tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45175893560161907982024-02-18T23:53:57.122-05:00ReMe RetreatsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517589356016190798.post-38704623062029253852018-03-25T12:56:00.000-04:002018-03-25T13:04:18.346-04:00Exploring Cold Wax and Oil Painting : A Mini Retreat of Fun and Creative Adventure!<h2>
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Hello everyone! This year has been a whirlwind for Jean and Jodi as they have moved studios, grown their event hosting from 2 to 4 workshops & retreats, added on a 'home' for the ReMe Sandhills event, and perhaps even bigger news for Jean-she's opened a gallery & studio space right next to the ReMe studio called "ARTworks Vass" (be sure to like the gallery page on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ARTworksVass/">Facebook </a>if you haven't all ready!<br />
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The latest ReMe mini retreat was recently held at ARTworks Vass, "Exploring Cold Wax and Oil Painting" with (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/SweetRepeatsStudioShoppe/">Jodi Ohl)</a> at the helm as the instructor, and<a href="https://www.facebook.com/JeanSkipperOriginals/?timeline_context_item_type=intro_card_work&timeline_context_item_source=1130259861&pnref=lhc"> Jean</a> holding down the hospitality end of the mini retreat throughout the weekend.<br />
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And what a weekend it was! We started off the event with an arty party/show opening, featuring Jodi's new collection of cold wax paintings entitled "Serendipity". Tons of visitors stopped into the shop to mingle with fellow art lovers and students, as our ReMe co-owner, <a href="https://www.jodiohl.com/">Jodi Ohl</a>, discussed her new work and processes. With students traveling in from around the country to take part in this contemporary process of using cold wax with oil painting, you could almost feel the excitement in the air the night before the weekend of creative exploration!<br />
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After learning the basics of what <a amzn-ps-bm-asin="B0006OJACY" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="2915a3494b8ba46d7867ecfe2ddb9b24" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="cold wax" href="http://www.amazon.com/Cold-Wax-Medium-Size-16/dp/B0006OJACY/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=jodiohl-20&linkId=2915a3494b8ba46d7867ecfe2ddb9b24&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_8104685" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cold wax</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_8104685" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=jodiohl-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=2915a3494b8ba46d7867ecfe2ddb9b24&_cb=1521668977788" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" /> painting entails, the students began working on various substrates that would develop over the 3 days of scraping, scratching, painting, and layering! We were all amazed that with the same instructions, how different each and every painting turned out!<br />
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Eating, drinking, painting, and being merry--what more could anyone want? To be sure, all the students and instructor walked away with a treasure trove of information to explore even further after we parted ways on Monday.<br />
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Our next major retreat for <a href="https://www.remeretreats.com/">ReMe</a> will be our flagship event in Ocracoke the first week in May. While it is sold out (our May event is very small and sells out each year BUT in the event someone cancels and you'd like to be on our waiting list, please email us at reme@remeretreats.com<br />
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We hope you will continue to visit us and and partake in all that ReMe and ARTworks Vass has to offer both online and in person! Thank you for your support and patronage! YOU are why ReMe continues to grow and evolve, and YOU are why we love our jobs more than you will ever know :)<br />
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Jean and Jodi<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have a new house to call Home for ReMe - The Sandhills - 2017!</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large; margin-left: 0.2ex; margin-right: 0.2ex;"><img alt="🤗" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f917" goomoji="1f917" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f917" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /><img alt="🏡" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f3e1" goomoji="1f3e1" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f3e1" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></span><img alt="🌲" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f332" goomoji="1f332" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f332" style="font-size: x-large; margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's located in the Historic District in Downtown <span id="m_-7211275616088069854:a0e.11">Pinehurst</span>, North Carolina.</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's within walking distance of The Village and its shops and restaurants.</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's within a twenty minute drive of our studio classroom.</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: large;">There's an outdoor garden and yard area that's beyond beautiful.</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: large;">There's a cozy living room and fireplace for informal gatherings.</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-size: large;">There are several dining areas and other gathering places.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The only downside to this property is that there will be room to <span class="il">house</span> just ten guests, plus your <span id="m_-7211275616088069854:a0e.12">ReMe</span> Hosts, Jean Skipper and Jodi Ohl.