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Dabbin' with Dawbon: June 2011
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Thursday, June 23, 2011. Summer Painting Classes at Dawbon Art Studio. Welcome to the First Day of Summer! I hope that this summer finds you with a brush in your hand and a painting in your mind's eye. I've just come back from an amazing 10 days at the Jansen Art Studio in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. Sixteen Heritage Educators from around the world were gathered together painting, creating and writing new material for you! This summer will see the publication of 3 brand new E-Books. Wednesday, June 29.
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Dabbin' with Dawbon: Putting a Sky into Perspective
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Putting a Sky into Perspective. I just had the most interesting conversation with my friend Paul Seymour on Skype. Right now we are both painting landscapes. Paul is working through Dave's landscape series and I've just started one from one of my favourite photos. We were talking about the sky and how to paint it into perspective. When the sky is an important element in the painting it is really useful to spend time on it and develop it in a thoughtful, logical manner. Next pay clo...
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COLORFULSTROKES STUDIO: WHY DOES IT LOOK SO EASY??
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This blog is part of my fantastic journey into the world of decorative painting and more. Besides painting I am spending time learning about many different ways and types of painting along with the history surrounding it. I hope you will join in and follow as I journey down the many roads before me. Sunday, April 12, 2009. WHY DOES IT LOOK SO EASY? I look up at the title for this blog and "chuckle" to myself because I already know the answer but I'm not ready to to admit it, but know. The surface prep is...
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Dabbin' with Dawbon: January 2011
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Sunday, January 9, 2011. Learning to Paint with Bottles. I haven't posted here for quite some time and my friend Yumiko gently (OK, not so gently! Reminded me to update my blog. Thank you Yumiko! In my studio, Dad and my husband Blake built me the world’s largest spice rack! So, I did nothing. I continued to paint other people’s designs and followed the instructions to the letter, never deviating in colour because I had no idea how. How many tones were in that bush? I have to learn to mix? Blake and I li...
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COLORFULSTROKES STUDIO: Nicole Renee McDowell
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This blog is part of my fantastic journey into the world of decorative painting and more. Besides painting I am spending time learning about many different ways and types of painting along with the history surrounding it. I hope you will join in and follow as I journey down the many roads before me. Wednesday, June 10, 2009. Nicole is my only granddaughter and she just had a birthday! Nicole loves to have her nails done, wear dresses, AND play with dolls, whom she names and treats just like real babies.
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COLORFULSTROKES STUDIO: LEFT BRAIN, RIGHT BRAIN, DOES IT MATTER??
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This blog is part of my fantastic journey into the world of decorative painting and more. Besides painting I am spending time learning about many different ways and types of painting along with the history surrounding it. I hope you will join in and follow as I journey down the many roads before me. Thursday, July 30, 2009. LEFT BRAIN, RIGHT BRAIN, DOES IT MATTER? She is beautiful as we watch her go round and round and round. Which way do you see her go around? As I watched her go around and around, she ...
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COLORFULSTROKES STUDIO: Spring Is Here
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This blog is part of my fantastic journey into the world of decorative painting and more. Besides painting I am spending time learning about many different ways and types of painting along with the history surrounding it. I hope you will join in and follow as I journey down the many roads before me. Sunday, April 5, 2009. Spring is a wonderful time of year even with it's unpredictable weather. The AZ desert. The picture is to the right of this post and it's gorgeous! This is just too funny! Some of the B...
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Dabbin' with Dawbon: July 2009
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Thursday, July 30, 2009. When life gives you lemons. Well Cousin Camp 2009 is in mid stream and we're all having a fantastic time! The kids are all having a ball together and the weather has finally decided to show us that it actually is summer. (I fell asleep on the lounge chair yesterday listening to an audiobook. And burnt the stink out of places that haven't seen sun in quite a while! Ouch my knees hurt! Anyway, the title of my blog. The corner store is a boat ride then a car ride away! Only at cousi...
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Dabbin' with Dawbon: April 2009
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Thursday, April 30, 2009. The car is packed, the brushes are clean, the suitcase is on the way out the door. Passport, check.keys, check.sunglasses, crap.(hope they're in the car! I'm on the way to the Jansen Art Studio to paint Santa! Stay tuned and I'll try and blog as often as I can.hehehe, I'm also going to try and get lots of 'behind the scenes' pictures to share! Stay tuned.I should be there in hopefully 9 hours.Now, to drop my darlings off at school. Saturday, April 25, 2009. It is a journey.