tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61608533853235333092024-02-19T02:17:10.465-08:00Julie Ferrario's Fine Art JournalSHARING MY JOURNEY IN ART.Dale & Julie 60th in Italyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108841790234311623noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160853385323533309.post-74346131239728873122016-04-15T04:56:00.001-07:002016-04-15T05:20:00.728-07:00Career Night - Artist<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">IMAGINE - BELIEVE - ACHIEVE</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><b>It was so much fun to be a presenter at </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><b>Career Night </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><b>at Dorsa Elementary, </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><b>in the Alum Rock School District</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><b>(this is where I used to teach 25 years ago)</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"><b> on April 14, 2016.</b></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: small;">Getting ready to present!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: small;">Pam is the organizer of the Career Night at Dorsa Elementary. <br />She volunteers her time to support this school </span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: small;">in so many ways</span><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: small;">, <br />Even though she doesn't live in this area,<br />SHE DOES IT FOR THE CHILDREN!!!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: small;">I'm all set...</span></h3>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: small;">I brought several of my paintings, my easel and paints,</span></h3>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-size: small;">2 handout for the kids (see below)</span></span></h3>
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: small;">& a Google-Slide Presentation (see below)</span></h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;">Ideas to help inspire drawing in sketchbooks</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-size: large;">Artist Careers - Word Search</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><u>2 points I emphasized</u></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;">1) There are many careers in art....</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;">not just being a painter!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;">2) If you want to be an artist...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;">Fill your sketchbooks</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;">and</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ead1dc; font-size: large;">Focus on what you love!</span></div>
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Career Night - Artist
<iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="569" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1IQh6TSboiZNVbiAKSe_m8Bpf7ostgpX6JMJo0LKIm30/embed?start=true&loop=true&delayms=3000" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="665"></iframe>Dale & Julie 60th in Italyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108841790234311623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160853385323533309.post-30266803839439156762016-04-04T10:01:00.001-07:002016-04-07T15:34:57.378-07:00Watercolor Sketchbook Journal Workshop<div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;">My Watercolor Sketchbook Journal</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;">Such a fun way to capture special moments!</span></b><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: magenta;">Supply List for the class which includes a link to Amazon where you can buy what items you want or at least look at them more in depth. </span></b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: magenta;">A bibliography of books and a DVD</span></b></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: magenta;">The Slideshow I will present during the workshop</span></b></li>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;"><u><b face=""" size="3"><span style="color: blue;"></span></b>SUPPLIES for WORKSHOP</u></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;">You have 3 options</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;">1</span><span style="color: #674ea7;"> - </span><span style="color: magenta;">Bring what you have</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;">2</span><span style="color: #674ea7;"> - </span><span style="color: magenta;">Buy new materials</span><span style="color: #674ea7;"> </span><span style="color: #674ea7;">(I have made a list at Amazon with some ideas for you - you can buy online by using the link below - or look at the list and head to your favorite art store.)</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;">3 </span><span style="color: #674ea7;">- </span><span style="color: magenta;">I will have some supplies at the Workshop </span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"> + a starter sketchbook made of watercolor paper</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"> + some watercolor paints </span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"> + pencils and erasers</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"> + water containers</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"> + Ultra-fine Sharpies </span></div>
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<b face=""" size="3"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><a href="http://amzn.to/1UyX8rU" style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Supply (Amazon) List Link Click Here</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;">Note the duplicate suggestions with cost considerations. </span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta;">You can choose what you prefer.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><i><b><u style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">Here is the supply list... </u></b></i></span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: "lato"; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.38; text-decoration: underline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Order of Necessity</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brushes - 1 or 2 smaller watercolor</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Water Container</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Paper Towels </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Camera (Cell Phone)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ultra Fine Sharpie</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kneaded Eraser</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Other Permanent Ink Pens (colors, different sizes)</span></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "lato"; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Toothbrush</span></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "lato"; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sponge</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "lato"; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Glue Stick</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "lato"; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Small Scissors</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "lato"; font-size: 18.6667px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.38; white-space: pre-wrap;">Salt</span></li>
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<b style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;">(They are listed on my <a href="http://amzn.to/1UyX8rU" target="_blank">Supply (Amazon) List</a> as well.)</b></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Below is the slide show for the </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Watercolor Sketchbook Journal Workshop </span><br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;">by Julie Ferrario</span></div>
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It was time to finish this painting!! </div>
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I had started it just before I remodeled our
kitchen.</div>
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I worked on it during the remodel, </div>
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but my life and home were so interrupted with a remodel and a move </div>
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that I just couldn't focus on a more complex painting. </div>
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The trick is to just keep plugging along. </div>
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Don't give up.</div>
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Get back to it when you can. </div>
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I was inspired by a magazine cover I saved from a trip to Georgia.</div>
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Several years later sketched it out in a value study</div>
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There was just something about the </div>
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flowers, the sign and the brick wall that I loved. </div>
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As I studied the picture I was curious to find out more about the poster. </div>
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What a delight to find ...</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #674ea7;"><u><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Berthe Hoola Van Nooten</span></i></u></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span>She was a Dutch botanical artist, </span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span>noted for her botanical
plates illustrating </span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span>"Fleurs, Fruits et Feuillages Choisis de l'Ile de
Java" in 1863-64.</span><span> </span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><i><span class="kno-fh">Born: </span><span class="kno-fv"><span class="kno-fv-vq fl" data-vq="/search?safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=09t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=%22berthe+hoola+van+nooten%22+%22born%22+%22october+12,+1817+%22&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAGOovnz8BQMDgwAHsxKXfq6-gZlJgVlSigPj1gP8N44FyihFlGWmPWuP0O88v2ABANqZF7YtAAAA">October 12, 1817, Utrecht, Netherlands</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><i><span class="kno-fh">Died: </span><span class="kno-fv"><span class="kno-fv-vq fl" data-vq="/search?safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=09t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=%22berthe+hoola+van+nooten%22+%22died%22+%22april+12,+1892%22&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAGOovnz8BQMDgwAHsxKXfq6-gZlJgVlSigMjq0qsbPKTg2oeV19tKkmuksioSTEDAH_S4BItAAAA">April 12, 1892</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Van Nooten had accompanied her husband on a trip to Jakarta, </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the