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We'll be offering two different <span id="m_-7211275616088069854:a0e.13">ReMe</span> Retreat Reservation Options next year as a result. The first will include lodging in The <span id="m_-7211275616088069854:a0e.14">ReMe</span> <span class="il">House</span>, and the second will be offered for guests who wish to coordinate their own lodging.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">In the mean time... we'd love to hear from you.</span></i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">If you've stayed under the same room with us at a previous ReMe Retreat, </span></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">what would you anticipate most eagerly?</span></i></b></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">In fact, on March 28th at noon, we'll use a random number generator to select a winner for a surprise package from us to you. What will be in it? We'll be as surprised by that as you will! And we promise that it will</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"> be good.</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">T</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">hanks for playing!</span></i></b></div>
Jean Skipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166547400531514364noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517589356016190798.post-54503393596207481412017-01-11T20:40:00.000-05:002017-01-18T18:59:15.618-05:00A New Year - A New Brick and Mortar Studio for ReMe Retreats in 2017!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJctVdlg1e-bIPD7DQUd69sW3RZJb4Rj5266WkwnudFw6V1hg2RIrEcJd9fP4Q2BRRh6vw8CRbW7eaDuCiJyd_PIH55N-YnyZV3WX31uqkoKrHaz2GHbKrXMFpQqopHnX1qSLxy-kN3zc/s1600/1+1+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJctVdlg1e-bIPD7DQUd69sW3RZJb4Rj5266WkwnudFw6V1hg2RIrEcJd9fP4Q2BRRh6vw8CRbW7eaDuCiJyd_PIH55N-YnyZV3WX31uqkoKrHaz2GHbKrXMFpQqopHnX1qSLxy-kN3zc/s320/1+1+1.jpg" width="320" /></a>2017 is ushering in so many wonderful happenings at<a href="http://www.remeretreats.com/" target="_blank"> ReMe</a>. And we're looking forward to sharing each and every one of them with you. The first of these is uber-exciting news for us. On February 1st, <a href="http://www.remeretreats.com/" target="_blank">ReMe Retreats</a> we'll be moving into our very own brick and mortar studio location here in <a href="http://www.townofvassnc.gov/" target="_blank">Vass, North Carolina</a>! <br />
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<li>This means that <a href="http://www.remeretreats.com/" target="_blank">ReMe</a> will have a real-grown-up-formal-retreat-company-commercial-style-studio-and office at 127 Main Street, Vass, NC 28394. (Yay!)</li>
<li>This means that <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/SweetRepeatsStudioShoppe/about/" target="_blank">Jodi Ohl</a> and<a href="https://www.facebook.com/JeanSkipperOriginals/?hc_ref=SEARCH" target="_blank"> Jean Skipper </a>will have new studio homes in the location too. (Yay! Yay!)</li>
<li>This means that that our space will more than double, and we'll be working year-round on new classes, new collaborative projects, and new ReMe Experiences for YOU, (Yay! Yay! Yay!)</li>
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<a href="http://www.remeretreats.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtGE9fllt1JLLpoOjUtwk05GCm4Tps55AvMN4ejigFsHjgEnnIeW7IC1cWL78L33IjgAjIMgYli30ffC3YILOWcSGu7lRKASPzOaxKIkiLf25HiLMDJ5CBQblIB_hTy3cDE23xz1MvWms/s200/1+1+1+1+11+b.jpg" width="160" /></a>The new ReMe Retreat's Studios will be located just next door to <a href="http://www.creativestudiosnc.com/" target="_blank">Creative Studios NC.</a> This will allow us continue to work closely with Jan McClay and her team, and they'll continue to host our larger scale classes and ReMe Experiences here in The Sandhills. Jan will continue to represent Jodi and Jean's work, and she'll be able to expand her classroom and gallery presence as a result of the move too. </div>
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Indeed it's good news all around for us, and we hope that you're excited about it too. We'll share more details and photos with you as things progress.</div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">In the mean time... </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">if you have any handy tips for smoothly and efficiently </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">packing and moving two wildly </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">creative and overstuffed </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">artists' studios... </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">or if you have suggestions for the things that we should consider as we're setting up our new digs... </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">please provide us with your best words of advice below in the comments. </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">In fact, on February 11th at noon, we'll use a random number generator to select a winner for a surprise package from us to you. What will be in it? We'll be as surprised by that as you will! And you can be sure that we'll include a wealth of the abundance that we'll surely discover during our move too.</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">More of your thoughts are a good thing. So to keep things interesting, we'll ask you to leave up to one comment per day. </span></i></b><br />
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Jean Skipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166547400531514364noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517589356016190798.post-34974236170884194732017-01-04T13:20:00.000-05:002017-01-04T13:20:26.258-05:00Celebrating Jodi Ohl and “Abstracts in Acrylic and Ink”<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the core
of ReMe Retreats is our belief that our dreams are always within reach, and
that they’re definitely worth pursuing.
