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Category Archives: Book #2
My watercolors are lonely!
I’m sure you’ve been here too. It’s super hot out, or really humid, or maybe buggy, and you’d love to fit in some time sketching outdoors, but oh my, naw, maybe later… Then you think, “Maybe if I pull out … Continue reading
Posted in Book #2, Look at That! book, Sketching tools, Watercolor, Writing
Tagged brush dance, Creative Habit, Perseverance, practice, recreation, Watercolor, Writing
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Don’t Let Your Momentum Block an Insight
Have you ever purchased an art instruction book, brought it home, flipped through it admiring all the pretty pictures, then set it down to “read thoroughly… later”? I’ve done that more times than I care to admit. Here’s my reading … Continue reading
Posted in Book #2, Musings on Life, Tip Jar, Writing
Tagged Creativity, Memoir, momentum, motivation
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Vulnerable and scared . . . and okay.
My life as I knew it ended Thursday, March 24th, about 1pm. At that moment, by mistake (and how it happened is irrelevant now), I gave total access to my computer to a hacker from another country. I have spent … Continue reading
Posted in Book #2, Musings on Life, My Story, Writing
Tagged anxiety, Beginnings, faith, Perseverance, prayer, resilience
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Learning how to slog, again
If this post sounds familiar, that’s good! It was originally published on July 15th, 2021 and soon after, I got cold feet. I mean, really cold feet. Cold enough for me to sign up for an eight-week online art course … Continue reading
Posted in Book #2, Look at That! book, Musings on Life, My Story, Seeing and looking, Tip Jar, Writing
Tagged Book #2, Double Take, Inspiration, Memoir, Perseverance, seeing, Writing Habit
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