Life

Actually, all education is self-education.  A teacher is only a guide, to point out the way, and no school, no matter how excellent, can give you education.  What you receive is like the outlines in a child’s coloring book.  You must fill in the colors yourself.
~Louis L’Amour

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Inspired

Dennis and I made a quick trip to Minneapolis, MN. So many things to inspire me, I spent time walking and enjoying the outdoors, drawing and doing art, and a little shopping!

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April is almost over?

Why does Time fly?  It has been a busy month and trying to do a lot of things.
Made a trip to Atlanta and was totally inspired by everything in bloom!
We lost our dog, Tess, who has been with us about 11 year.  Seems strange to go outside and she is not there waiting to go for a walk.

I decided this month, to get better at all the programs I have.  Right now
now I am taking a online Painter 12 class, with Skip Allen.  He is truly an amazing artist, I have so enjoyed this class.
Here is some of my last painting.

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Time to get refreshed!

“There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want.”
Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

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I took a break to relax and play!  Right now I am working on getting my Painter program and tablet working the way I want!  Hope to have a lot of cool things to share soon.

Contest coming too, follow my blog

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“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”

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Taking Pictures, Getting Inspired

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Exploring is a Learning Experience

I just got back from a week of exploring Atlanta, Georgia. I find the city very beautiful in the spring, with the cherry trees in blossom. I walked many places checking out the Art Museums, parks, botanical gardens and learning the Marta.  There are lessons everywhere that enrich your life!

Never let a day pass without looking at some perfect work of art, hearing some great…music & reading…some great book.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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“The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.”
B.B. King

“Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.”
Mark Twain

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If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Sir Isaac Newton

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Seasons

 

“Don’t wait until everything is just right. It will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than perfect conditions. So what. Get started now. With each step you take, you will grow stronger and stronger, more and more skilled, more and more self-confident and more and more successful.”

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The Past

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The Next Step

For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
Ephesians 2:10

The Past

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First Day of Spring!

It is a lovely spring day,
decided to describe it with pictures!

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The Start

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small, manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. ~Mark Twain

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Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.  ~Pablo Picasso

Art that I am working on, This is just the beginning, decided to share the steps along
the way!

The Past

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.  ~Twyla Tharp

Lone Tree

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.  ~André Gide

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