</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With this in mind we take special pleasure today in celebrating the
success of one of our own.</span><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jodi
Ohl’s accomplishments are many. She’s built
a body of work that’s known for its distinctive texture, bold color
combinations, and whimsical abstract compositions. She’s been published in more than thirty
international publications. She’s
contributed to five Mixed Media Books. Her
work is represented by regional galleries in North Carolina and throughout the
East Coast. She’s a popular mixed media
art teacher online and in person. And she
co-owns ReMe Retreats with Jean Skipper.
While working diligently on all of these facets of her work, Jodi has
just seen one of her biggest, wildest, and most audacious dreams come
true. Her very first book has been
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in Acrylics and Ink” is by far, Ohl’s biggest career accomplishment to date. It debuted in late December, and the first
official launch party to celebrate Jodi and her book is being held this Friday,
January 6<sup>th</sup>, from 6:00 until 8:00, at Swank Coffee and Handmade
Market in Downtown Southern Pines. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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join us to celebrate Jodi, preview her book, view her original artwork, and nibble
and sip the night away! Jodi will also </span><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 115%;">discuss her artistic process and sign book copies
during this free event. </span><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Coffee and Handmade Market, located at 232 Broad Street in Southern Pines. In addition to a full menu of freshly brewed beverages,
Swank features a wide variety of regional artwork. Questions about Friday’s event may be
addressed by calling Swank at 910-692-8068, and advanced copies of Ohl’s book
may also be reserved by calling this number.</span><span style="color: windowtext; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Jean Skipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166547400531514364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517589356016190798.post-90857842965914252902016-08-02T12:00:00.001-04:002016-08-02T12:00:16.819-04:00ReMe-The Sandhills! Just a few spaces left! <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span>UPDATE---Just a few spaces left, come join us by<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You asked for it, and we delivered! We're proud to announce that our newest ReMe Retreat will be held right here in The Sandhills of North Carolina.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Officially (according to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandhills_(Carolina)" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>) the term "Sandhills" comes from the topography of this area dating back approximately 20 million years ago:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start;">The Sandhills</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> is a region in the interior of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="U.S. state">U.S. states</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">. It is a strip of ancient beach </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Dune">dunes</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> which generally divides the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmont_(United_States)" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Piedmont (United States)">Piedmont</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> from the </span><a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Coastal_Plain" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Atlantic Coastal Plain">coastal plain</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, and is the evidence of a former coastline when the ocean level was higher, or the land lower. The beach deposits were formed principally during the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miocene" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none;" title="Miocene">Miocene</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> Epoch, about 20 million years ago. Typical beach fossils are found along the front edges. The coastal plain is terraced from other ocean levels, but none appear to have been so long-lasting, so as to build up dunes of this size.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You can travel many of the side roads off the beaten path and find stellar homes nestled in between lush landscapes, bringing you back in time when properties had personality and not cut from from the same 'cookie cutter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Churches dot the community and tie the neighborhoods, families and communities together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We have several hotels but there are also a variety of Bed and Breakfasts to visit for tea or a cozy weekend stay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the heart of downtown Southern Pines you can find a variety of locally owned businesses touting unique goods, handmade items, even olive oils and fine cheese.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">During<a href="http://www.remeretreats.org/" target="_blank"> ReMe-The Sandhills</a>, we not only immerse you into several days of artistic endeavors, we will treat our guest to evenings around The Sandhills with many extra surprises in store for our guests.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We are hoping you join us for this one of a kind retreat experience this fall, we are anxiously waiting your arrival down here in the heart of North Carolina! We know you will fall in love with The Sandhills and enjoy every minute of your ReMe Experience.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: cyan;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">***Spaces are about halfway filled up so we encourage you to register soon to claim your space! If you sign up before July 1st, we can offer up to a 4 payment plan!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">*<b><i>Watercolors of landmarks around Moore County by our very own <a href="http://www.remeretreats.org/meet-your-reme-hosts.html" target="_blank">ReMe host </a>and instructor, Jodi Ohl. To see more of Jodi's work, please visit her <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/JodiOhl?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank">Etsy shop</a> where she has items ranging from notecards, bookmarks, prints, original paintings and online class <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/JodiOhl?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank">for sale</a>. </i></b></span><br />
