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Artists are the best people in the world! If you are one, I need your help!

2008-03-21T02:50:35Z

To bring everyone up to speed... my brother-in-law Dave had a stroke... mid 50's, no warning, lives an extremely healthy life and had no major health issues that he knew of. He threw a clot, causing a major stroke. He is paralyzed on his right si...

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I've been adding color to my dull little world

2008-01-22T08:42:03Z

Since Christmas I have turned out 5 art purses, they have been packed up for their new homes, but I do have pics on my camera and as soon as I figure out how to get them off there I will post them. I am also painting a small cigar box style purse...

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I wept today

2007-07-20T02:06:52Z

With joy,The art piece I bought from Julia Sisi, came... and it is gorgeous! It left me breathless, truly. In case you forgot what it looked like.... here it is The framing at 28"x55" is gonna be beyond spendy, I may need to get creative about...

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Let's try this again...

2007-05-28T21:19:34Z

Mona Lisa Descending A Staircase Clay Short Follow the link, it is only up until Tuesday... it's a VERY cool clay video by Joan C. Gratz This beautiful Academy Award winning film is a beautiful, painstaking crafted series of animated clay paintin...

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Art I have bought

2007-05-11T04:57:32Z

This is my latest find on ebay, by my favorite outsider art artist Jessica Rudy.Her stuff is simply amazing, and she sings too. I cannot explain why I like her paintings, I just do. This one mixed collage and painting, the more you look at it, th...

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I've been playing with digital painting again

2007-02-09T07:16:54Z

I just love ArtRage, the trial version is limited, but not greatly, and it does not expire...but as I said with Photofilter, I suggest that this shareware is worth the $19.95 they want for the full version and then some...so if you download it, l...

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Keegan and Stubby Art Quilt Prep

2007-02-07T23:24:44Z

The end of January I posted a tutorial to the Naughty Quilter's Club Group on how to make an art quilt portrait pattern from a picture. Lat night I converted the Catsitter picture into a pattern, and I am pretty happy with how it turned out. I c...

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I just started a multimedia art group

2007-02-03T18:35:58Z

If you work with pieces to create a whole, please join... It covers mosaic, stained glass, jewelry, collage, multi-media sculpture, assemblage, found art and any art where pieces make the art you create. Invite your friends to join too if they do...

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Using your computer to make a portrait art quilt

2007-01-30T20:55:39Z

I dabble, and I like free stuff I can use. I posted quite awhile ago about how much I love Photofilter, a free download photo edit program... much easier to use than good old bloated Adobe Photoshop, and it does what I need it to do for free Do...

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Inspired in new ways

2007-01-26T19:58:54Z

You HAVE to see these videos if you have a single artistic bone in your body! This painter in Las Cruces NM is having too much fun... and my mixer now has reason to be worried.... This beading artist is freaking amazing! Yup, I'm surfing...drin...

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