ChristineMM's Creative Pursuits

Come read and see what I am doing to explore, create and play at making art.

Monday, January 16, 2017

My Problem: Doing The Thing

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What my actual problem was, was finally realized after years of not understanding the source. I realized it while decluttering and doing hom...
Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Everyone's In On Business Promotion

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I am seeing it everywhere and it is driving me bananas. I taught myself to make soap from books. Back then there was no such thing as onli...
Monday, January 09, 2017

The Muse & Real Life

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The time between semesters was to be for getting some household projects done as well as, of course, preparing for and celebrating Christmas...
Friday, December 16, 2016

Painting I College Class Redux

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My Painting I college class ended this week. I am sharing my paraphrased highlights, not listing every single thing off the syllabus, so I m...
Thursday, December 15, 2016

Art Book Collection

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My local public library has a used book store run by the Friends. I have been pleased to find that there is a steady stream of like new, hig...
Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Ceramics I College Class Redux

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I signed up for the community college class having not talked to anyone about their own experience. The thing I learned at class one was t...
Monday, December 12, 2016

Painting Thought Process vs. Technical Skills

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Confession: I thought I wanted to paint for decades but was afraid to dive in. As I write this I have completed my last painting in my for c...
Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Not All Palettte Knives Are Equal

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Palette knives are great for mixing paint. I made one painting using only palette knives. As a newbie what surprised me is that they are not...
Monday, November 21, 2016

Aerial Perspective / Atmospheric Perspective

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One of the things I learned in my college Drawing II class and again in more depth in my Painting I college class is about aerial or atmosph...
Sunday, November 20, 2016

Process vs. Product, Why Make Art (and Thoughts on Crafts)

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For my whole life I have been a process based maker. I knew it inside and that is why when I homeschooled my kids I was quite different than...
Sunday, November 13, 2016

Believable vs. Unbelievable Landscapes in Art

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Something to consider when making landscapes and other realistic art: it has to be believable. Today I saw a photo of a sunrise along the ...
Saturday, November 12, 2016

Basic Acrylic Painting Steps

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This is what I have learned about the basic steps of acrylic painting. 1. Select your stretched canvas. If prepared in the factory it is r...
Friday, August 26, 2016

Summer 2016

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My summer ends this weekend. What a summer. I started with a six week intensive Drawing II class. It is tiring to be in a classroom for fo...
Saturday, July 23, 2016

Who We Are Is What We Do

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Many Americans want to do so much that we feel we need more hours in our day. Since that is impossible, instead we need to figure out how we...

Saving Stuff For Projects

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This is a conundrum for creatives. We have real life to live that takes our time and interferes with just making what we want. Then other t...
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Mother to two sons aged 20 and 17. Homeschooled 1997-2015. A Connecticut Yankee who is now a Texan.
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