<a name='more'></a><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517589356016190798.post-37270426397980545332016-05-17T10:08:00.001-04:002016-05-17T10:08:59.273-04:00When Opportunity Knocks - Jewely - ReMe - Ocracoke - May 2016<span style="font-size: large;">Here's a glimpse of the class creations from Jean Skipper's 'When Opportunity Knocks' class at our ReMe Retreat on Ocracoke Island in May 2016. To view each individual work in its full glorious detail, <a href="http://www.jeanskipperoriginals.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">please click here.</a></span><br />
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Jean Skipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166547400531514364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517589356016190798.post-32224207718973325692016-05-13T13:20:00.000-04:002016-05-13T13:20:15.023-04:00Birds Of A Feather at ReMe - Ocracoke - May 2016Our ReMe Retreat on Ocracoke Island last week went by in the blink of an eye. We gathered... we created... we laughed... we created... we sang... we created.. we ate.. we created... and then we laughed some more! The memories that we'll carry from our time together will last a lifetime, and the artwork that we created was nothing short of amazing too.<br />
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<a href="http://sweetrepeats.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jodi Ohl </a>and <a href="http://www.jeanskipper.com/" target="_blank">Jean Skipper</a> collaborated to lead their "Birds of A Feather" class, and the results were far beyond anything that they'd expected. We at ReMe extend a special note of gratitude to <a href="http://www.colourarte.com/" target="_blank">ColourArte</a> and <a href="http://www.paverpolusa.com/" target="_blank">Paverpol USA</a>. We made extensive use of their lines of products in these projects and throughout our ReMe Retreat, and as always the results were outstanding. We endorse both of these brands, and we encourage you to experiment with them in your work too. <br />
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Photos say it better than we possibly can, so please enjoy this glimpse of our finished projects.<br />
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Jean Skipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166547400531514364noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517589356016190798.post-15017019817994579102016-04-03T13:21:00.000-04:002016-04-04T07:19:07.652-04:00Spotlight On Our ReMe Sister - Patti Tolley Parrish!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We founded ReMe Retreats with Art and Community at our core. With that as our foundation, one of the most wonderful and awe inspiring discoveries that we've made along the way has been in learning about the remarkable women who have joined us as guests of ReMe. We're proud to call each of them our ReMe Sisters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In what we hope will be the first of many such posts, today we'll shine our spotlight on one of our beloved. Yesterday we had the extreme pleasure of attending a class taught by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/InkyObsessions/" target="_blank">Patti Tolley Parrish</a> at <a href="http://www.creativestudiosnc.com/about.html" target="_blank">Creative Studios NC</a> where Gelli Printing was the order of the day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Patti </span><span style="font-size: large;">and her husband, Dave, have an amazing love story that brings tears of joy and laughter to our eyes each time we hear it. She's</span><span style="font-size: large;"> talented, creative, witty, and kind; and she shares all of this and more in the classroom. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Patti's passionate about her subject matter, and she exhibited great patience with even the most "special" students among us. (No. We won't name names!) </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fun in the studio with<a href="https://www.facebook.com/AmymaSmithArt/" target="_blank"> Amy Smith!</a></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jean Skipper and Jodi Ohl during the first class they've ever taken together.</i></td></tr>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><i>To learn more about Patti and her work, please visit <a href="http://inkyobsessions.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">her blog (Inky Obsessions)</a>, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/InkyObsessions" target="_blank">her online store</a> ... <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiqWESzbM3NTuOMgcT7zWAg" target="_blank">her You Tube Channel</a>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/InkyObsessions/" target="_blank">her Facebook Page</a>. You'll be glad that you did!</i></span></div>
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Jean Skipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166547400531514364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517589356016190798.post-32536474626550551072016-03-04T15:17:00.002-05:002016-03-04T15:17:49.314-05:00You Meet Extraordinary People When You Actually Listen.....With our next ReMe Retreat coming up in just a few more weeks, one of the most remarkable and extraordinary outcomes of our time together, is discovering many of the hidden layers and fascinating stories each of our guests so bravely and openly shares as we all get to know one another.<br />
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Over the course of our last several retreats, we have been in the company of fascinating and talented women! Some of our common ties start off with the love of art, creativity, as well as enjoying the company of other souls-but we also come away learning that even with such varied backgrounds, we all have many, many other mutual experiences that bind us together. <br />
