intuitive Painting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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It is a style of painting that relies on you listening to your own intuitive voice. It should guide you along on the the process of making art while painting. In a prefect world is should help you choose colors, shapes and mark marking that will result in a painting that is unique to you. As an Art teacher I believe knowledge of the Elements of Art:( Line, Shape, Form, Value, Space, Color and Texture,) and the Principles of Design: (Balance, Contrast, Emphasis, Pattern, Rhythm and Movement,and Unity,) are essential as well in understand the aesteadics of what makes a good painting.</div>
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I recently took an on-line course on this very topic. It was was fun and very informative. I did however read a comment left by one of the students asking how the teacher knew when to change the size of a shape or color to make such a difference in the final appearance in her art work. The answer was that the teacher used her knowledge of the Elements of Art and the Principles of Design. For a bit of fun I thought I would share my experience with creating an Expressive / Intuitive painting. A piece of cake for me you might might say. Not really, but I thought I would help you by describing my thoughts by explaining how the Elements and Principles planned a part in my decision making as I try to create an expressive & intuitive painting.</div>
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I'm ready to start, got my canvas (24x30), all my brushes, acrylic paint,
water, spray bottle towels... just throw down some paint you say? Well yes that is the idea but I actual did think about how I would start.
I've been working with watercolor for so long I decide to thin out the
acrylic paint so it would feel something like water color, and to limited my colors. When did I know to stop? The painting became so wet that I had to walk away an let it dry or things would have gotten muddy<br />
Overall it was a good start. The painting showed depth (pale yellow under the dripping lavender, Contrast from light and dark colors and a large shape for Emphasis. These are The Elements and Principles working. <br />
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Day 2: The goal was Mark Making... and don't ask about the major color change, I have no clue but its pretty blue, and looks awful.But it did have some interesting lines shapes.<br />
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Day 3: OK lets get some of that green back in the picture and remember to keep some of the mark making.<br />
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Day 4: Wow This was a big change. My goal was to warm it up. I've added orange, and
its looking better. It still has a lot of energy from the complementary colors and from the variety of lines and shapes. But what am I going to do
with that big large orange spot? I'm listening but that little voice
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Day 5: Well the large orange spot is gone. I tried adding cooler colors to calm down the painting. It still has a lot of energy which I like, but is it done? Good question so maybe rotating the canvas around will help me answer that thought. </div>
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Well this looks fun, reminds me of Christmas. But is it finished? </div>
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No something has to be added to the now large blue green space. </div>
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So I'm going to play and just keep working on it and see what happens.</div>
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More to come.</div>
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~ karen </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262483197193836751noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606619176158516022.post-69708537229734852262016-08-05T12:42:00.001-04:002016-08-05T17:02:32.571-04:00Stages of a Playful Watercolor LandscapeI always start with a quick watercolor in my sketchbook.<br />
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I got carried away with the sky in the sketchbook</div>
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Very stylized but I'm liking the effect.</div>
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I always play around with my mark marking in my sketchbook, before adding the final details to the painting.</div>
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Feeling a bit rusty but at least I'm in the studio;)</div>
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Have a nice weekend. ~ karenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262483197193836751noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606619176158516022.post-4635409677045278562016-08-02T10:22:00.001-04:002016-08-02T10:42:52.876-04:00Back in the StudioIt has been a long time since I've written on my blog, or felt like working in my studio. This past year was full of major stresses that I won't get into to, but I'm happy to say my creative mojo has returned!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262483197193836751noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606619176158516022.post-23880450739857688222015-08-02T07:08:00.000-04:002015-08-02T07:08:20.089-04:00Sunday Sketches; More of Linwood Gardens<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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One nice thing about getting a new computer with mega amounts of memory is that I was able to upload years of photograph memories. Years ago I spent the day with a couple of my artist girlfriends at Linwood Gardens in upstate New York. The old and very lovely estate is open to the public for a reasonable fee to wonder around the gardens and dream about what it must have been like years ago in its hay day. You can go <a href="http://www.linwoodgardens.org/Home.html">here</a> to read more about Linwood Garden and its history. I took so many pictures that day and have been having fun looking through them choosing different photos to create little (7 x 10") watercolor sketches. I remember at the time when I took this photo I was to scared to try painting this gateway. There was to many things going on and I wasn't sure where to start. I'm here to confirm the statement that every art teacher tells you... Keep your subject matter simple at first, practice everyday and you'll be surprised that one day you'll look at something you never thought you could paint and you'll know just how to break everything down and painted it. <br />