capital of Java, one of the largest islands in Indonesia. </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When he died
unexpectedly, however, </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the young widow found herself alone </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">in a strange
country, deeply in debt, with a family to support.
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Though unable to afford passage back to Belgium for her family, </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Van Nooten was undeterred by her bleak situation. <span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"></span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;">She realized that
flower books were all the rage in Europe, and decided to put her
artistic skills to good use by painting the exotic plants and flowers of
her home in exile. </span> </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With Queen Mathilde-Sophie of the Netherlands as her
patron, </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">van Nooten produced 40 detailed illustrations of the island's
flora, </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">which were subsequently printed in Belgium by famous printmaker
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="background-color: #b4a7d6;"><span class="cite">Fleurs, Fruits et Feuillages Choisis de l'Ile de Java</span></span>, was first published in 1863-64 using the new technique of chromolithography. <span class="cite"> </span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="cite">"Van
Nooten was clearly a more than competent artist, for the splendid
tropical plants, with their lush foliage, vividly colored flowers and
exotic fruit, have been depicted with great skill. She managed to
accentuate the splendor of each species by adopting a style that
combined great precision and clarity with a touch of neo-Baroque
exuberance, reveling in the rich forms and colors of the tropics."</span> — Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi, </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">strength,
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">the most sought-after of female artists </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">from the 19th century; </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">original prints from </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><span class="cite">Fleurs, Fruits et Feuillages</span> </span></span></i></span><span style="background-color: #d9d2e9;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">typically sell for upwards of </span></i></span></span></div>
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Okay so back to the painting....I think I got stalled on the writing I had to do on the poster.</div>
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I simply took out my ruler, pencil, eraser and bravery and just got started.</div>
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Step by step you get it done. </div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Yes</span> I had to erase.</div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Yes</span> I had to paint loosely even on the lettering. </div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Yes</span> I had to wipe off some lettering & start over.</div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7;">Yes IT WAS FUN!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then I got to play with the flowers....FLEURS!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #b4a7d6;"><i>There is sumthin about playing with FLEURS that I just love to do!</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Berthe Hoola Van Nooten</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Her story helped me find my</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">to accomplish my painting </span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">after a year of upheavals!</span> </span></i></span></div>
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It's time to get back to a style of painting I had started a few
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My husband sent these tulips to me just because he was
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They were a surprise filled with love and
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I can't think of a better way to
start a new painting in a style I haven't done for a while than with a
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So here goes.</div>
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First I start by deciding on the background colors.</div>
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I want the colors to be pleasing to look at & compliment the subject.</div>
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I head outside and start splashing around. </div>
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I try to leave areas of lightness and darkness based on what I'm planning to do.</div>
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It can take several layers of outside painting until I'm satisfied.</div>
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And then the drawing and planning begins over the top of the canvas...</div>
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It helps me to work out the design and values.</div>
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At my work station I have the sketch and photos available for reference. </div>
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I begin the painting....carefully plotting out which leaf goes in front of which other leaf or flower.</div>
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Once I get the first pass done, I step back in several ways to see if </div>
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Dale & Julie 60th in Italyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108841790234311623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160853385323533309.post-32055074607687543622012-04-03T09:35:00.000-07:002016-04-03T09:39:00.323-07:00FreshBrain Wall Painting I painted a wall mural for "FreshBrain" a nonprofit company. They wanted their website painted on the wall - and the spaces we left below the navigation bar was for a bulletin board to show the work students accomplished. There was a fuse panel box on the wall...so I made it into a mouse!<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="370" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/BG5tZB7DAJk" width="580"></iframe>Dale & Julie 60th in Italyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108841790234311623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160853385323533309.post-48243991322432726822011-02-18T16:11:00.000-08:002011-02-18T16:11:55.410-08:00Pastel Push<div style="text-align: center;">I'm challenging myself to paint 12 pastel paintings by the end of February. It is my way of pushing myself to delve into my new pastel box! Sometimes when we get new art supplies we have a tendency to wait and hold off until we find the "perfect" paper, or picture, or time to finally even open up the art supplies.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">With my challenge...I have the motivation to not hesitate, but rather to commit my time to 12 "starts". I said I would commit at least one hour for each of 12 paintings. If I couldn't finish in that time it was okay to go on to a new start. If I wanted to spend the time to finish the painting...that was okay too. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Here the first four I've completed. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Guess what...it works! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">The little challenge/trick pushes you to make something happen. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Then low and behold...you aren't waiting any longer for the "perfect" time. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Instead you just get busy and create. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Dale & Julie 60th in Italyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108841790234311623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160853385323533309.post-22124593052055526612011-02-03T10:36:00.000-08:002011-02-03T10:36:49.257-08:00I put in a fence all by myself!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can see the photo I took on location at the bottom of this picture. The fence goes all the way across the page.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I wanted to have an opening into the painting - so I found a reference book with fences in it. I then cut up some artist tape to test out my new opening </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> on the<b style="color: blue;"> dry </b>painting I had been working on. </span></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is a painting I did for a class. I had to copy the newspaper photo the teacher assigned me. It was the statue from Michaleangelo's Pieta. In less than two years Michelangelo carved from a <b><i>single slab of marble</i></b>, one of the most magnificent sculptures ever created. His interpretation of the Pieta was far different than ones previously created by other artists. Michelangelo decided to create a youthful, serene and celestial Virgin Mary instead of a broken hearted and somewhat older woman. This reminds me of the quote below. What if Michelangelo did not try?</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple;">-Often attributed to Goethe, but is mostly taken from text by William Hutchinson Murray, Scottish mountaineer, 1913-1996 – with a nod to John Anster (how about that for a convoluted attribution!)</span><br style="color: purple;" /><br style="color: purple;" /><span style="color: purple;">*Nice quote from my online class...</span><a href="http://www.artbizcoach.com/" style="color: purple;">http://www.artbizcoach.com/</a></div>Dale & Julie 60th in Italyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108841790234311623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160853385323533309.post-58144784239066035522011-01-22T14:58:00.000-08:002016-04-05T18:42:53.337-07:00Art Research with Students<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</a></div><ul><li> When I was younger I just loved to do crafts or sewing…..I enjoyed watching it come to life. I still love learning and creating something I can enjoy.</li>