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We are proud to encourage (and hopefully nourish) this opening of our hearts and minds to others during our retreats. We set aside time to not just be creative, but to enjoy real life company of amazing human beings each and every day of our retreat. Learning about each and making life long friends is the most cherished experience we all end up having during a ReMe retreat. <br />
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ReMe Friends--While our May event is sold out, stay tuned for some exciting news coming soon!!!<br />
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Until Next Time,<br />
Jodi and JeanUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517589356016190798.post-72368558497968618382016-02-12T12:40:00.001-05:002016-02-12T12:42:14.226-05:00Coming Soon - Big News From ReMe Retreats!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If we have been a little quiet over here at ReMe it's because we all are coming down from the retreat high of our latest ReMe adventure in Ocracoke. As quick as it started, it seemed we were saying teary goodbyes! As all of us immerse ourselves in the 100's of photos taken during the course of the event, here's a sneak peek at some of the beginning preparations we had going on behind the scenes before this lovely group of women joined us a little over a week ago on Ocracoke. We will be sure to share even more as the weeks go on so you can be at the retreat in 'creative spirit' with us!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We try to make the retreat as carefree of an adventure as we can, that's why you'll see all of the organizers and instructors schlepp tons of goodies for the 'kids' to play with and or purchase if they choose while we are together. Lucky for students, we are all <strike>hoarders </strike> "collectors" of a bountiful amount of goods they are able to use for classes. That in and of itself saves tons of money and stress from having to purchase your own stash for one class!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yes you see prescription bottles to the left of Penny's display, but there's no pharmacist needed for what's inside--a dose of artsy goodness in a variety of forms (some have labels, ink nibs, watch parts and more).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This year has been quite a year for your ReMe organizers, we all have faced our own personal mountains to overcome, yet at the core of it all is our faith in doing what we love and faith that we are on the right path no matter what life twists and turns show up at our door step. Each and every one of us uses words and text in our art. Here you see one of Jean's pieces that reminds us that One Day At A Time is all we need to focus on in those crazy days of life. Sometimes it's one minute at a time. This year once again we were blown away by the stories our October girls shared with us. Poignant stories, of triumph, overcoming obstacles, funny adventures, and amazing accomplishments. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We are lucky indeed to have had the pleasure of their company for our 4th ReMe retreat. Thank you all who joined us, you will forever be in our hearts and are now one of our ReMe Sisters for Life.</span><br />
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Jean Skipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166547400531514364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517589356016190798.post-65645218966585441292015-09-16T13:17:00.001-04:002015-09-18T09:19:06.717-04:00 Happy World Play Doh Day From ReMe Retreats!<span style="font-size: large;">Creativity is at the heart of ReMe, and most of us can trace our love for all things artistic to our earliest childhood memories. Finger paints? Yes! Crayons? Of course! Coloring books? Gotta love them! <a href="http://www.hasbro.com/playdoh/en_US/" target="_blank">Play Doh</a>?!?!?!?!? Only for the luckiest amongst us!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our love for <a href="http://www.hasbro.com/playdoh/en_US/" target="_blank">Play Doh</a> begins at the moment we spy its distinctive yellow exterior on the shelf at the store; it continues as its sweet scent greets us when we lift the lid; and we just can't seem to get our fingers on it fast enough! It's easily accessible, and working with it is soothing, forgiving, and oh so magical! And don't even get us started on the vast array of accessories and colors that are available now!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">... that Play Doh was born in 1956, a very good year?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">... that Play Doh is made up primarily of water, salt, and flour?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">... that enough Play Doh has been sold through the years to go to the moon and back three times? </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">... ,for metal lovers, that you can fit 172 pennies in a Play Doh Can?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can learn all about this and more on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/playdoh" target="_blank">Play Doh's very own Facebook Page here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At ReMe, we love reminiscing about our childhood memories of creating. Please join the fun by sharing your favorites in the comments section below. </span>Jean Skipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166547400531514364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517589356016190798.post-9849986811667810552015-09-11T14:24:00.000-04:002015-09-11T14:24:49.214-04:00ReMe Recipes - Jean's Peach Upside Down Cake<span style="font-size: large;">Both in the studio and in the kitchen, at ReMe we adore creating. We also love to share our personal culinary traditions with our ReMe Sisters. </span><div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With that in mind, last week your ReMe Hosts took one for the team. In the name of "quality control", they sampled Jean's Peach Upside Down Cake, and happily declared it fit to serve to our ReMe Guests!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2. Melt a stick and a half of butter in a 9 x 13 inch pan, and spread it around. (This recipe will also work with two round pans. Just divide all of the ingredients between them, and take about ten minutes off of the bake time.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. Cover the brown sugar and butter with fresh peaches that you've peeled and cut. Jean doesn't measure these; she just eyeballs them. Maraschino cherries can be added too. (Jodi's son, Josh, assures us that this cake is better with cherries!) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please comment below, and tell us if you think that Peach Upside Down Cake should be added to the menu at ReMe. </span></div>
