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Scholastic Art Awards (3/23):
Last
night, there was a fantastic turnout for New Mexico's first Scholastic
Arts Awards Presentation. Thanks to everyone involved. Gold, Silver
& Honorable Mention Awards were presented. Three students were
announced as national award winners and invited to New York City for
reconition. Almost 100 K in scholarships were presented to New Mexico
students. NMWS & RGAA also gave awards creative students.
Scholastic Arts Awards Presentation
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MasterWorks (3/22):
Today was MasterWorks of New Mexico check-in day - It's going to be a great exhibition this year.
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Progress On My Rose (3/21):
I made some progress on my "White Rose" this morning. I
removed the liquid mask protecting the white areas so I can now blend
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Friendship Luncheon (3/17):
The docents at the Albuquerque Museum held our annual pot
luck "Friendship Luncheon" today. Those of us who create our own art
were able to put our creations on display. I took two of my
watercolors. I also had an i-pod running with a slide show of other
paintings of mine. My beautiful bride baked two wonderful cakes for the
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Welcome Viviana Elyse (3/16):
Two
of my favorite students, Nate & Maggie, are now the proud parents
of this adorable little girl Viviana Elyse. They are going to make
great parents.
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Homemade Reproductions (3/15):
I
cut 15 new mats today to present the prints I'm doing on my new Epson
1430 Artisan inkjet printer. These are on quality watercolor paper for
my printer. I'm putting each in plastic sleeves for protection. I'll
consider selling them after I print several more.
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New Watercolor Started (11/14):
I'm using the back of an old painting for this one. It's a
sheet of handmade paper, from Taos, that I can't get anymore. I coated
the back with gesso for my new painting. |
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Homemade Breakfast (3/11):
Here
is what I call a quality homemade breakfast. Toasted English Muffins,
Sausage Pattie, Fried Egg, cheese and of course - hashbrowns with green
chili. Why can't I lose weight. |
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Balloons Over Our House (3/9):
A
delightful surprise, this morning, as I ran around setting all our
clocks to the correct time - We had hot air balloons over the house.
They were also landing in the park behind our house.
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NMWS Spring Workshops (3/8):
Two
great watercolor workshop opportunities are coming soon. Check these
workshops out and sign up before they are full. The New Mexico
Watercolor Society has the best workshops.
click on either workshop for a larger image
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Cropped My Painting (3/7):
I was not too happy with the way my newest Begonia
watercolor was going - So, I use the rule "When in doubt, Crop". I'm
also cutting back the rest of my roses today - My bride cuts the
branches into little pieces for bagging - I'll take the bags to the
Eagle Rock Center in a couple days. |
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New Printer (3/6):
Yesterday,
my new photo printer arived. It's an Wireless Epson Artisan 1430. I set
it up this morning and tested it out with a photo. It does beautiful
photos. It also holds larger paper - up to 13 x 19 inches. I picked up
the larger stock today. I printed a large copy of Giselle. I promised
the young lady who posed for this painting that I'd give her a copy.
The original watercolor is entered into the NMWS Spring Show.
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Movie Days (3/5):
We took in two movies at the Dollar Show this week -
Nebraska on Monday, and then Mandela on Wednesday. Next Monday we go to
see "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" in 3D. Finally some decent
movies are coming to the Dollar Shows. |
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A Nice Thank You Note (3/4):
I
got a delightful Thank You note from the young lady I gave a Merit
"cash" Award to in the APS Metro Art Exhibit. She did the watercolor of
a red headed girl. She said it was much looser and bolder that he usual
much tighter approach. I do hope she keeps expanding her approaches to
painting. She complemented my watercolors on my website (the URL was on
my check) she is a senior now and plans to attend college in Kansas.
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Playing With My Camera (3/2):
Yesterday's
watercolor meeting taught me to read the owners manual for my camera.
Not much in the little book that came with my camera so I went on line
for the full owners manual. I find out that my camera does have several
settings for white balance and it lets me take panoramic shots. Since
the top of our mountain got some snow today - I decided to shoot a few
pics.
click on the photos to enlarge
Photos of our Mountain Shot from our Backyard
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Photographing Your Art (3/1):
You
missed a very professional explanation of taking digital photos of art
work for submission into juried shows at today's NMWS meeting. It was
great to see such a large turnout for today's presentation. George
McCaul gave is great advice on submitting digital entries for juried
shows.
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Rain in Albuquerque:
It was raining as we left the museum, Robins are suppose to be a Sign
of Spring - of course they are here all winter long - they only came to
our yard today because in rained today - something quite rare in New
Mexico. |
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