<li>Seeing art that moves me…no one real artist…just a picture I had bought for my home – a print – as I stared at it at home I just loved the way the artist had captured the moment of some beautiful flowers growing up the side of a home, and I felt something peaceful.</li>
<li>Seeing other people outside painting at the ocean and somehow I said out loud…I want to do that! I want to capture the beauty of the world around me.</li>
<li>Opening up my Chirstmas Present and getting to play with the new pastels.</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nothing like new beautiful colors to get you excited to create!</td></tr>
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<ul><li>Visiting both Monet’s Garden in Giverny and Cezanne’s studio (<a href="http://www.atelier-cezanne.com/anglais/visites.htm%29in" rel="nofollow">http://www.atelier-cezanne.com/anglais/visites.htm)in</a> Aix-en-Provence. I think it blew me away to see the reality of it all. The garden still looks like his paintings with the pathways and boats and beautiful flowers. In Cezanne’s studio in Aix…it was small and unassuming but the real vases and tables he painted so often in his still life are there. They were real and that blows me away that this was just someone painting.</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A page from my sketchbook I took on our trip to France in 2006.</td></tr>
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</div><div style="color: blue; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">2011</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">My Vision Board & Affirmations </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamaIQpOFwT2Iu69nT_IT-_OJZ_ENTeSLdAIzGtTSWE_g-e21Mje-Pz5CkJZ9QaF3iK6vPFptABY6pnpoiYvz0U58Pxw5KAAjveSrCjtb9V60JIZLb7K8pFYcmfTUsEpXiQVFU_gcKjg6D/s1600/Day+3+Art+Biz+Blast+Off+-+vision+board.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiamaIQpOFwT2Iu69nT_IT-_OJZ_ENTeSLdAIzGtTSWE_g-e21Mje-Pz5CkJZ9QaF3iK6vPFptABY6pnpoiYvz0U58Pxw5KAAjveSrCjtb9V60JIZLb7K8pFYcmfTUsEpXiQVFU_gcKjg6D/s320/Day+3+Art+Biz+Blast+Off+-+vision+board.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm taking an online class right now that is call <a href="http://www.artbizcoach.com/">Artbiz - Blast Off</a>. Above is my vision board and affirmations for 2011. I'm trying to move forward with my art! </div>Dale & Julie 60th in Italyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108841790234311623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160853385323533309.post-55874293498301957812010-08-28T22:48:00.000-07:002010-08-28T22:48:19.103-07:00Sketchbook Entries for Germany Trip...to be continued...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bavaria....we had such a lovely time...cozy and relaxing!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Never hurts to be domestic....actually quite rejuvenating!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We needed a break from the "Residenz" and saw this wonderful bakery across the street....YUMMM Apfelstrudel!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The two swans represent the two homes of Bavarian Royalty!</td></tr>
</tbody></table><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" /></a></div>Dale & Julie 60th in Italyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108841790234311623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160853385323533309.post-85062297584140844772010-05-13T18:20:00.000-07:002010-05-13T18:39:44.070-07:00Birthday Iris Treat<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">What I wanted for my Birthday!</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_iy_qWe-koLvQpp0DASF38nHNmP54gCT7CfuTKNbN_h5HkUAZd1jIzQZwNXKnz4y2dZm6KXpse3VJMDYndyj7ogczgQbKB1kXAtd-NVLhuGsHODEHJ8H8cw0AB9IF4s6yb5AO30MCazg3/s1600/photo.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_iy_qWe-koLvQpp0DASF38nHNmP54gCT7CfuTKNbN_h5HkUAZd1jIzQZwNXKnz4y2dZm6KXpse3VJMDYndyj7ogczgQbKB1kXAtd-NVLhuGsHODEHJ8H8cw0AB9IF4s6yb5AO30MCazg3/s400/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470932450280273762" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">1. The sun to shine</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjngmYYRdo4mWnMica39y9Q0ypkNJguSEI1OkECMSL1VUpRodYZdQOC0MJ959HHEDoZMkN24yxwq-UFbJl8e-hFiWdew9Y3Gco3VcY4dvZwrOyn_NzNxLAyVNExGchphqgLLVvy1-GtpRtf/s1600/photo%5B1%5D"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjngmYYRdo4mWnMica39y9Q0ypkNJguSEI1OkECMSL1VUpRodYZdQOC0MJ959HHEDoZMkN24yxwq-UFbJl8e-hFiWdew9Y3Gco3VcY4dvZwrOyn_NzNxLAyVNExGchphqgLLVvy1-GtpRtf/s400/photo%5B1%5D" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470930052849136306" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">2. Enjoy my irises while they are in bloom.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapo3h7V7f6ayzDlBO4GRjyopej8uhpjvIjDOWokuEJGPSc9kGpFnN2RUTlbrcxiNo-teUZ_8Ba6ZsGqn56iqEzt_ySOrsB18iciMMAMeZslCpjEcSL7j4KLralRLhUlt0SWHi15yyVjzQ/s1600/photo%5B1%5D"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapo3h7V7f6ayzDlBO4GRjyopej8uhpjvIjDOWokuEJGPSc9kGpFnN2RUTlbrcxiNo-teUZ_8Ba6ZsGqn56iqEzt_ySOrsB18iciMMAMeZslCpjEcSL7j4KLralRLhUlt0SWHi15yyVjzQ/s400/photo%5B1%5D" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470930042556300162" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">3. A chance to play with Pastels.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0hZJYiNDR8s7wYIZwNufmJBf9co0z_OH3MXQz0_oM31NwUf9Q1nU2eljnCHyKt3rt-p81X-eM7G4yXtrhHbQ8nvpqVaJMi-LJ8WRpYH4erNa90KJqxluWoWuEd2ZKSWg5tD_56_0QGlIQ/s1600/photo(2).jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0hZJYiNDR8s7wYIZwNufmJBf9co0z_OH3MXQz0_oM31NwUf9Q1nU2eljnCHyKt3rt-p81X-eM7G4yXtrhHbQ8nvpqVaJMi-LJ8WRpYH4erNa90KJqxluWoWuEd2ZKSWg5tD_56_0QGlIQ/s400/photo(2).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470932457881495714" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBvTF-dXSsJWOaSA48Oe-47kr98nxJ_VSTrK0Re1XdRRe1YJ9vx-LET9kiNFXtxeXECJi9-0IWrWkv5Wz_uGP3UZyuaJj-ES8IfpQnFELYsZPx-3ETuPwGmzx6MyUhNSErOVYXB01l7bP/s1600/photo_2%5B1%5D"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBvTF-dXSsJWOaSA48Oe-47kr98nxJ_VSTrK0Re1XdRRe1YJ9vx-LET9kiNFXtxeXECJi9-0IWrWkv5Wz_uGP3UZyuaJj-ES8IfpQnFELYsZPx-3ETuPwGmzx6MyUhNSErOVYXB01l7bP/s400/photo_2%5B1%5D" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470930046816288450" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);">4. Friends to share it with me.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6msH-NK2qRHYGyczjy_nPQtDB5TMpD_PvkDJmMPE1uxaZDhpe8noKKPmt9TWesrRaFWYePtrpew85joe5fT2azlWHwizVw00QtQhEFEdJ8SWwSNG_aiUQR3QMn0xMhn71g9pafyo7a8YS/s1600/photo_2%5B1%5D"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6msH-NK2qRHYGyczjy_nPQtDB5TMpD_PvkDJmMPE1uxaZDhpe8noKKPmt9TWesrRaFWYePtrpew85joe5fT2azlWHwizVw00QtQhEFEdJ8SWwSNG_aiUQR3QMn0xMhn71g9pafyo7a8YS/s400/photo_2%5B1%5D" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470930062690635682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!</span></span><br /><br /><br /></div>Dale & Julie 60th in Italyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108841790234311623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160853385323533309.post-82601677624518385782010-05-05T07:38:00.000-07:002010-05-13T19:25:44.091-07:00Hau'oli lā hānau<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5bgCwZYqa2HuFAKPF0xp84dYVs_akonAwwEdWezota9uorvy-eoYtQo3EAn3d3MDRjiAAjpnRG3BhXiNDTFAv-bjuZvn82xTYfMrfxvDND0lvacGYsOagIQCUJ0VmvRpB7yEcyhyXEHc/s1600/2010.04.21+Hawaii+Julie+Lori+244.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5bgCwZYqa2HuFAKPF0xp84dYVs_akonAwwEdWezota9uorvy-eoYtQo3EAn3d3MDRjiAAjpnRG3BhXiNDTFAv-bjuZvn82xTYfMrfxvDND0lvacGYsOagIQCUJ0VmvRpB7yEcyhyXEHc/s400/2010.04.21+Hawaii+Julie+Lori+244.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470939035483465986" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Q4pF9mStUBZGkIgLwo9dA0uKlKMtGwdviP0pK0IvI4mjlrJFD4oEth_9u3cbd6U6Y6OjGJne7XmlwTirKmWWO74Dq7K-L08wbuyACEtafkqHuWdiL9vEIpflhyphenhyphenTxP5tOGoKsMsYPJw2U/s1600/2010.04.21+Hawaii+Julie+Lori+240.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Q4pF9mStUBZGkIgLwo9dA0uKlKMtGwdviP0pK0IvI4mjlrJFD4oEth_9u3cbd6U6Y6OjGJne7XmlwTirKmWWO74Dq7K-L08wbuyACEtafkqHuWdiL9vEIpflhyphenhyphenTxP5tOGoKsMsYPJw2U/s400/2010.04.21+Hawaii+Julie+Lori+240.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470939028038337506" border="0" /></a><br />Painting #1...mountains behind resort<br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >Hau'oli lā hānau "Happy Birthdays"</span><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">(pronounced How-o-lee Laa Haa-now)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIoBBSBtaJzRz0vetr8UMAWeL6FZ2cNl7hGsXTOvIihgrx3leCiH6Y0-ugXGvpuj9jBJ5aigGED6EZjs5le6q7kunxaM8drLc0Kf2Xn0t2znSQXDOwB_kambzrBtysjvalVOAw7IbRgeVZ/s1600/2010.04.21+Hawaii+Julie+Lori+228.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIoBBSBtaJzRz0vetr8UMAWeL6FZ2cNl7hGsXTOvIihgrx3leCiH6Y0-ugXGvpuj9jBJ5aigGED6EZjs5le6q7kunxaM8drLc0Kf2Xn0t2znSQXDOwB_kambzrBtysjvalVOAw7IbRgeVZ/s400/2010.04.21+Hawaii+Julie+Lori+228.jpg" border="0" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;">I was fortunate to get to celebrate my birthday and my friend in Hawaii this year. I decided to set a goal while I was there to bring my oil paints and do some Plein Aire while I was there.<br /></p> <p style="text-align: center;">Here are the things I learned:</p> <ol><li style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;">I can do it!</span></li><li style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Set a goal </span></span>- I met my goal of 5 paintings!</li><li style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">You can't bring Turpenoid on the plane. So I called ahead and found a store close to the airport "Ben Franklin's Craft Store" that said they had some in stock.</li><li style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">It cost extra for my second suitcase for BOTH ways so the prices of my paintings just doubled.</li><li style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">There are a lot of nice people walking down the beaches!</li><li style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >There is so much more to paint!!!!!</span></li></ol><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN9FvtLOt26DxLCTxdcVCav41gHlUrD5GnyTI2QUv89UjvRwgw6joo-GTSBQrob_4Idwoey8i0rzQlwp5LptpgE7bbHUyW5iw3i-1kbX64BqZJXK0YCtJllr2FA41_JvD-_wN9nq0cuPiK/s1600/2010.04.21+Hawaii+Julie+Lori+247.