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Jean Skipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166547400531514364noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517589356016190798.post-14963456286969706242015-09-07T21:35:00.001-04:002015-09-07T22:03:09.815-04:00Congratulations to our "Favorite Things - Art Supplies" Giveaway Winners <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">First off, we would like to thank EVERYone who participated in our latest Blog Series: "Our Favorite Things - Art Supplies!" We had great fun sharing our Favorite Things, and enjoyed learning about some of yours. We loved all of your comments, and appreciate your taking part. Stay tuned, we have more creative sharing coming your way!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">AND *drumroll, please...* we are tickled to offer our congratulations to our latest Winners! We drew one name from among the entries from current and past ReMe Regisitered Attendees, and one from all other comments/shares. The Winners are: Audrie Prince (ReMe Guest, October '15), and Victoria Burgess (whom we hope to have with us at a future event)! Please contact us at: <a href="mailto:reme@remeretreats.com">reme@remeretreats.com</a> with your mailing info., and we'll have your sampling of some <i><b>our </b></i>favorite things on its way to you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Audrie shares: "</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I enjoy a good art store; not just a craft store. The art supplies
challenge me because we all know about paper and pens but I like to look
around, inspect closely, and find something that I know nothing about. A
new challenge or toy helps me to expand my knowledge. It's loads of
fun."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Victoria notes: "</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Haven't tried the Catalyst tools yet but I have used silicon kitchen utensils for mark making. :) It
is very simple, but one of my go-to tools is bubble wrap. You can make
marks in wet paint, molding paste or mediums as well as stencil with it.
Plus, you can relieve stress by popping it too! LoL" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We're only SIX weeks away from our return to Ocracoke in October! Make sure that you are subscribed to our Newsletter (link on left side of BLog home page) and have liked our Facebook page (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/RemeRetreats">www.facebook.com/RemeRetreats</a>) for all the latest news and fun updates from the land of ReMe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today we'll finish the "ReMe Retreats' Favorite Things - Art Supplies!" Series. </span><span style="font-size: large;">If you've been following these posts for the last ten days, it's apparent that Penny, Jodi, and Jean each has her own list of art supply favorites that are longer than their arms! In the previous nine posts, they just began to scratch the surface, and they'll return to this topic again with a future list of favorites.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Having said that, each of them has expressed that one of the biggest benefits of creating with others is that magically, each participating artist seems to receive more than they give. This is true among them as the founders of ReMe. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Penny educates Jodi and Jean regarding the characteristics and possible uses that make each type of paper unique. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Each of them also finds the same to be true of their treasured ReMe Guests, aka ReMe Sisters. These talented women teach them so much from them as they're creating together!</span><br />
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Hello Friends, it's <a href="http://sweetrepeats.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jodi</a> here today. Welcome Back to Day 9 in our series of "Our Favorite Things"! We are having a blast doing this, and hope you are enjoying it as well!</div>
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In my <a href="http://www.remeretreats.blogspot.com/2015/08/day-2-our-favorite-things-art-supplies.html" target="_blank">first post</a>, I shared with you the paint I love to use most before moving on to some of the <a href="http://www.remeretreats.blogspot.com/2015/08/day-5-our-favorite-art-supplies-gel.html" target="_blank">mediums</a> that can make your paintings full of texture and interest. Today I'm going to share with you, some of my favorite tools that are also key components for me in developing a wide range of marks in my work. Some may be very familiar to you and others may be a wowza..I need to try that 'Thang' introduction! </div>
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Let me start by saying that I love texture. I do not love flat looking paintings. Let me rephrase that, I don't love for myself to create flat looking paintings. I want my viewer to dive right into the painting and wonder how I achieved a certain look or to be mesmerized by the layers of depth created. The bonus is that I get a huge thrill out of making this all happen!</div>
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Part of my own artistic process that gets my creative juices flowing, involves devising ways to create juicy touchable texture. I encourage my students to try new things, too. You can do this too! Try combinations of things and not to be afraid to experiment.</div>
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Sometimes you stumble on some really cool processes that create looks that make you glow in a basic of discovery.</div>
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You may never be able to replicate these marks again, but that's okay. You will discover new things and keep yourself fresh. Life would get boring if every piece you did looked the same anyway (or looked like someone else's), right?</div>