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Still keeping up with my sketches, but I must be honest its hard doing it everyday. It's summer vacation and some times I just want to lay around and do nothing.....<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262483197193836751noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606619176158516022.post-69660361216283925002015-07-19T10:50:00.003-04:002015-10-18T07:25:10.882-04:00Sunday Sketches: Daily Vacation SketchesThursday I posted several watercolor drawings done in my sketchbook while was visiting my daughter in South Carolina. I'm back home with lots of photographs taken during our trip and trying to sketch each morning using my photo references.<br />
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Last week my husband and I spent time visiting our daughter and her boyfriend in South Carolina.</div>
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The first morning I woke up way to early and realized I didn't know how to use the remote on their TV and didn't have their security password to use my computer. Good lord what was I going to do with myself while waiting for everyone to wake up? As fate would have it, while waiting for my coffee to brew I noticed a little frog jumping
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262483197193836751noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606619176158516022.post-35787224111869663352015-06-28T07:14:00.002-04:002015-06-28T07:16:19.311-04:00Sunday Sketches; The Susan E. Anthony Home<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">My
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<span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption">So glad it's summer vacation, I was so ready for a change in my routine. Happy to be participating in <a href="http://bluechairdiary.blogspot.com/2015/06/sunday-sketches-creating-simple.html">Suday Sketches</a> today.</span></span><br />
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Sometimes when you put yourself and your artwork out in the world you face rejection, and it's not always easy to except. It's hard not to feel sad. I haven't been creating much art lately feeling rather sorry for myself. So it's time to start moving forward, and painting always makes me feel better. ;)<br />
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To cheer myself up I've been taking long walks with my dogs and working abstractly. My goal for the end of the school year is to just have fun! My students are loosening up with Abstraction; Line, Color, Shape, Texture and Pattern. There is no pressure only that they try and have fun, and I'm having fun right along with them.<br />
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My sketch for today is a controlled scribble mess of my Miniature Schnauzer, Minnie Driver. She's such a sassy little girl that always makes me laugh and smile. My students thought the bottom of the drawing looked like musical notes. My response to them was "It must be my inter voice telling me to sing out loud while I paint." They weren't too sure about that one. haha .<br />
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Good morning to all my Sunday Sketching friends... I'm sorry I've been missing lately, but I do have something to share today ;) It's just a little cup of Spring... and boy do I feel rusty painting. It's not the best sketch I've ever done but I'm enjoying its charm. Note to self... Even though you're tired, push yourself to sketch something, anything every day.<br />
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So here is my excuse... My day job is sucking up all my creative energy. I come home after school, and instead of taking a walk or drawing in my sketchbook, I just want to take a nap. I refuse to think this is old age... I'd rather like to think I'm having too much fun pushing my students to try one more thing on their projects. Next thing I know it's 3:00 and all my creative energy is used up. Having enthusiasm for my job and encouraging students to think creatively really drains the life right out of me. I've talk to my 28 year old daughter who is also a teacher and it happens to her too. Ha ha.<br />
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Have a wonderful day.<br />
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~Karen <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262483197193836751noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606619176158516022.post-84724873093250221042015-04-12T08:31:00.000-04:002015-04-13T05:19:08.655-04:00Sunday Sketches; All About Me I've been so busy teaching this week that I haven't done anything in my sketchbook to share with my Sunday Sketches friends, and was feeling rather sad about that. Well that all changed when I hopped over to see what Juana had created for this weeks Sunday Sketches, and read her
post about Drawing and Stamps. <br />
Guess what I have been working on all week with my students? Drawing and Stamp Printing, and I thought I didn't have anything to share...<br />
This week I introduced my Studio Art Final Exam Project. Its an Art journal that the students create based on a theme designed around their interests. They must complete 6 pages based on certain Elements and Principles of Design (determined by me) plus a front and back cover. This project has always been a favorite of my students over the years. <br />
With that said, the requirement for page 1 of the Art Journal is Line/ Pattern. Students must create a stamp print using a variety of different line and then print their stamp in a pattern of their choice.<br />
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Three Samples from my power point presentation</div>
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Both the students and I have been creating stamps all week. I wish I had thought to bring samples of the students drawings and stamp prints to share today. So... seeing that I'm working on a Power Point Presentation for the "All About Me" page this morning I'll share my exemplar for that page. Its a photo of me and a sketch of how I connect with my theme "The Tree of Life." My image of course is an acorn. (I'm Nuts) ha ha.<br />
