Month: May 2009
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Book Review: The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook
As I cruise around the interwebs, I occasionally (everyday, sometimes twenty times a day) come across a book that interests me. While perusing Russell Stutler’s site, I noticed his book list of recommended reading. Among them was The Watercolorist’s Essential Notebook. Having bought and explored the book, I decided to share my insights with you,…
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Weekly Roundup 17MAY2009
Or a good excuse to sleep in… Another week in the tubes here at the Artistic Biker! This was a stormy week! I mean, dang folks, it has been raining here for 20+ days. It finally cleared off enough yesterday afternoon and today to get some yardwork done. If I walked anywhere NEAR the bike,…
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Saturday Sketchbook 16MAY2009
This week, I did manage to get out of my rut a bit and do just a little sketching. I had some nasty business to take care of at the local courthouse and brought the sketchbook along to help kill some time. Every other time I have done ANYTHING at the courthouse, it has been…
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Critique with Jeff Knecht
A few weeks ago, I sent the following letter to Jeff Knecht of http://jeffknecht.com: Jeff, You and I seem to share a similar background. Just like you, I did a lot of artwork when I was much younger (20+ years) but I let life get in my way. I actually married an art teacher and…
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Over the Rainbow
Last night, the TV weather man said, “If you live in this area, SEEK SHELTER NOW.” Then the electricity went off. That makes blogging difficult, to say the least. So I thought that I would share with you where we spent most of our night last night waiting for the storm to pass and the…