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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited April 2012

    oooohhh....did you dye it?  Are you spinning???? Looks like silk???? Gorgeous colors...

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited April 2012

    Not me, I just love to watch...

    When I was a teenager I used to volunteer at the Farmers' Museum

    in Cooperstown NY. I carded wool, spun it and weaved it...fun ..

    but they had all the equipment..

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  • SinginCyndi
    SinginCyndi Member Posts: 60
    edited April 2012

    You ladies are amazing!

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited April 2012

    Lisa, that last shot is more evocative that the documentary shots in the poster above!!!

    Artsee, LOVE your cactus pic!!!

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  • artsee
    artsee Member Posts: 1,576
    edited April 2012

    Thanks...friend..:) That one and one that matches it were excepted into an Art Exhibit that opens June 8th. It is a juried show so I'm quite happy they got in.

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited April 2012
    this app supposedly made the photo look like a painting
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited April 2012

    congrats Artsee - whta's the one that "matches" it???  so exciting...

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited May 2012
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2012

    oooohhh...what IS that????  A flower in technocolor?  Fascinating....

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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 5,065
    edited May 2012

    Lisa, beautiful but what is it, how did you do it?

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited May 2012

    it is an app on picasa...fun to try them out...

    I went to the zoo today and saw a couple of fun stuff

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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 5,065
    edited May 2012

    Love the colors, especially the one with the purple and blue head.

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  • apple
    apple Member Posts: 7,799
    edited May 2012

    Artsee - the colors in that painting are sublime.. they would really match my decor.... and Lisa, the colors in those birds are just gorgeous.  You really have an eye.

    I need to learn how to paint with oils.  I've produced watercolors, acrylics, drawings and pastels, but have only dabbled with oil paints.  I really can't take a class, and honestly i get really frustrated with the pace of public classes.

    Any books that anyone would recommend?  You tube movies?  Edit i see there are 1000s of youtube tutorials.. cool.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2012

    Apple, so good to see your smiling face.  Hope you are doing well.  Friends of mine are now painting with water based oil paints, you don't need turpentine with them, fewer chemicals.  Good luck with your painting

    SoCalLisa - think that's the male madarin duck with the purpley head - just magnificent creatures..I used to love to see them in London parks  at first thought it was a decoy, them it moved.

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  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited May 2012

    Apple, I agree with Sunflowers to try the water based oil paints. I never wanted to work with oil because of my problems with odors triggering headaches. I'm doing watercolor as a result and will probably stick with that.

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  • artsee
    artsee Member Posts: 1,576
    edited May 2012

    Apple...the cactus paintings match my decor as well so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they don't sell at the exhibit they were juried into. I believe Sun, the one I posted was 'the dessert in bloom' and the other one is 'the dessert after the bloom'. I will post them after the exhibit. Can't show anyone now. Lisa...great photos...love those colors.

    My three day workshop with 'Bridget Austin' was fabulous. I learn so much, as far as simplifying goes. I'm taking a week long retreat and paint with her in Door County in Oct.

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  • barbe1958
    barbe1958 Member Posts: 19,757
    edited May 2012

    artsee, too funny about not wanting to sell. When I had my store, I'd price my fabric wall art pieces really high. I figured if they'd spend that much they must want them! I got $1,000++ for some of the pieces!!

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  • truebff
    truebff Member Posts: 642
    edited May 2012

    Hi You All! Although, previously, in a life before cancer, I was/am an artist and a writer (and a DANCER), I have found, for me, the way that creative inspiration is coming NOW is through food. I am learning how to really cook. Yumm. Healthy, beautiful, tasty food. Thai, French, Japanese...

    My newest favorite: Tom Yum Soup! It is so beautiful, so simple to make, so many flavors in it. I add extra vegetables and extra shrimp and it is a delightful meal.

    The basic recipe:  (PS and it is good for fighting cancer too!!!)

    http://thaifood.about.com/od/thairecipes/r/tomyumkung.htm

    Delicious Delicious Delicious

    Edit: PS I skipped the garlic in my recipe, exchanged a bunch of lime zest for the kafir (lime) leaves (that I couldn't easily find) , and left out the coconut milk (that I can't stand) and also the sugar (that wasn't needed) and in mine I added a whole 10 ounce package of 18 divined, shelled raw shrimp and a whole bunch of broccoli, and other veges from my fridge and a nice bunch of cherry tomatoes. Yumm! 

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2012

    AH, reminds me of my first introdution to Lemon grass, and fish sauce.  Use them a lot now. Enjoy your cooking....tho I would miss the coconut milk  ;)

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  • artsee
    artsee Member Posts: 1,576
    edited May 2012

    Oh gosh I'm getting so hungry reading these wonderful recipes. Having steak on the grill and have asparagus marinating in olive oil and fresh garlic which will be roasted.

    Barb...how funny. I too had my own business. I owned my own beauty salon for many years. After that I sold it and worked for a dept. store salon for ten years. I retired when I could get employee discount for life. That is HUGE. Sometimes it seems they pay me to buy.:)

    Lisa..I'm going to paint that gorgeous Mandarin duck!!!!!! Will post when I'm done.

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited May 2012

    Can't wait to see it Artsee..here is what they look like in the water

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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 5,065
    edited May 2012

    iF THAT IS SCUM ON THE WATER IT IS THE PRETTIEST SCUM i EVER SAW  oops, didn't mean to yell, sorry

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2012

    Gorgeous, isn't it amazing that they're REAL....just love them...

    Ad that's a FABULOUS picture of it on the water....

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  • candie1971
    candie1971 Member Posts: 4,820
    edited May 2012

    what a gorgeous duck, SoCalLisa..abosultely gorgeous!

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  • artsee
    artsee Member Posts: 1,576
    edited May 2012

    We have so much beauty in this nation we can't even imagine. The green is not scum but vegetation reflections from shore or the edge of the pond, as the water moves and ripples.

    Thanks for sharing Lisa.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2012

    I used that photo app on this picture of my pet skunk, he looks like an oil painting.

    It is said that healthy people are creative.  That creativity is energy overflowing.  

    I distinctly remember when I had no more creativity, memory or emotions to develop anything.  I want to be creative again.  Been digging through all my offfice stuff to get down to what is needed and throw out what is not, then will be working and writing again.  I do very little except my writing, medium of choice.  But will post short stories here, or the links to them.  I also paint on mirrors and windows, and use an application to place fine art prints onto the windows and mirrors.  Enjoy that too.  And decorating my home.

    I keep watch on this thread all the time, want so much to be back to the old me.  My happiest times were sitting at computer laughing my butt off as I wrote.  Especially in early morning or late evening. 

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited May 2012

    It is not scum..just the color

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  • artsee
    artsee Member Posts: 1,576
    edited May 2012

    Lisa, I've finished the Mandarin Duck. I hope the posting will work. I'm not sure I like this new revamped website. It still seems odd to me.

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  • SoCalLisa
    SoCalLisa Member Posts: 13,961
    edited May 2012

    saw this today

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    artsee Member Posts: 1,576
    edited May 2012
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