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I have been teaching my Studio Art students how to design stamp prints this week at school. This is a fish print I designed a while ago that I scanned into my computer, and with the help of Photoshop I added a little poem to the piece.<br />
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I used two stamps for the piece. Positive and negative images of the fish were created.The positive was printed using black ink and the negative stamp was printed in silver ink on top of tissue paper.<br />
I love how the blue tissue paper bled onto the paper.<br />
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Happy Friday!<br />
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This week in my Studio Art classes I thought it might be fun to have students sketch random items found in the art room. When I went looking for examples I found these lovelies in an old sketch book that I did in 2011. From the look of the sketches I must have been teaching a lesson on composition.<br />
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Hope you enjoy my walk down memory lane. I sure did! </div>
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Don't forget to stop over to Alexandria's blog to see what the other artists are sharing for <a href="http://bluechairdiary.blogspot.com/2015/03/sunday-sketches-temporary-places-filled.html">Sunday Sketches</a>.<br />
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It's Sunday Sketches and I'm happy to report that it has been a very restful weekend. All I've been doing is watching TV and sleeping. What an exciting life I lead...ha ha. I did however manage to sketch our favorite Wing Back Chair in the living room. The sketch above was my second attempt, the basic straight forward view but not very exciting. The sketch on the bottom was my first attempt and unfortunately there wasn't enough room for the legs on the bottom of the page. I'm sharing it because it feels more lived in, more loved. It was original owned by husbands mother. What do you think?<br />
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Enjoy your day and remember to hop over to <a href="http://bluechairdiary.blogspot.com/2015/03/sunday-sketches-helping-children-learn.html">Sunday Sketches</a> to see what the other artists have posted today.<br />
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~ karenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262483197193836751noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606619176158516022.post-15030230081702749342015-03-20T04:15:00.000-04:002015-03-20T04:17:30.225-04:00The Sailboat<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Wow, I can't believe its been almost two weeks sense my last post. It's that time of year when teacher evaluations are due, Art Festival applications for the summer are due, and I went to Pittsburgh, Pa last weekend for a 3 day International Baccalaureate (IB) Conference. 12 hours around trip in a van with 6 other teachers and right back to work the next day! My head was spinning Tuesday!<br />
Thank goodness it's Friday, and needless to say I can't wait to spend time in my studio this weekend just painting and relaxing.;)<br />
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Hope you enjoy the watercolor it's one of my favorites that was completed a few weeks ago.<br />
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I'm so ready for Spring... that on my way to work Thursday, I stopped at the grocery store and bought two flower bouquets to share with my Drawing and Painting Students. </div>
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I explained to the students that we were going to have fun!! Everyone must stand and use easel brushes (long handle) and hold then at the end of the handle. I used 18 x 24" paper and started my demo with large quick brush strokes mixing color in the same manor. We had lots of laughs and the time just flew by. Would you believe these were the first two samples? </div>
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It was the Best class ever!</div>
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Yesterday was my daughters birthday, and thought it might be fun to share the sketches with her on Facebook. I photographed the paintings, added a birthday message using Photoshop and posted them on her wall.</div>
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Hope you enjoy and don't forget to hop over to Alexandria's blog, to see what the others are sharing for this weeks <a href="http://bluechairdiary.blogspot.com/2015/03/sunday-sketches-its-small-things.html">Sunday Sketches.</a></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262483197193836751noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606619176158516022.post-19274796457848843682015-03-01T05:50:00.000-05:002015-03-01T05:50:25.290-05:00Sunday Sketches; The New Prop<div style="text-align: center;">
Finally got to the Art Store last week to purchased a new sketchbook. While I was out and about I found this wonderful old phone, and could not wait to get home and draw it in my new sketchbook. Don't you wish everyday could be like that! </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262483197193836751noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606619176158516022.post-35625369869076469222015-02-27T10:28:00.000-05:002015-02-27T12:57:03.888-05:00Stages of a Watercolor Painting<br />
A few months ago my daughter Jessie, posted pictures of a hike she and her boyfriend had taken atop of Caesars Head mountain in South Carolina. The view is looking out at Table Rock mountain in North Carolina. I loved the photograph, and asked her to send me a print that I could paint ..<br />
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Because the composition was busy, I started by sketching in all the shapes first. This was done using a 2H pencil, which is just dark enough to see and won't smear when the watercolor is applied.<br />
The next step was to lay down a light watercolor wash and then pen in some of the bark details.<br />
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I later darkened the foreground colors of the composition, leaving the lighter shades to recede into the background. After that dried I began layering all the bright warm colors of the leaves to the trees. Next I made sure to lower the intensity of the colors in the middle ground of the composition. creating that illusion of depth which is so important when painting landscapes. <br />