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN9FvtLOt26DxLCTxdcVCav41gHlUrD5GnyTI2QUv89UjvRwgw6joo-GTSBQrob_4Idwoey8i0rzQlwp5LptpgE7bbHUyW5iw3i-1kbX64BqZJXK0YCtJllr2FA41_JvD-_wN9nq0cuPiK/s400/2010.04.21+Hawaii+Julie+Lori+247.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470939042156190098" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlORLhP2iLAU4j2l4UABraPKLGWEg3lJGqjBlQfTAk2A3woz9phHTQSc1oXXPlx-LSA5dKQLAs0McFMnsS3qXI8geh6Q83w-Ukm_myyt-JUFe3h_zvjtWQBGc3eoXIESXaOyDUsz3xm-2R/s1600/2010.05.03+Iphone+pics+239.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlORLhP2iLAU4j2l4UABraPKLGWEg3lJGqjBlQfTAk2A3woz9phHTQSc1oXXPlx-LSA5dKQLAs0McFMnsS3qXI8geh6Q83w-Ukm_myyt-JUFe3h_zvjtWQBGc3eoXIESXaOyDUsz3xm-2R/s400/2010.05.03+Iphone+pics+239.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470939051683973122" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Painting #2....shoreline view near resort<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUFVb5ayBieIoirqYX9PQHlNswRzmswSrRXVjGrXozbLXGQSGBqXo-YH6q1rztuiwZr8UzQ8UgdaIKNsbro-eEVJTT-6IAY7kSlIxOQLXqJOC-NTfpExPTh6DoS7UJmmsaWqexpudHqsjN/s1600/2010.05.03+Iphone+pics+173.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUFVb5ayBieIoirqYX9PQHlNswRzmswSrRXVjGrXozbLXGQSGBqXo-YH6q1rztuiwZr8UzQ8UgdaIKNsbro-eEVJTT-6IAY7kSlIxOQLXqJOC-NTfpExPTh6DoS7UJmmsaWqexpudHqsjN/s400/2010.05.03+Iphone+pics+173.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470939992939886818" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw6xnMsD2Y7yhJUrZnaTzTj0LMQ2DoLFiDaSNu-8sMhEfNjIpM8bPH07A0zbufO6W4hrKvf9iAkwFdChyCEGWBz6mlWBb8qXN6KvylEUHagqrHdOsHu4KmxDv38WgicWRhz4LWxalk5Eux/s1600/2010.05.03+Iphone+pics+204.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw6xnMsD2Y7yhJUrZnaTzTj0LMQ2DoLFiDaSNu-8sMhEfNjIpM8bPH07A0zbufO6W4hrKvf9iAkwFdChyCEGWBz6mlWBb8qXN6KvylEUHagqrHdOsHu4KmxDv38WgicWRhz4LWxalk5Eux/s400/2010.05.03+Iphone+pics+204.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470939059460037666" border="0" /></a>Painting #3 - a preschool near Fleming Beach<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSu0_qpXKTNb8DrNMoWrTkmqxXNRgXuK6TGbwEyz1xqzwFBx65mUiPDWHVj1AXyqE_4ijmsZHc0y_eAoyqEn3Cmi_k55dltTnsxYzvFCtRdAYzGC1xuGOkeOfkW7KVVfDiLPPHq6H4d0Rm/s1600/2010.05.03+Iphone+pics+062.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSu0_qpXKTNb8DrNMoWrTkmqxXNRgXuK6TGbwEyz1xqzwFBx65mUiPDWHVj1AXyqE_4ijmsZHc0y_eAoyqEn3Cmi_k55dltTnsxYzvFCtRdAYzGC1xuGOkeOfkW7KVVfDiLPPHq6H4d0Rm/s400/2010.05.03+Iphone+pics+062.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470939986088039426" border="0" /></a><br />Painting #4 - Protea bought at a local farmer's market<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlziL8VIeyN6F4-Bc2GOaMsWiDbQIPbg7IzRiclISFiCv5lAijY80Xcam0iLOSXNwAO7QCWJtxubq4edSZ4HmNI8f0-mwzhuR5qLMiqq-D1VAN5hEr61Mps8PALDmh-2jU_yX74ovItGUC/s1600/2010.04.21+Hawaii+Julie+Lori+288.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Somewhere Over the Rainbow</span></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-style: italic;">Somewhere over the rainbow</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-style: italic;">Way up high</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-style: italic;">And the dreams that you dreamed of</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-style: italic;">Once in a lullaby ii ii iii</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-style: italic;">Somewhere over the rainbow</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-style: italic;">Blue birds fly</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-style: italic;">And the dreams that you dreamed of</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-style: italic;">Dreams really do come true ooh ooooh</span><br /><br /></div><div style="clear: both;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; 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Dale & Julie 60th in Italyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108841790234311623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160853385323533309.post-52010873284387116362010-03-08T13:18:00.000-08:002010-03-08T13:29:48.446-08:00Warmth in a Spring Bouquet<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC3B0S3NupFdr7c6oYMkNmzoDERNse8TbRuppHYa1lt81ArWcbYShwEQlNUXIcprisJHIEbU6BO9BN1yAgeFHyZHqTob0RxVRDnf-kdGM2s6OdADojuRY9du2lHJK_YlyxmvgFamUBtals/s1600-h/2010.03.09+Spring+Bouquet+067.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC3B0S3NupFdr7c6oYMkNmzoDERNse8TbRuppHYa1lt81ArWcbYShwEQlNUXIcprisJHIEbU6BO9BN1yAgeFHyZHqTob0RxVRDnf-kdGM2s6OdADojuRY9du2lHJK_YlyxmvgFamUBtals/s400/2010.03.09+Spring+Bouquet+067.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446376028949523714" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Spring Bouquet</span></span><br />9" x 12" Oil<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">It was a little chilly and rainy today, so we painted inside my friend's garage! We were still able to capture a bit of spring from this beautiful bouquet she had.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >Warm<br />Dry<br />Springtime Bouquet</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >Viola!</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmS5i5JMy8LYRjwMY17U1JbscmJGqTsje7la6xv1RSW9qBLRA9LAFjxCuYVgjDcTUaZxSo4FXWj0txKCgO3ZhMd59o2APMFlLa9i6jaPn1AfOzSNmu8JWt339im9saBjFZ_7dWyiO3_scY/s1600-h/2010.03.09+Nancy+Bouquet+056.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmS5i5JMy8LYRjwMY17U1JbscmJGqTsje7la6xv1RSW9qBLRA9LAFjxCuYVgjDcTUaZxSo4FXWj0txKCgO3ZhMd59o2APMFlLa9i6jaPn1AfOzSNmu8JWt339im9saBjFZ_7dWyiO3_scY/s400/2010.03.09+Nancy+Bouquet+056.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446377296813855794" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbbdOmuMsNUkReZ2TS0cEL3YBB1SSbiU63NsDF0NHtHK8wo_AYtmqjVV3p5ZfCtxmcfQ5XEuQXRnstKwqB6f3Baz5dBfQsEG14MG4m6Zl7lSUmHbqW3Ezj-eazbw_5_0tpHf0FOu1wAnnk/s1600-h/2010.03.09+Nancy+Bouquet+059.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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font-weight: bold;">a little here...a little there</span></span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5WEqAA9Dl60LLGGy_4MLmHRnNkSJ5-lYZdptXSOFBns8FG-D29PIcDbNiInDZWKaWBqsadNhZgKaTbqSirLr4y4YMcCLT_8bP0VBh6Z61r_CItVCxzW_2ja3lCS9fMPTg97hm-XMpE9Cu/s1600-h/2010.02.21+Palm+Tree+007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5WEqAA9Dl60LLGGy_4MLmHRnNkSJ5-lYZdptXSOFBns8FG-D29PIcDbNiInDZWKaWBqsadNhZgKaTbqSirLr4y4YMcCLT_8bP0VBh6Z61r_CItVCxzW_2ja3lCS9fMPTg97hm-XMpE9Cu/s400/2010.02.21+Palm+Tree+007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440818965991088546" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The beginning of "<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-style: italic;">Morning Aloha Coffee</span>"<br />I found this <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">plumeria</span> on a walk on the beach before breakfast in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Napili</span><br /></div><br />-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /><div style="text-align: center;">Below I'm working on a Palm Tree I'm copying for a friend. <br />It is three panels and I'm trying to keep the layers happening.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZnSwpLP_s9UicanaDferOdjYWYHsl0ZLk86r2cu_frHl-8qXDsQluJz4hvQVe8m8kzVoX2gfxjTcKsZM37SLhQ6RmbZ4p3RSLvLaNNOv4_xXSSSI2SYtYLJ2F9vv-7rCQWXJWLUjdrVx/s1600-h/2009.08.28+Misc+015.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIZnSwpLP_s9UicanaDferOdjYWYHsl0ZLk86r2cu_frHl-8qXDsQluJz4hvQVe8m8kzVoX2gfxjTcKsZM37SLhQ6RmbZ4p3RSLvLaNNOv4_xXSSSI2SYtYLJ2F9vv-7rCQWXJWLUjdrVx/s400/2009.08.28+Misc+015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440818983590931250" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">You can see I did a test small sample (6 " x 8 ")<br /> to get the colors right and practice the layers.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdm7WJ2qMRvsSCEWUWT-_C6yg2SXgOdF_ysDULlE0sFtxKkLAwYKDAZKdcwrDh2aoV9t1ZYZTNOfHjuGN-wk1dn7Fc6oG5pa3J0_i-DeIdHtKRnjuetJv07oJ4xpdxy2qL_vExorLKrXF-/s1600-h/2010.01+Lori%27s+palm+001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdm7WJ2qMRvsSCEWUWT-_C6yg2SXgOdF_ysDULlE0sFtxKkLAwYKDAZKdcwrDh2aoV9t1ZYZTNOfHjuGN-wk1dn7Fc6oG5pa3J0_i-DeIdHtKRnjuetJv07oJ4xpdxy2qL_vExorLKrXF-/s400/2010.01+Lori%27s+palm+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440818989170116466" border="0" /></a><br />Then I imaged it on the three panels...<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);">so confusing to follow....</span><br />keep thinking about the layers<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHaFDuLi5EZXf2M7ZAsFNWrsmS6S0rD4G7oaReB_vm9oGTcuLHJYg2xpXoe5vpl56CDQVDKs6urVyRML1KL1sXqiqqAlrt6Tf4kgByRTgNoX-HvO2DkmQf_a4qjRZjqIt798S4euWknqu/s1600-h/2010.01+Lori%27s+palm+003.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvHaFDuLi5EZXf2M7ZAsFNWrsmS6S0rD4G7oaReB_vm9oGTcuLHJYg2xpXoe5vpl56CDQVDKs6urVyRML1KL1sXqiqqAlrt6Tf4kgByRTgNoX-HvO2DkmQf_a4qjRZjqIt798S4euWknqu/s400/2010.01+Lori%27s+palm+003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440819006131518882" border="0" /></a><br />Layer One...<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;">the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">darks</span>.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJaSohjdVQI2McF4ga7snultass3__zbDzj0UDv1doTa4MRfWz0PNvtSZUOGdDj-eh-LMowCyGnSCWVAErTZWC0GfolHbRsPUrEg3SWRlSB-CniQl1hr5Yb8QhV5gNupR_n7HYkxmdYTYR/s1600-h/2010.02.21+Palm+Tree+002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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height: 391px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioznTL88jjNstkLFZoRwqOLUtJ1W2yBkaI-B3ncFAtsHhL30H18_Kt2pLWvZpbSBtdSIfNx7B4f5KJppLoDag3BkotLs_AX5fgxPgC5jFX207xytJgKr7mgRl55Yq5CW_rVm5E3X9oeCz/s400/2010.01.30+Nick+Nightgliding+034.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><a style="font-style: italic;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioznTL88jjNstkLFZoRwqOLUtJ1W2yBkaI-B3ncFAtsHhL30H18_Kt2pLWvZpbSBtdSIfNx7B4f5KJppLoDag3BkotLs_AX5fgxPgC5jFX207xytJgKr7mgRl55Yq5CW_rVm5E3X9oeCz/s1600-h/2010.01.30+Nick+Nightgliding+034.JPG">Art Lover's Chair</a></span><br />(12 x 12 oil)<br /><br />What a great way to spend a rainy morning!<br />Inside a warm and cheerful room<br />with beautiful light,<br />kindred spirits<br />and a lot of<br />ART HAPPENING!<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDG752N1rxBhY4hTYpfkb7FgWslb7MD-lM6lZExV2RpcfEasMLgNxa23JI7sz3iUrT2yyri3gwRZlds32yTinxmVXZ8VKowM4w3FmwlEvW7cUlPTt1sgjGJ_1wgziKkJJHHDQqTCc5cMY/s1600-h/2010.01.30+Nick+Nightgliding+016.