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Sketchbook Brushstroke Daisies Are So Much Fun!
Summer is a great time to start a sketchbook, and fill it up! The more you create in a sketchbook the more you’ll want to create in a sketchbook, promise! A year ago I dedicated days on end to sketchbook drawing and later painting, and it was only through that process that I learned that I can make mistakes in my sketchbook and it is okay! During that time I also learned how to cover mistakes that bother me, and today, I have progressed to even leaving unsuccessful pages as is! And friends, my sketchbook is a regular drawing sketchbook, nothing fancy and not made for painting, and yet it…
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7 Essential Pieces Of Equipment You Need In Your Home Gym
When setting up your home gym, the first question that comes to mind is what equipment to buy to fulfill your workout needs? It can become overwhelming to select the right equipment as there is such a wide variety of workout machines and accessories available for home use. Whatever gym equipment you choose, make sure it aligns with your fitness objectives and, most importantly, fits your home gym! You can find a variety of high-quality home gym equipment at Northern Fitness. They are experts in providing you with the best gym equipment and can even help you design your ideal home gym with customized fitness equipment. Before you start thinking…
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Welcome To Craft Schooling Sunday!
Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! Summer is in full swing, though since all my kids are still in school I feel like the time warp has quite simply extended into summer. We are fortunate to be able to at long last make the trip to see family whom we have not seen for 2 years, so I guess once we are on the plane I’ll have no choice but to realize that it is indeed summer! Until then, I’ll keep plugging away at life trying to carve out time for my painting journey without shirking my responsibilities too much, hmmmm? Last week’s party…
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Cattle Egret Roosting In A Tree In Israel
This past Passover vacation we found ourselves in Meron visiting the gravesite of the great sage Rebbi Shimon Bar Yochai. As the sun was setting, or a bit before that, my daughter and I were waiting for my husband and boys and we paused on the descent road to look at the view. All of a sudden we saw a bunch of white birds flying towards a tree, and then realized the tree was literally packed with these white birds! I could not exactly capture the entire scene with my camera, but I did my best. It was such a wow moment that I tried to point it out to…
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Daily Creating On An Index Card Produces Fun Results!
Daily creating on an index card, or index card size, is an amazing exercise that I greatly recommend! Just look at my results so far, and I’m one picky customer! As I was nearing the end of my personal challenge to make 100 oil pastel paintings I was starting to wonder what I would do when I finished that. And then fortunately, just as I was nearing the 100 mark this Index Card A Day challenge for the months of June/July came into my radar, and white I was hesitant at first, I decided to go for it, albeit with a simple theme that would hopefully be low stress and…
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Simple Doodle Flowers Are Perfect For Summer!
Summer is the time to spend time drawing and painting and doodlng in a sketchbook! It is so very relaxing, and a great project to take on the go! Last summer I drew in my sketchbook for days on end, and this summer, while I’m involved in other art practices, I finally found some time to get back to my sketchbook for a little colorful doodling, and guess what, NOW it feels like summer to me! So friends, develop your art skills, keep an art journal, learn some new doodles, learn how to draw flowers……whatever it is that interests you as far as a sketchbook, do it! And to get…