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Going back to my love for line work in paintings, the <a href="http://www.dickblick.com/products/fineline-precision-applicators/" target="_blank">Fine Line applicators</a> are the perfect solution for quick lines and for larger paintings. I normally use sketching dip pens and acrylic or india ink, but these are even easier to use. Watercolor artists use bottles like these for masking fluids, so it's a similar concept except instead of leaving a white area from the masking fluid, you are adding line work in whatever colors you chose to work in.</div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Greetings, gentle readers!</span></span></span></span> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Pardon our fumble, yesterday</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></span></span></span> -- <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">we are back in the groove, and in keeping with the wisdom that "good things come to those who wait," we will carry on with our countdown and if you have been waiting to to weigh in with your own favorite things, now you will have an extra day! We can hardly wait to hear about the things <i><b>you</b></i> love to work with! </span></span></span></span><br />
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here, again. At the risk of appearing a "one note wonder" my final installment in our countdown once again features PAPER. Don't get me wrong, I love paints, markers, inks, brushes, canvases, and all manner of artful goodness! However, the starting point for virtually any project is usually the same for me: what paper best serves to tell the story I wish to relay.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Vintage dictionaries (loaded with woodcut illustrations), atlases (colorful representations of faraway lands),<br />ledgers and stock certificates (with their patinas of handling and age related wear), and onion skin paper.<br />...these are a few of my favorite things!</span></i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Today, I have turned my camera on some of the treasures in my collection -- okay, fair is fair -- VAST collection of vintage papers to share with you the utter joy I find in working from this point of origin. Having previously discussed my appreciation of quality <a href="http://remeretreats.blogspot.com/2015/08/day-3-our-favorite-things-art-supplies.html" target="_blank">Art Papers</a>, and utter amazement at the sheer volume of <a href="http://remeretreats.blogspot.com/2015/08/day-6-our-favorite-things-art-supplies.html" target="_blank">Handmade Papers</a>, I am now focusing on the heart of my horde -- vintage papers.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Labels and tickets and coupons, <i>OH MY</i>! I am not really sure <i>how </i>it started... I remember playing Post Office with my cousin as a young girl -- using the "lick and stick" magazine stamps from Publishers Clearing House as our postage stamps. The simple pleasure found in folding on the perforations, the satisfying whisper as the coupon was cleanly separated from rest of the sheet... For as long as I can recall, I have been enamored with all things paper!</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Old calendars yield beautiful illustrations (and all those NUMBERS!?). Unusual bits and pieces can add an exotic flair or surprising 'pop' to virtually any creative undertaking. Is it any wonder I can't seem to get enough of these treasures?</span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Birds from two old calendars find new life amid dictionary pages<br />in this mixed media triptych.</span></i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Altered tickets burst from a tiny blizzard book constructed from an index page of a vintage atlas.</span></i></td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517589356016190798.post-21335866162286060262015-08-28T11:34:00.000-04:002015-08-28T11:34:11.276-04:00Day 7: ReMe Retreats' Favorite Things - Art Supplies - Hardware!<span style="font-size: large;">Today we'll continue the "ReMe Retreats' Favorite Things - Art Supplies!" Series. In no particular order; <a href="http://sweetrepeats.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jodi</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/arrowpaperarts" target="_blank">Penny</a>, and <a href="http://www.jeanskipper.com/" target="_blank">Jean</a></span><span style="font-size: large;"> are taking turns while sharing a few of their creative must-haves. In the following, Jean's will share her passion for Hardware</span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>In the studio, I'm surrounded by some of my favorite finds from<br />Hardware Stores...anvils, snips, pliers, hammers, and more!</i></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Whenever I visit a new town, especially a small town with a history, one of my first stops is always the local hardware store. If I'm lucky, I discover one that's been there forever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I generally fall in love with everything about it. From the merchandise and plants displayed on the front sidewalk to that distinct hardware-store-smell that hits me when I open the front door; from the well worn uneven wooden floors to bin after bin of mysterious parts and pieces; from the chain, and the wire, and the tools, and the seeds, to the owner who has been there</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">You never know what you'll find at the Hardware Store! When I walked the hallowed aisles at Brown's in Mt. Gilead, NC, I tried to do so with my eyes and mind wide open. I want to see everything, while opening my heart to the alternative possibilities of each and every piece that I discover. Lots of pictures are good too!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>My old school favorite hammer was once my Dad's.<br />I'm sure that he purchased it at a Hardware Store in Pittsburgh, PA. </i></td></tr>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><br /></span>Jean Skipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166547400531514364noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517589356016190798.post-31218109197090116552015-08-27T09:30:00.000-04:002015-08-27T09:30:00.353-04:00Day 6: Our Favorite Things-Art Supplies Series: Paper - Pt. Deux!<div style="text-align: center;">