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDG752N1rxBhY4hTYpfkb7FgWslb7MD-lM6lZExV2RpcfEasMLgNxa23JI7sz3iUrT2yyri3gwRZlds32yTinxmVXZ8VKowM4w3FmwlEvW7cUlPTt1sgjGJ_1wgziKkJJHHDQqTCc5cMY/s400/2010.01.30+Nick+Nightgliding+016.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMNh98pnYUHRXgaF6kpnUhk46bCLs5OMK6jBnzntmufreDb2H1kZhYdgQOyVd-vof3TO9w57oBIWzrw08R9eMV2U6mNYQV1BLoXpazf87b4qT3XVCLBAnx4SHHvfhS4rWwx3oBfrwiVK8/s1600-h/2010.01.30+Nick+Nightgliding+023.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMNh98pnYUHRXgaF6kpnUhk46bCLs5OMK6jBnzntmufreDb2H1kZhYdgQOyVd-vof3TO9w57oBIWzrw08R9eMV2U6mNYQV1BLoXpazf87b4qT3XVCLBAnx4SHHvfhS4rWwx3oBfrwiVK8/s400/2010.01.30+Nick+Nightgliding+023.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >MY PROCESS</span><br />*about 2 hours*<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">First</span>...blow off the nerves...just dive in!<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Second</span>....decide what to paint<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Third</span>....take a few photos and look through viewfinder for composition ideas.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Fourth</span>....sketch a thumbnail.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Fifth</span>....measure and remember your perspective lessons.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Sixth</span>....make a larger sketch and remember the values.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Seventh</span>....for gosh sakes get some paint on the canvas!<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Eighth</span>...take a stroll around and see what others are doing.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Ninth</span>....look with fresh eyes at my work...make adjustments.<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Tenth</span>....Breathe and Give Thanks for the Opportunity no matter the result!<br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC737_UgtZyjsZflecrM5dJ_U6FRjMkq4k1sLJ67O2xi7NmpriJ4ai3DtqCCqglXg_cUIFeooOKYvWYsNOalhOe58bupx6cKi0A3-SKcp2myOYfyaWcAxdukH8E66LrcWSpPc2r9hT2On4/s1600-h/2010.01.30+Nick+Nightgliding+019.JPG"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC737_UgtZyjsZflecrM5dJ_U6FRjMkq4k1sLJ67O2xi7NmpriJ4ai3DtqCCqglXg_cUIFeooOKYvWYsNOalhOe58bupx6cKi0A3-SKcp2myOYfyaWcAxdukH8E66LrcWSpPc2r9hT2On4/s400/2010.01.30+Nick+Nightgliding+019.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="clear: both;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; 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I seem to have a pile up of things I want to post and then I keep waiting to post until I have enough...and then I run out of time.<br />...BLAH, BLAH, BLAH<br /> So for 2010...my plan is to post at will - freely - just one here and there. I'll start with this one since it has been sitting here waiting for me to add more to it.<br /><br /><br />20 MINUTES OF PLEIN AIRE!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAT-Vz4RWmPphLtgwKZO-65iJNFVLBkc_ya0NUN0UvL2-AwDmn5TEcTdYWMlzXx30HP3rNfwbBA29cEOad-ww_Yw9gqqH31oT8XzUbFyQjT47QiO02BWXP8J3rFZp1gJh1OjujeRLM-Khd/s1600-h/2009.12.Plien+Aire+Will+Misc+002.jpg"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAT-Vz4RWmPphLtgwKZO-65iJNFVLBkc_ya0NUN0UvL2-AwDmn5TEcTdYWMlzXx30HP3rNfwbBA29cEOad-ww_Yw9gqqH31oT8XzUbFyQjT47QiO02BWXP8J3rFZp1gJh1OjujeRLM-Khd/s400/2009.12.Plien+Aire+Will+Misc+002.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" align="middle" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is a bench at the San Jose Historical Park. We went on a Plein Aire day to this park and there was so much to pick from to paint. I just couldn't decide. It took up most of my time to settle down and then I really wanted to paint this bench...<br /><br />I have a thing for benches??? (to be thought through later)<br /><br />I sketched it out and it didn't look good in my sketch...it was just too busy. So then I started on a Barn. It was okay, but I really wanted to do the bench. Just then my teacher, who is in our Plein Aire group strolled over to check on his students. Before he knew about my struggles...he pointed to this bench and said..."Hey Julie did you see this bench? You should paint this."<br /><br />Well I started laughing! I told him of my struggles and said I had been trying to do the bench. He looked at my sketch and said, "You should do the bench, but SIMPLIFY!"<br /><br />OH YEAH....SIMPLIFY!!!!<br /><br />After that I got it. I simplified all the extra lines and blocked in the brown for the bench and popped in the highlights of the bench and VIOLA!<br /><br />I had the bench nailed in 20 minutes with 1 1/2 hours of struggling before.<br /></div>Dale & Julie 60th in Italyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108841790234311623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160853385323533309.post-53359389762901110922009-09-05T07:35:00.000-07:002009-09-05T08:26:24.754-07:00Letting Your Light Shine Through!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">"ALLA PRIMA"<br /><br />I have painted a<br />a series of still lifes<br />directly from life<br />(not from a photo)<br />I've been reading "ALLA PRIMA" by Richard Schmid...<br />(see below)<br />it has so much to offer - a great overall painting book.<br /><br /></span><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Mom/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png" alt="" /><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.richardschmid.com/alla_prima_book_info.htm"><i><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 51);font-family:Palatino Linotype;" >Best Seller</span></i><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 51);font-family:Palatino Linotype;" > ALLA PRIMA <br /><i>Everything I Know About Painting</i></span></a><i><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 51);font-family:Palatino Linotype;" > <br /></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Palatino Linotype;" >A standard in classical art education.</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 51);font-family:Palatino Linotype;" ><br /></span></i></b></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><table style="text-align: left; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" bordercolor="#ffffff" cellspacing="1" width="475"><tbody><tr> <td bordercolor="#666666" width="135" valign="top"> <table style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" bordercolor="#808080" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="1" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td> <a title=" click to enlarge" href="http://www.richardschmid.com/all_prima_pages2.htm"> <img src="http://www.richardschmid.com/block_in.jpg" border="0" width="135" height="89" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td bordercolor="#666666" width="135" valign="top"> <table style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" bordercolor="#808080" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="1" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td> <a title="click to enlarge" href="http://www.richardschmid.com/alla_prima_pages3.htm"> <img src="http://www.richardschmid.com/color_wheel.jpg" border="0" width="135" height="89" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td bordercolor="#666666" width="135" valign="top"> <table style="border-collapse: collapse;" border="1" bordercolor="#808080" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="1" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td> <a title="click to enlarge" href="http://www.richardschmid.com/all_prima_pages1.htm"> <img src="http://www.richardschmid.com/page_159.jpg" border="0" width="135" height="89" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" border="" style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" height="200"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" height="205"> <tbody><tr> <td height="205" valign="bottom"> <p align="justify"> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-family:Palatino Linotype;font-size:85%;" > Fifteen years in preparation, this must have book offers to painters the wisdom and technical savvy of a lifetime. Writing as an acknowledged master, Richard Schmid leads his reader gracefully through the fundamentals and subtleties of painting technique with refreshing clarity, authority and deep affection to all who strive for self-expression, regardless of their level of skill. Soon to be in its tenth printing, it is treasured by artists worldwide.</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br />***********<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXSdZrBGZKZDPy_j75mNto5PeJhaQBD0bKzS4oGDcslHnMtU6EeA9m9yCM4yqMEwAsSWgq5dvhDT6uUOlWice5Bl0utigv4awCGcwfTMvEGe3CMutxrr6ZRI76RP1RgN2RWR7mEzx1s1W/s1600-h/2009.08.28+Misc+005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQXSdZrBGZKZDPy_j75mNto5PeJhaQBD0bKzS4oGDcslHnMtU6EeA9m9yCM4yqMEwAsSWgq5dvhDT6uUOlWice5Bl0utigv4awCGcwfTMvEGe3CMutxrr6ZRI76RP1RgN2RWR7mEzx1s1W/s400/2009.08.28+Misc+005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377994941465098898" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" >"Heritage"</span><br />8" x 10" oil<br />"Heritage" was inspired by our son's soccer coach and his wife.<br />We invited them over to dinner<br />to thank them for all their time, efforts and POSITIVE coaching!<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">...they brought the wine. </span></span><br />They make their own wine with other family members in honor of their families "Heritage". I just loved the wine bottles and after we had properly enjoyed them, I saved them. Hoping that I would paint them some day.....well 2 months later I decided to do a little..."Alla Prima" and paint them directly from life along with a spray of "Flutterby" roses from my garden.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >Letting Your Light Shine Through</span><br />Our family is thankful for John and Lynn<br />and letting their positive light shine through<br />touching our lives with their warmth.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-J8nt6cxhnbTrdH4miFLcjemjwH2IuZBZe9jeh83by6ptLGHb7K7yd6aG3Qi-skMSrfZ-yaX4OuH00Y_-McP4xp4sCxW84oyHCeNbHcys0sO7bQYpunWoY6_qw2tLmJelsNYIU9NMgNBi/s1600-h/2009.08.26+heritage+still+life+%2814%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-J8nt6cxhnbTrdH4miFLcjemjwH2IuZBZe9jeh83by6ptLGHb7K7yd6aG3Qi-skMSrfZ-yaX4OuH00Y_-McP4xp4sCxW84oyHCeNbHcys0sO7bQYpunWoY6_qw2tLmJelsNYIU9NMgNBi/s400/2009.08.26+heritage+still+life+%2814%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377994926190693874" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pYr-oeCKp8x8ewtZ_9b9p2C_k1lyQC0pYDczBrtP9_TtBX3y0vKbZP1DAcn2oF3hyphenhyphenXti43jSCX6B4EK_cr54-8FrxC-UbRQQE2PJ7BBGsN3nMwStcxQ5z-B2LZFxYdFVmj849ShEQunq/s1600-h/2009.08.26+heritage+still+life+%2815%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgia-veaVEzT1EGnXr3a62c5kjlQfzshIWyOXtkkU-4WMqn2lfiQzs_FrquKRdmPydLiRY4FWP1Ntpj7V2LfbonNTdLoR1KNhpMqyZEuL_gwlIqixMs5-iV_VzS3Sv4oLKlkP293Wcnzgpm/s400/2009.08.26+heritage+still+life+%2822%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377993865992028418" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzWzjgXht21Ad17nPvk-ikFxyqYPYu6tDwsRx9anl3n0N_xwi0mJDEzH4KO8iypgasfy8kImvaD8POnGqXRThF7xpQVNqFRx5VZ1DdKi6Lwm1zRyG6eweDrKmtk1Jr6XJpsw_FlS89oD6B/s1600-h/2009.08.14+Ittybitty+Cherry+%284%29.