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Miniature art, dogs, cows and books
This week had a cow in it (more on that in this post) and a dog portrait. I selected one of my sketchbook drawings as an idea for what to paint using the new brush technique I learned from the book, Miniature Art by Joan Cornish Willies that I talked about in my last post.…
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Kids Read Aloud: Patch La Belle–And Other Playful Paintings and Poems By Sue Clancy
My regular Monday blog has been posted but I wanted to make sure people could see this fun video reading of my book Patch La Belle by Kids Stories and More ! Access to all of the fun things these long-time professional children’s educator’s have done is here: https://linktr.ee/Kidzstoriesandmore Here’s the link to the video…
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celebrating local authors
Yesterday my sweetie and I were having a quiet morning reading our local Sunday newspaper – The Columbian – and having coffee with breakfast. Suddenly Sweetie made a pleased and surprised noise “Look!” she said passing the Life newspaper section. And there it was my book “Dogs by Sue Clancy” listed in the “local author” list! Of course our Sunday morning wasn’t…
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animals in my art
Last evening I was looking up something in a book called “Drawing Masterclass” and I read this (again): “Animals as subject matter for the visual arts have a longer history than any other subject. The first images drawn by the human race depicted the animals that were hunted for survival [cave paintings]…. There is no…
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artist meets author
As promised in my previous blog (http://atomic-temporary-81644525.wpcomstaging.com/2015/10/13/with-dog-as-my-co-pilot/) here is the not-too-long awaited interview with Lorna Lee! I met Lorna as part of a fundraiser for the Ridgefield Community Library. Lorna taught a 5 week writing class for the library and since I’m a big fan of libraries and always on the prowl for stories to…
