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Tag: DIY

Box Restoration II – DIY

The day after purchasing the pastel box, I returned and found another art box I hadn’t seen the day before. … More

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Cleaning Soft Pastels

I had been painting for years in soft pastels before I ever took an actual pastel workshop, and one of … More

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Pastel Box Restoration – DIY

Recently, at a moving sale I found a cool pastel box that was in great condition but just needed a … More

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Oil painting

As a pastel painter, watercolor and acrylic artist, just for grins, I decided to pick up oil paints this week, … More

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Pie Time

We interrupt these 30 days of painting to bring you some photos of pie. Because, sometimes it’s just pie time… … More

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DIY – Painting Leather Shoes

A few years ago, I wrote a post about painting leather shoes, something I like to do when the need … More

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Framing Time

One of my least favorite things to do is framing, which is why I like painting on gallery wrapped canvas. … More

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Collecting Color Schemes

This latest series of paintings I’ve been sharing have a watercolor background that I paint before I start in on … More

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An artist needs to stay warm in the winter…

This past week we loaded up on some firewood, and today rented a log splitter to chop it all up. … More

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