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzWzjgXht21Ad17nPvk-ikFxyqYPYu6tDwsRx9anl3n0N_xwi0mJDEzH4KO8iypgasfy8kImvaD8POnGqXRThF7xpQVNqFRx5VZ1DdKi6Lwm1zRyG6eweDrKmtk1Jr6XJpsw_FlS89oD6B/s400/2009.08.14+Ittybitty+Cherry+%284%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377993859206585378" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"IttyBitty Cherry" "IttyBitty Cork"</span><br /><br />I call these "IttyBitties" because they are only 1.5" x 2" and are so fun to paint. I had some left over paint on my palette and while I was working with a student decided to do a little more "Alla Prima" painting and let the light shine through two IttyBitty subjects that I had and also enjoy.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNrqSput3g6iCOeNilSYSkZurXhbcNVOhaNhzlavQhvCXde8Ib3exDgBUFwpWYKKRwzi8D0E6xcF2abBtTLxYvc02aD_UppgNYmsHH_CQD_i3CSpO29LdOURrC1GnPTY2aX3sx7QatRc1V/s1600-h/2009.08.26+Mom%27s+Tomatoes+in+home.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNrqSput3g6iCOeNilSYSkZurXhbcNVOhaNhzlavQhvCXde8Ib3exDgBUFwpWYKKRwzi8D0E6xcF2abBtTLxYvc02aD_UppgNYmsHH_CQD_i3CSpO29LdOURrC1GnPTY2aX3sx7QatRc1V/s400/2009.08.26+Mom%27s+Tomatoes+in+home.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377993849663912482" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >"Mom's Tomatoes"</span><br />6" x 8" oil<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Inspired by my mom's love for our family<br />Happy birthday from one mom to the another!<br />Ginny...Mom...Grammy<br /><br /></span><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8NPzgt1z1DFOaFsnVXgK06avygKjZtxlIFTci7OcyzcsXcfQI_5T5dIaN7s_t63LfySv0gZIzZeIDEJvAKTmZxmyh3wWFN7oxUO_pdnOUsV4L_PScaoN7j7cXBl49ouTcnyrzPAV34xAV/s1600-h/2009.08.26+Mom%27s+Tomatoes+crop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8NPzgt1z1DFOaFsnVXgK06avygKjZtxlIFTci7OcyzcsXcfQI_5T5dIaN7s_t63LfySv0gZIzZeIDEJvAKTmZxmyh3wWFN7oxUO_pdnOUsV4L_PScaoN7j7cXBl49ouTcnyrzPAV34xAV/s400/2009.08.26+Mom%27s+Tomatoes+crop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377993838783623394" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 51);"><span style="font-size:180%;">Letting Your Light Shine Through!</span></span></div>Dale & Julie 60th in Italyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108841790234311623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160853385323533309.post-31376543506831338622009-08-27T15:42:00.001-07:002009-08-27T18:02:05.415-07:00First Annual PG ART RETREAT!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGG-EYt_GNIrQjrdrOkUwrbqCESUttOC3xLxBGwp4NTbEDuQF8mfd7vXEiYGAUiALSoSshjaeVIUYZ7_adZZ7xKjssymvZXNrz9U79QtMegZhy_WSq5WAVpZniWW8KrgneaOIQYGU5kk6J/s1600-h/2009.08.14+end+of+summer+028.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGG-EYt_GNIrQjrdrOkUwrbqCESUttOC3xLxBGwp4NTbEDuQF8mfd7vXEiYGAUiALSoSshjaeVIUYZ7_adZZ7xKjssymvZXNrz9U79QtMegZhy_WSq5WAVpZniWW8KrgneaOIQYGU5kk6J/s400/2009.08.14+end+of+summer+028.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374798072376713250" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-size:180%;" >I'm a lucky girl</span><br />....my friends came down to PG<br />with me for a few days to play art.<br />We had a great time<br />and did as much art as I could fit in.<br /><br />Here are the things we did<br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">sketching, still lifes, plein aire, watching an art dvd, plein aire painting, paint in the style of another artist, collage/circle text poetry,<br />eating, walking, talking, and a little shopping</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">as I said we had the BEST TIME!</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisS4xYxaOnwKr6B1u-xUt_6cP7C1ovjxA_usr680OEDG28L17r9yv2b7CzD9Sb04bePSHWp5ElQ5rv1m6ZmZ-JtwnWe3F3fUM1-OFzbHwfXYzw6TFbbOoFmOPw3ku8jOzoLdLeHVymQ-PM/s1600-h/2009.08.14+end+of+summer+205.jpg"><br /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:180%;" >SKETCHING</span><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span></div><br /><br />We walked from PG to Monterey and stopped at 3 places along the way to sketch.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzZfr1_dTUyaKJcAbZY-TjF1oSMG253mihrnmhYMfIPBwyDVH9dzuzSOi7KL1AWuCPby9t2F4NHicysatYGZOsJPvebdodkSf2YnGLtI4caPvU08o4ORdnAylT-mDpHdPOqnO_sTmM3Nl/s1600-h/2009.06+Summer+PG+031.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvzZfr1_dTUyaKJcAbZY-TjF1oSMG253mihrnmhYMfIPBwyDVH9dzuzSOi7KL1AWuCPby9t2F4NHicysatYGZOsJPvebdodkSf2YnGLtI4caPvU08o4ORdnAylT-mDpHdPOqnO_sTmM3Nl/s400/2009.06+Summer+PG+031.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374781306850013586" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacniWKx6JdAdRtqqUts8jmZQ4Tbf9Nl4RUxYpn9U2V8ol3KF-oddIYP8HpQj4eJx7x5UmBNZpPRtGlYw-UKpIm0zFWuuTASSGZBQpJDvYvSEaLZaync-mzQsUY6BpGlSk1Mq9Ij2jwQHu/s1600-h/2009.08.23+Monterey+Peer+Sketch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjacniWKx6JdAdRtqqUts8jmZQ4Tbf9Nl4RUxYpn9U2V8ol3KF-oddIYP8HpQj4eJx7x5UmBNZpPRtGlYw-UKpIm0zFWuuTASSGZBQpJDvYvSEaLZaync-mzQsUY6BpGlSk1Mq9Ij2jwQHu/s400/2009.08.23+Monterey+Peer+Sketch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374803965300428674" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7bmNUaDu4bR1p2xoixmXaPz0j-qmsG5nwE_32k1OSXq-qXmQ5M61W6k2zxuz9WuwA7l3wt12FBY1LzNDH6KgOC6CS-GF54KHaE9yaqwwDByPnUscbgEdfOHbeDnlunoKqYpfhUj0je-9w/s1600-h/2009.06+Summer+PG+038.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7bmNUaDu4bR1p2xoixmXaPz0j-qmsG5nwE_32k1OSXq-qXmQ5M61W6k2zxuz9WuwA7l3wt12FBY1LzNDH6KgOC6CS-GF54KHaE9yaqwwDByPnUscbgEdfOHbeDnlunoKqYpfhUj0je-9w/s400/2009.06+Summer+PG+038.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374781326255519490" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Working from real life is fun and difficult. <br />But with practice, and friends it is the best!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDepAiSRkQcDTvsQXsM8ie80cnhijgcGwBKgRJ656nex5NCGfQZbdDNi2cBowxvLn81fVRxf1ZL-sQJyB4S6ToI5wKfGGOUdkbinvqCWCFxI5OdfK221Coc5L_aSi_H20U75go-j6uj8Y/s1600-h/2009.06+Summer+PG+043.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDepAiSRkQcDTvsQXsM8ie80cnhijgcGwBKgRJ656nex5NCGfQZbdDNi2cBowxvLn81fVRxf1ZL-sQJyB4S6ToI5wKfGGOUdkbinvqCWCFxI5OdfK221Coc5L_aSi_H20U75go-j6uj8Y/s400/2009.06+Summer+PG+043.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374781335884270594" border="0" /></a><br />Sketching in a restaurant...when it is not too crowded.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUVeOZVX2-4ko0dn6m76T2FtOscUzgNmTGitT00Zkikmkl3n2fRKYJtyz2m3DkBeO-27C9QtwoVD-SUxJvhPmp32FnNTQ6hoaxZjjzazxERSsgIiM5qhtG3yOPk3cAsD4NqVkFlmynLU2K/s1600-h/2009.08.23+Epsilon+Bottle+sketchbook.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUVeOZVX2-4ko0dn6m76T2FtOscUzgNmTGitT00Zkikmkl3n2fRKYJtyz2m3DkBeO-27C9QtwoVD-SUxJvhPmp32FnNTQ6hoaxZjjzazxERSsgIiM5qhtG3yOPk3cAsD4NqVkFlmynLU2K/s400/2009.08.23+Epsilon+Bottle+sketchbook.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374803955508759794" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOpyJIrncbmyLy00o9hSnP-AHHxQLdHTtH3y9vx1SZjjXb_WQHJ3b0QF7dY_YkuMkpMgpl4WJk8R7jpXbuz3ad0dj0nNYhXxZ-DRqvfZODZ0in4iRkBOC9SRsomVpLhtcb6q5oU_PX2Uk/s1600-h/2009.08.14+end+of+summer+172.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOpyJIrncbmyLy00o9hSnP-AHHxQLdHTtH3y9vx1SZjjXb_WQHJ3b0QF7dY_YkuMkpMgpl4WJk8R7jpXbuz3ad0dj0nNYhXxZ-DRqvfZODZ0in4iRkBOC9SRsomVpLhtcb6q5oU_PX2Uk/s400/2009.08.14+end+of+summer+172.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374798096378746098" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >STILL LIFE</span><br /><br />We set up our own still life in the evening. <br />We were tired from the day,<br />but rejuvenated by dinner and<br /> the chance to paint inside from a real life object.<br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7LWfmHI7-gyKidPZrF-NS3wr6k91LTRllZ0xhOZ8mGddMvgY9YOjZhRsd4rsv8fJd6SDCqkymxvGPyL1mfK4wNI5YWEKal5-YimSa_wy-gvRdOyubj8ovl_mWHbPp9tsqqJVU9pK7loIg/s1600-h/2009.07+Summer+Photossweet+peas+and+coffee.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 315px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7LWfmHI7-gyKidPZrF-NS3wr6k91LTRllZ0xhOZ8mGddMvgY9YOjZhRsd4rsv8fJd6SDCqkymxvGPyL1mfK4wNI5YWEKal5-YimSa_wy-gvRdOyubj8ovl_mWHbPp9tsqqJVU9pK7loIg/s400/2009.07+Summer+Photossweet+peas+and+coffee.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374798090480939906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:85%;" >"Sweet Peas and Tea"<br />9" x 12" oil</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHO_chyARYf6cXcRd1TueyYAhNssZIRtQO0Bj60hR3WlWdtdwi1a5hpnYCxbF2BKULELyLnScipCN_iOKEPeWzYsX-w-Rpz3OstNd6jCh31XW_IL9EIGxx0nrs4pyrY9lVnF11BS0j3oE8/s1600-h/2009.08.14+end+of+summer+207.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHO_chyARYf6cXcRd1TueyYAhNssZIRtQO0Bj60hR3WlWdtdwi1a5hpnYCxbF2BKULELyLnScipCN_iOKEPeWzYsX-w-Rpz3OstNd6jCh31XW_IL9EIGxx0nrs4pyrY9lVnF11BS0j3oE8/s400/2009.08.14+end+of+summer+207.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374798105078159986" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >CARMEL VALLEY DAY </span><br />We hiked, sketched, went to an organic farm and sketched some more. and then headed to Carmel for dinner and browse through a few art galleries.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSb2Egr0t5t8SdJrvReZI66OAByxk7HWUQ48EqAhkXkTWuLdvcH8W2YINqY0Q8LpUEAHArDfoWU3ZoFrxCDczUhaq5ODuKPxHz1HQeEPwWIR61ICpv1qlizP4fOYWEawVDSU_3ly9IJJIM/s1600-h/2009.06+Summer+PG+155.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSb2Egr0t5t8SdJrvReZI66OAByxk7HWUQ48EqAhkXkTWuLdvcH8W2YINqY0Q8LpUEAHArDfoWU3ZoFrxCDczUhaq5ODuKPxHz1HQeEPwWIR61ICpv1qlizP4fOYWEawVDSU_3ly9IJJIM/s400/2009.06+Summer+PG+155.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374796142700137938" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQDorVFLjQKRo5zV-oRPZdp3ueEkLp8VlnIphkmVw79-6MLP7mTtoTpNpoe7qXWgcHy6s1t7BpmpG62eBIT10PkVFlULIOpILJz8eo1hzaY8N6XG1djEi7hKkbgQqyEtZn-J73p0VmKvP/s1600-h/2009.06+Summer+PG+047.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQDorVFLjQKRo5zV-oRPZdp3ueEkLp8VlnIphkmVw79-6MLP7mTtoTpNpoe7qXWgcHy6s1t7BpmpG62eBIT10PkVFlULIOpILJz8eo1hzaY8N6XG1djEi7hKkbgQqyEtZn-J73p0VmKvP/s400/2009.06+Summer+PG+047.