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The last step was adding more detail to the leaves and tree branches in the foreground with my Micron pen. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10262483197193836751noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606619176158516022.post-38384126360046565412015-02-22T05:41:00.002-05:002015-02-22T05:41:31.506-05:00Sunday Sketches; Hope Chest / DantiquesSpent Saturday morning in my studio finishing a watercolor painting that was started long ago. It is the most beautiful antique Hope Chest which is dated 1855. I enhanced the color scheme giving it a cheerer look.;) <br />
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My watercolor sketch</div>
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The Final Painting</div>
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After finishing in the Studio my friend, Nancy Diliberto and I braved the cold and snow to attend <a href="http://shopdantiques.com/">Dantiques</a> Winter Sale. The owner Dan has become a good friend and we always find something special at the store. Look closely at the pictures above, the easel was made by Dan. Thank you very much Dan;)<br />
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Dan enjoys re-purposing old materials. He found the wood used for this table submerged in water. After drying them out, Dan created the table without using any nails. He's a real DIY kinda guy.</div>
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The table was beautiful, along with that amazing chandelier.</div>
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Nancy testing out the sofa. We enjoyed a cup of hot cider then headed back out in the snow. </div>
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Don't forget to hop over to <a href="http://bluechairdiary.blogspot.com/2015/02/sunday-sketches-gratitude.html">Sunday Sketches</a> to see what the other artists have to share today. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> After looking at Michael's references for the assignment, I thought it might be nice to collaborate with my good friend Amy Brand, the artist behind Sweet Pea Felts. You can visit Amy's blog <a href="https://sweetpeafelts.wordpress.com/">Sweet Pea Felts</a>, and her <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SweetPeaFelts">Facebook page</a> to see her amazing soft sculptures and photographs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Not only does Amy create whimsical little creatures, she's also busy writing a children's book about two little mice,</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Sebastian and his little sister Evie.</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> She is always creating, and photographing little adventures of them for her book and I thought she might have a photograph I could use for the assignment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">She not only agreed to help me out but she had just the photo for me to use.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Evie and Sebastian having a pillow fight.</span></div>
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Amy's photograph and my sketch in pen.</div>
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A quick watercolor study.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">A Big Thank you</span></span> to Amy Brand for allowing me to use her photograph.</div>
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Visit <a href="http://creativetuesdays.blogspot.com/2015/02/pillows-of-slumber-hills.html">Creative Tuesdays </a>to see what the other artists have created today.</div>
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Demo #1 and #2 from my recent Clay Unit at the High School.</div>
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We're just finishing up our clay unit at school, and I must admit it's one of my favorites. With each class I demo the process and always end up with some great exemplars.</div>
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Today I shared these two characters with the students. Most of the students think I'm crazy and can't understand why I made that guy so Ugly! I tried to tell them that its all about the TEXTURE and they had to admit, the guy has great taste in hats. he he They just shook their heads and laughed, "Mrs. Maggio you're to funny!"</div>
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I'll be sharing this tomorrow with <a href="http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com/">the Paint Party Fri</a><a href="http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com/">day blog. </a></div>
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Wow, last week was busy at the High School and in the Studio! </div>
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They arrived yesterday and I couldn't be more please! </div>
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The first orders were sign and shipped thank you very much.</div>
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There is still time to place an order, you can do that on my <a href="http://www.karenmaggioart.com/">website</a>. </div>
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If your wondering were I had them printed it was at <a href="http://moo.com/">moo.com</a> and they did a great job.</div>
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Well Wednesday is off to a great start, have a wonderful day.</div>
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It's Monday evening and I actual made the dead line for <a href="http://creativetuesdays.blogspot.com/2015/01/new-theme-due-february-3rd.html">Creative Tuesdays </a>theme,"Around the World." </div>
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I must be honest if it hadn't been snowing all night and all today it wouldn't have gotten done.</div>
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<b>Yay for snow days</b>!</div>
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I've been so busy making plans on how to promote my artwork <a href="http://karenmaggio.blogspot.com/2015/02/promoting-your-art-and-yourself-as.html">see here</a> that I didn't have time to create my illustration titled "Thinking Globally." As I sit here looking at it, I realize I forgot to draw a little frame around it. It looks like its floating on the page. Oh well I'll get to that later.</div>
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