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When stuck, make a gift.





 

 

A few weeks ago I  felt stuck (again!)  in my artistic pursuits and didn't know how to proceed. Then I came across a wonderful site called simplycelebrate.net, and this was just the inspiration I needed.

Sherry Richert Belul's site is about how to celebrate every moment, with loads of great ideas how to make others and yourself happy. I haven't even read everything because I have been so busy creating stuff since I found it! To celebrate this discovery, I have made a gift to download. Fill out …

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My first webinar





It was actually very nice. I learned a lot. And my participant Mette Brink  (yes, I had One Wonderful Participant!) was happy with the results:

Here are some of  her drawings from our class, after a little digital cleansing

 



 

 



 

Looks great! Thank you for participating and feedback, Mette!

 

 

 

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Hands!

Do you want to hear a secret? I can't draw hands. Hands are difficult.  When I'm lucky,  a convincing squiggle happens by itself, but that is not very often. Sometimes I practice just hands,  there are many good tutorials on Youtube., like this one, or this,  And I try not to get depressed because these kids are so good at drawing.

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Miracles do happen.

I am tall, and I have big feet. This has always been a sore spot, especially in my younger years. I would have loved to wear feminine shoes, but feminine shoes in big sizes are difficult to find and, 2. very expensive.

I even dreamt sometimes about going into a shoe store and buying a pair nice shoes.

Well, the dream came true today, in an almost-local shoe store.

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Get help

Obviously I need somebody to tell me what to do. I have found myself a coach who I can send my to-do-list to, so she can tell me what  to work on in the coming week. I don't know why I am not able to read the list to myself, but I have tried that for 57 years and it didn't (quite) work. After writing this I can cross off one checkbox on my list, which is: keep drawing, and write a little bit to each drawing.

Done! Thank you, fairy.

Oh, and the next point on my list is: Enjoy and celebrate!

 

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