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374781350705384146" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOsTuBvR_04iL1kFuEUnFfqKdZPjKQJX0bH8pJW3gRcT8rTxkZlbtwyU6QMmsROQstBZZSE1J3dgspbqnIbLjUWQ3BfEza0fLsSmZyF9a8a7t-qfAPCiqL-4zsDf2D6M2bpWJFkBLh2vun/s1600-h/2009.06+Summer+PG+188.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOsTuBvR_04iL1kFuEUnFfqKdZPjKQJX0bH8pJW3gRcT8rTxkZlbtwyU6QMmsROQstBZZSE1J3dgspbqnIbLjUWQ3BfEza0fLsSmZyF9a8a7t-qfAPCiqL-4zsDf2D6M2bpWJFkBLh2vun/s400/2009.06+Summer+PG+188.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374796179353865154" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 204);font-size:180%;" ><br />A Little Plein Aire Painting...</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZqjEeKLFKVqojbXBH-yu-1DSpchjoFupHgcCcfeQB6V-nyEtTzBBdWiDK4PIyAZygO-msbLkfxiu1DO5k6wW3radIhrQAeHwwn6qUasuPQknozt7hIpIwkwee4MYbW6Jh3FEnM9MVcpt/s1600-h/2009.06+Summer+PG+115.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZqjEeKLFKVqojbXBH-yu-1DSpchjoFupHgcCcfeQB6V-nyEtTzBBdWiDK4PIyAZygO-msbLkfxiu1DO5k6wW3radIhrQAeHwwn6qUasuPQknozt7hIpIwkwee4MYbW6Jh3FEnM9MVcpt/s400/2009.06+Summer+PG+115.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374798079866905378" border="0" /></a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br />We tried painting in the style of another Artist</span><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span></span></div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br />Here we are below with a couple of attempts to push ourselves to try something new.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisS4xYxaOnwKr6B1u-xUt_6cP7C1ovjxA_usr680OEDG28L17r9yv2b7CzD9Sb04bePSHWp5ElQ5rv1m6ZmZ-JtwnWe3F3fUM1-OFzbHwfXYzw6TFbbOoFmOPw3ku8jOzoLdLeHVymQ-PM/s1600-h/2009.08.14+end+of+summer+205.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisS4xYxaOnwKr6B1u-xUt_6cP7C1ovjxA_usr680OEDG28L17r9yv2b7CzD9Sb04bePSHWp5ElQ5rv1m6ZmZ-JtwnWe3F3fUM1-OFzbHwfXYzw6TFbbOoFmOPw3ku8jOzoLdLeHVymQ-PM/s400/2009.08.14+end+of+summer+205.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374803983367210290" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt48U_MWToQjnxFj2aDbxGZAgXwZ5wfV6QPxcUSCmkvhewYRP4bUZd8qmQ4HM3tND_bjljaOfPB_odBBgxpe_1iE4FBt3vs-p_GR76LsP9VdBhcZC4_irj_u5CxyIJH2Ww0NtmztRLkqrH/s1600-h/2009.08.24+Sonya+Paz+lesson.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt48U_MWToQjnxFj2aDbxGZAgXwZ5wfV6QPxcUSCmkvhewYRP4bUZd8qmQ4HM3tND_bjljaOfPB_odBBgxpe_1iE4FBt3vs-p_GR76LsP9VdBhcZC4_irj_u5CxyIJH2Ww0NtmztRLkqrH/s400/2009.08.24+Sonya+Paz+lesson.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374803972387963170" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Ff5DhcY_2XrT1mlS3h0bn8bQC0iaxYYwHqEv0vWulUbzngFYYpYVbC1c4INOSdsdqpoIZRicS3mbidWnzZThLzXEAkklFqWHZ18hAnAKcaYbZF1pElGJ5IqXcFMjin28O06J7ELne2jZ/s1600-h/2009.06+Summer+PG+009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Ff5DhcY_2XrT1mlS3h0bn8bQC0iaxYYwHqEv0vWulUbzngFYYpYVbC1c4INOSdsdqpoIZRicS3mbidWnzZThLzXEAkklFqWHZ18hAnAKcaYbZF1pElGJ5IqXcFMjin28O06J7ELne2jZ/s400/2009.06+Summer+PG+009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374779545422567682" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNv2OqUk-ltmMbBfRHzY2fSl-8gjtVCfBm6f1yydh1eS9Y1-PYtIYyWpAD4vrBf4CndL7-fhah_UDJH3YAwlO09UWKxGqKh-8xCNDxcKpZbQ7zj_796OUM4U4uC1MLo86ox8qY4_YX6rVk/s1600-h/2009.06+Summer+PG+086.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNv2OqUk-ltmMbBfRHzY2fSl-8gjtVCfBm6f1yydh1eS9Y1-PYtIYyWpAD4vrBf4CndL7-fhah_UDJH3YAwlO09UWKxGqKh-8xCNDxcKpZbQ7zj_796OUM4U4uC1MLo86ox8qY4_YX6rVk/s400/2009.06+Summer+PG+086.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374779530042908706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:180%;" >Hangin' Out</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolwqSQWkLnoYMGmvARmMwFnkGabe5p_c-IUv8btwoOSqXQYu_4NhQ2V3X3xVPwE84ExfpPYROcPDhyphenhyphengQG-nPY8V1sVpPbuPFWRnbTT4oDXo5mwlLpez8ZELpBD3ckJfdPKzOqWYsUQzt2/s1600-h/2009.06+Summer+PG+085.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgolwqSQWkLnoYMGmvARmMwFnkGabe5p_c-IUv8btwoOSqXQYu_4NhQ2V3X3xVPwE84ExfpPYROcPDhyphenhyphengQG-nPY8V1sVpPbuPFWRnbTT4oDXo5mwlLpez8ZELpBD3ckJfdPKzOqWYsUQzt2/s400/2009.06+Summer+PG+085.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374779526527818514" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">PG Art Retreat</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" >Artful Touches<br />Relax<br />Enjoy<br />Try<br />Learn<br />Laugh</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" >See the world in a new light</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">CREATE</span><br /></span></div>Dale & Julie 60th in Italyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108841790234311623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160853385323533309.post-14526613925839030312009-08-27T14:32:00.000-07:002009-08-27T15:21:20.707-07:00Art, Family, Fun!....Pacific Grove Summer...2009<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokTy5m0U2mlSEFFCxwMvNgww6xsvN3PQoLFrYxFMRap6uPPgNXnAgr_7L2iXKPdXmNOTCtUCPHRU3MkApisbpW24yBat6-QhrADydUFV52fadVi6pMxWTYAJlY7XiYWs9qseOO6LBrZTJ/s1600-h/2009.08.14+end+of+summer+164.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokTy5m0U2mlSEFFCxwMvNgww6xsvN3PQoLFrYxFMRap6uPPgNXnAgr_7L2iXKPdXmNOTCtUCPHRU3MkApisbpW24yBat6-QhrADydUFV52fadVi6pMxWTYAJlY7XiYWs9qseOO6LBrZTJ/s400/2009.08.14+end+of+summer+164.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374762534602539234" border="0" /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Lover's Point in the Sunshine</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOFfrVs_wDCJRStlJxMKksS8lb4WCZbtP0bZhwuT7GrPeKlu6yoZrNIx5-idhMGFP0w4GJUzqqUuSPCswEgtFKQkbq7cvcsM8vC-RflaLY36-xt7xedbTahmmrtW9AUJgohb2SR6ZhPTZ/s1600-h/2009.06+paintings+in+PG+194.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOFfrVs_wDCJRStlJxMKksS8lb4WCZbtP0bZhwuT7GrPeKlu6yoZrNIx5-idhMGFP0w4GJUzqqUuSPCswEgtFKQkbq7cvcsM8vC-RflaLY36-xt7xedbTahmmrtW9AUJgohb2SR6ZhPTZ/s400/2009.06+paintings+in+PG+194.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374768312710372498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style="font-size:100%;">3 Plein Aire Paintings + 3 Still Lifes =</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><br />My Summer Art</span></span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxkZgbKf3JWVloYWSQtGjYCnx5oLudhUeDQlDfVoYorZHZ5KGiV5iUt-mICU__KZUoqDL9GQ35QOG0qjnAyAE22TyprvzTYSQc0YlxKWbiLVr-39YCV8u3AIcbcD91SjtBRv883JJ0Ocd/s1600-h/2009.08.14+end+of+summer+399.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxkZgbKf3JWVloYWSQtGjYCnx5oLudhUeDQlDfVoYorZHZ5KGiV5iUt-mICU__KZUoqDL9GQ35QOG0qjnAyAE22TyprvzTYSQc0YlxKWbiLVr-39YCV8u3AIcbcD91SjtBRv883JJ0Ocd/s400/2009.08.14+end+of+summer+399.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374765747694881410" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp7sGOIZlwI0szRGoQ5bTkGlquprqEIBH8wRIdz0MqJp00iIpbh2Eben9WmNlc3DMDUcQSrc028s426wFQOj9GmDjsFsC0fI11aLhq1albZXFSNvg7nfmkdAyebrxzV-kr8JwFhQsi0wUg/s1600-h/2009.08.14+end+of+summer+227.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp7sGOIZlwI0szRGoQ5bTkGlquprqEIBH8wRIdz0MqJp00iIpbh2Eben9WmNlc3DMDUcQSrc028s426wFQOj9GmDjsFsC0fI11aLhq1albZXFSNvg7nfmkdAyebrxzV-kr8JwFhQsi0wUg/s400/2009.08.14+end+of+summer+227.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374765721619327714" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51); font-style: italic;">Hiking and enjoying nature together</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIlVH_IwgJjmqwVZd45W6ZbHCsEOzhoDal0tIa0xlL3-sqUj1RblkyaoJZ9TO8JfSUsz4fiDZGAmBCwvv0OAfx5JsFb-A59E6oIwE6eZ43VaPV5oVl4i97NDnm82THA2EJ1W0wHpot3BuW/s1600-h/2009.08.14+end+of+summer+212.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIlVH_IwgJjmqwVZd45W6ZbHCsEOzhoDal0tIa0xlL3-sqUj1RblkyaoJZ9TO8JfSUsz4fiDZGAmBCwvv0OAfx5JsFb-A59E6oIwE6eZ43VaPV5oVl4i97NDnm82THA2EJ1W0wHpot3BuW/s400/2009.08.14+end+of+summer+212.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374765715075053410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" > </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-size:180%;" >Taking Time to<br />Appreciate<br />the Small things<br />in Life!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEC1LH4z_lTdmEgIOzBRzEXE_A6lxJA2qC6mK8mkG1IqE6zKxva1lBdE8PYc55xyWeEoY4I5YT1k5jT2pzOOrkLy6jUPU0gqTOCNvzW8GT4rR8fWWA8UTst58d5Fmv-7ZgoDFy6zC8T_tF/s1600-h/2009.08.14+end+of+summer+198.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEC1LH4z_lTdmEgIOzBRzEXE_A6lxJA2qC6mK8mkG1IqE6zKxva1lBdE8PYc55xyWeEoY4I5YT1k5jT2pzOOrkLy6jUPU0gqTOCNvzW8GT4rR8fWWA8UTst58d5Fmv-7ZgoDFy6zC8T_tF/s400/2009.08.14+end+of+summer+198.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374762520205989250" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEF4Y7euvtJ2tfXPJx6OtjI13SN0JYTog8It4p4aJ3vvq9fQR3uy8hZ8-L6eqJpYYrx9waLbzPuuiphkDJ14eTbrL6X7NMPTttVzjbsxJyXsTZ-3re5SxxG2_3Puvu62mfQfMrX9HXyIO1/s1600-h/2009.08.14+end+of+summer+206.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEF4Y7euvtJ2tfXPJx6OtjI13SN0JYTog8It4p4aJ3vvq9fQR3uy8hZ8-L6eqJpYYrx9waLbzPuuiphkDJ14eTbrL6X7NMPTttVzjbsxJyXsTZ-3re5SxxG2_3Puvu62mfQfMrX9HXyIO1/s400/2009.08.14+end+of+summer+206.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374762528668183570" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-size:130%;" >.<span style="font-style: italic;">..and the silly ones too....</span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1uEjC4wVD5UyDE-5Jlh6x7Plu6ed3czp7RZAwRiJiDQC_sgxvsBR9Sb1_0zrG1kqCZd1VUtaB0ouwLG1Kci0Yi8xZAOK79e4x_NhcaVDvT7Jd3OZO-VnqehXuVPEKDR2gqEiON8RmfEc/s1600-h/2009.07+Summer+Photos+012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH1uEjC4wVD5UyDE-5Jlh6x7Plu6ed3czp7RZAwRiJiDQC_sgxvsBR9Sb1_0zrG1kqCZd1VUtaB0ouwLG1Kci0Yi8xZAOK79e4x_NhcaVDvT7Jd3OZO-VnqehXuVPEKDR2gqEiON8RmfEc/s400/2009.07+Summer+Photos+012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374762508017299378" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Silly Boys!</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVH8GQM5d1cSY_5w-IpCNuC2bq3HQdP4KJTkxqqT-kMsRe_xaU4FxN31zBHwWs6dIz2YNdvbLOGJ28U-tUfnuLgXrJ0Je8EDRDt6qeuK0yWHO_4Fzj7l4sPQ7t6z0zaBMRduy7ZXEmmBg_/s1600-h/2009.06+Summer+PG+145.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVH8GQM5d1cSY_5w-IpCNuC2bq3HQdP4KJTkxqqT-kMsRe_xaU4FxN31zBHwWs6dIz2YNdvbLOGJ28U-tUfnuLgXrJ0Je8EDRDt6qeuK0yWHO_4Fzj7l4sPQ7t6z0zaBMRduy7ZXEmmBg_/s400/2009.06+Summer+PG+145.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374762506739303426" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh14_j2O_QGOy_0fmwydW0rUOy-HqJLyTyYjg48CXgrPWpheni2xc-AsWeQH8Q05rZx0rIIlZRjbr6F7Hpny4zFvrx3_5ZMnkobAkwgr63n2kLEcXE3s5gtwkdOdmOUqdXIO0O2tsxm3PtI/s1600-h/2009.08.14+end+of+summer+301.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh14_j2O_QGOy_0fmwydW0rUOy-HqJLyTyYjg48CXgrPWpheni2xc-AsWeQH8Q05rZx0rIIlZRjbr6F7Hpny4zFvrx3_5ZMnkobAkwgr63n2kLEcXE3s5gtwkdOdmOUqdXIO0O2tsxm3PtI/s400/2009.08.14+end+of+summer+301.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374765735222914818" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Flower Market find....turns into.....<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJ_DmP3mQWR8uHdrwMKCYlRynDWB8qQinzFJlEU3myWYOkG79GoHftmtnHYO7zBCvWhThPAWWR2Wqdj2tx8aAfcoU6NydgrjN_F058Tn3M1q1BzdP5j8pAMa4A9aLGwc4VCvfVN8CK1hy/s1600-h/2009.08.28+Misc+001.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTJ_DmP3mQWR8uHdrwMKCYlRynDWB8qQinzFJlEU3myWYOkG79GoHftmtnHYO7zBCvWhThPAWWR2Wqdj2tx8aAfcoU6NydgrjN_F058Tn3M1q1BzdP5j8pAMa4A9aLGwc4VCvfVN8CK1hy/s400/2009.08.28+Misc+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374768318428793330" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-style: italic;"> ...new art to enjoy</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">at home!</span><br /></div>Dale & Julie 60th in Italyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108841790234311623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160853385323533309.post-61703890529917964722009-06-25T22:29:00.001-07:002009-06-25T23:39:11.264-07:00The Art Spirit<div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff9900;"><em><strong>The Art Spirit</strong></em></span></div><div align="center">by Robert Henri</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">I started off my vacation finding this book at a used book store the first day. </div><div align="center">It is a book written in 1923 by American Artist, Robert Henri. </div><div align="center">It embodies the entire system of his teaching, </div><div align="center">plus inspiration for those to whom </div><div align="center">the happiness to be found through all the arts is important.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGdTUAP4fl_iT1Zbww-6BuZYpsYOn37u2obj_sP4HsstIlB9tSrtQFUtZlBVmyL2maolKuAnFEISoGbV5yRmf-Y1VmaCZHIh4snlq2nBNUSxR_mQmCpnuOeOBr1hpF1DxGdPaDuaUX5A4/s1600-h/IMG_7793.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351512287048199234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGdTUAP4fl_iT1Zbww-6BuZYpsYOn37u2obj_sP4HsstIlB9tSrtQFUtZlBVmyL2maolKuAnFEISoGbV5yRmf-Y1VmaCZHIh4snlq2nBNUSxR_mQmCpnuOeOBr1hpF1DxGdPaDuaUX5A4/s400/IMG_7793.JPG" border="0" /></a><em><span style="color:#009900;">"There are Moments in our lives....</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color:#009900;">There are Moments in our days....</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color:#009900;">when we seem to see beyond the usual - become clairvoyant.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color:#009900;">We reach then into reality.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#003300;">Such are the moments of our greatest wisdom.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#003300;">At such times there is a SONG going on within us,</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#003300;">as SONG to which we listen.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#003300;">It fills us with SURPRISE.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#003300;">We marvel at it.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color:#009900;">We would continue to hear it.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color:#009900;">But few are capable of holding themselves in the state of listening to their own SONG.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color:#009900;">Intellectuality steps in and as the SONG within us is of the utmost sensitiveness, </span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color:#009900;">it retires in the presence of the cold, material intellect.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color:#009900;">We fall back and become our ordinary selves.</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color:#009900;">Yet we live in the memory of these SONGS </span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color:#009900;">which in moments of intellectual inadvertence have been possible to us. </span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color:#009900;">They are the pinnacles of our experience </span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="color:#009900;">and it is the desire to express these intimate sensations, </span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#003300;">THIS SONG FROM WITHIN, WHICH MOTIVATES </span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:130%;color:#003300;">THE MASTERS OF ALL ART."</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff9900;"><strong>Robert Henri</strong></span></em></div><div align="center"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">Here are just a few of the things </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">I've been working on down in Pacific Grove.<br /></span><br />Here at <a href="http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=580">Ford Ord State Park</a><br />just north of the Monterey area I decided to set up. </div><div align="center"><div align="center">The weather held up nicely, </div><div align="center">only at the end (about an hour) </div><div align="center">I was having to hold onto everything as the winds picked up.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2BrSVz-sn__nE86mPU8jen8DUyGnwyb5bm66-PPdnyRQCTL7-6puGo17zgVgoq5I1jvN_ZfHtWQ2C1SmEW1j2Dbfn2nvcNY3ibPx0r6jrss-4S6ULoU0ccGwMGiMH_Ha5u3aHc_8QNAH/s1600-h/Photo0283.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351506890095272466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2BrSVz-sn__nE86mPU8jen8DUyGnwyb5bm66-PPdnyRQCTL7-6puGo17zgVgoq5I1jvN_ZfHtWQ2C1SmEW1j2Dbfn2nvcNY3ibPx0r6jrss-4S6ULoU0ccGwMGiMH_Ha5u3aHc_8QNAH/s400/Photo0283.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNBPOr-XNpKcSZoTvPK6hdkrVw5JY2wA_sYmPq40zLNDIIt6gjKaaN__kEe7aGum61k2tTfoaUvRaJ_stZYO2nL3C7m8eelRM18jxbJH1vFluf9KAxNA2bt7fc-54YxmaXWSUz6eFu8s0/s1600-h/IMG_7847.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351506875632560722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtNBPOr-XNpKcSZoTvPK6hdkrVw5JY2wA_sYmPq40zLNDIIt6gjKaaN__kEe7aGum61k2tTfoaUvRaJ_stZYO2nL3C7m8eelRM18jxbJH1vFluf9KAxNA2bt7fc-54YxmaXWSUz6eFu8s0/s400/IMG_7847.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div>Second day I set up at </div><div><span style="font-size:180%;">Lover's Point in Pacific Grove</span></div><div>....it was cold, and cloudy and a little windy...but I worked for 2 hours.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351512273356408450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyoygKD39Bwxz_qGs4WuxnYQ9k4as48cCIOKshTKezBMRV2C7JBrt5XsKPe8f-Z0JY4goavtZz-m7HNRwJtGotwzzl0uZNQLxegjtc-ESOBMHfBkDuZAnbXj-qkCrpQ-T7Rlkrz-ThK1RA/s400/Photo0285a.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351512277810107042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8S_i9B087Vi7rPjN52FThIdiZdCqRd3Kx-c96XYCXG_BHpxP0Ca9LI43EeSrDgWNoBOW6x_vyJHhDOHIc10NqDRx0MwcmeMMYgKHOmp1hQ0zQjLLgrZHqd9qXVYcgydoT9Qhksa9tSFlb/s400/IMG_7910.JPG" border="0" />I also took photos and uploaded them to my laptop and then painted from some of those. </div><div>Below you can see the upclose painting of the Gerber daisy in the vase.</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351512272304506242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4xoL1kH0hzm2QPxn8DL2EK4o8awL8d8oJQz7ARvOTW_zSzPpeeE47Pz8xghrKchuw1s7PJdrrbyuwLAG87YjEOizh7WeZnlz4Ldvs0t3aZF_Z0PMxa9F-pOpi37xezYy7kvxoYyxVY8g-/s400/IMG_7886.JPG" border="0" /></div><div> </div><div>Then...I spent about an hour on<br />painting the flowers I bought at the farmer's market in town.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351506872850236034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 293px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg79leu7itKX3Si2kvkRuFY10UWGAs5jfuKquBJdl69OPQuF95L7rMCLbMA6JT0sePz50psmQRnb80M_xKMqS8uUAnqHKnmMO4KoRF8iwlfqsgeglu3PEPIoYEzzK7aQDoE7pV0YxUFC3Kt/s400/IMG_8316.JPG" border="0" /> <span style="font-size:180%;color:#003333;"><em>Flower Market Find</em></span></div><div><div>6" x 8" oil<br /><br /><br />I really enjoyed this one</div><div>as I was very happy with </div><div>the pitcher and and the lighting. </div><div>More to Come!</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#6600cc;">"Look for what you love...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:180%;color:#6600cc;">Try to capture it...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:180%;color:#6600cc;">Anywhere - Everywhere</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:180%;color:#6600cc;">Learn to see...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:180%;color:#6600cc;">To understand...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:180%;color:#6600cc;">ENJOY!"</span></div><div><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#6600cc;"></span></em> </div><div><em><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#6600cc;">Robert Henri</span></em></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Dale & Julie 60th in Italyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108841790234311623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6160853385323533309.post-87008753899301660082009-05-22T09:34:00.000-07:002009-05-26T13:53:11.798-07:00FreshBrain Mural<div align="center">Here is my little video of the </div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG5tZB7DAJk">Making of the FreshBrain Mural</a>!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">(click on it to watch)</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG5tZB7DAJk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG5tZB7DAJk</a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcfqKKRY56ns4MutvxaTiHH5qtCXNzI8ELNDvmrjejZkc5nfT0b4_4ceHGpHVNwJNPHV1u3YENlTSgwVyigTqNrUz04ZNKSlx-JvfMteVZTi5XHM-V4GRsYKftGaTqKhFTx_w-jfrOuXF/s1600-h/2009.05.22+wall_002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340237214121637458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcfqKKRY56ns4MutvxaTiHH5qtCXNzI8ELNDvmrjejZkc5nfT0b4_4ceHGpHVNwJNPHV1u3YENlTSgwVyigTqNrUz04ZNKSlx-JvfMteVZTi5XHM-V4GRsYKftGaTqKhFTx_w-jfrOuXF/s400/2009.05.22+wall_002.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center">I had a lot of fun over approximately 40 hours hangin' out at FreshBrain! </div><br /><div align="center">I was literally like a "fly on the wall" getting to be a part of the office. </div></div>Dale & Julie 60th in Italyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08108841790234311623noreply@blogger.com