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here, again. Did I throw you with the title for todays post? My love of paper is indeed voluminous -- quite worthy of spilling into another rapturous post. Today, I am speaking specifically about handmade papers.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is something of the luxuriant and exotic</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> inherent in handmade paper. Many of them have the feel of fine textiles. The crisp translusence of rice papers offer myriad possibilities; while sturdier natural fibers in banana paper or Nujabi can easily be finished to mimic leather (!) If bold, vibrant color is your thing, there is a world of color at your fingertips as you peruse lokta, mulberry, and other handmade </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">varieties</span></span></span></span>.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had the good fortune to meet a family of paper-makers on a trip to Seoul, South Korea in the spring of last year. In the short time I was in their tiny, street front shop *practically a stall* I encountered fellow shoppers that included: a mother and daughter buying HUGE sheets of handmade paper to cover the walls in their dining/living room, university students purchasing papers for art projects, and a handful of fellow lovers of the refined pulp.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another of the many reasons I love handmade papers is for their versatility. They make for lovely additions to many forms of creative expression -- collage, card-making, home decor, and *of course* book making.</span></span></span></span><br />
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Jodi here for day 5 of our ReMe favorite supplies countdown. I think I'm probably cheating because I'm lumping tons of things that I love within my posts and counting them as one thing, but oh well.. :) Today I'm featuring what I'll just refer to as "Mediums" for acrylic paints. Brands can vary but I can see from my collection which is probably just a bit larger than the average bear, that I prefer Liquitex and Golden products for my mediums. </div>
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Again, these are well loved and used quite regularly. I do love to do special textural tricks with my mediums and have used many in my various classes. Using some mediums in classes can be tricky as the dry time or curing time can vary from a few hours to a couple of days or weeks.<br />
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I get it. It can be sooooo overwhelming to understand what does what with what. :) And no, you do not need all of these to create fantastic pieces. However, if you are trying to move from flat to a more textured look, acrylic mediums are a great option. <br />
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Here's one that every acrylic painter should have--Gesso. There are many brands to choose from. This is a tiny bottle, it's a travel bottle for me. My actual gesso is gallon pail!!!! Used to prime your surface and create a ground to which to paint on, it's also can be used to paint over mistakes and not waste more expensive paint trying to cover up something. Veil over collages with a wash of gesso or scrape into thicker layers for a sgraffito look, you name it, you can probably do it with gesso.<br />
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Another must have in my opinion is glazing medium. While you can (and I do) add water to acrylic paint, if you add too much it will break down the paint and dull your colors. Add glazing medium to thin out your paint, and you will keep the brightness of the paint plus create a translucency when you layer over another color. <br />
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On many of my larger pieces, I will use a mixture of satin and matte varnish to finish my work. This part can be tricky, too, if you use a lot of drawing media or water soluble media over top of your work. If you add a varnish without a barrier layer (or 2 or 3), your dry media will smear. I use a spray varnish or fixative before I varnish with several days of dry time in between (ideally) the spray coat and wet varnish.<br />
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Over the years, I've educated myself by diving in and playing with the mediums, reading the specs on the manufacturers websites (check out <a href="http://www.goldenpaints.com/products/medium-gels-pastes" target="_blank"><b>Golden</b></a> and <a href="http://www.liquitex.com/Mediums/" target="_blank"><b>Liquitex</b></a> for lots of information), and studying books like <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1581808046?ref_=pd_ybh_9" target="_blank">Acrylic Revolution</a> by Nancy Reyner or <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1600610137?refRID=APS25F13VB0ZPDT5M66J&ref_=pd_rhf_pe_s_cp_50" target="_blank">Rethinking Acrylics</a> by Patti Brady. Definitely buy books like these, take technique based classes (I know...everyone wants a pretty project but sometimes you just have to learn the basics!!!), and or read through the websites mentioned previously so you can make an informed decision on what you will need to create a look you are desiring. <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">So what are some things you can do with gel mediums? </span></b><br />
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*Create stone like surfaces<br />
*Use as adhesives<br />
*Add to paint to create thinner or thicker applications<br />
*Prime and tone surfaces<br />
*Create a porous or non porous surface for your substrate<br />
*Create faux finishes<br />
*Use for image transfers<br />
*Create dimension using stencils or other templates<br />
*Scrape into and create patterns<br />
*Drip tar like strings onto a canvas (think Jackson Pollock)<br />
*Create transparency or on the opposite end, increase opacity<br />
*Layer with one another to create untold amount of fascinating effects!<br />
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*Matte medium and Polymer Varnish used to create this image transfer of my niece (plus transfer images of several papers you can see on the left).</div>
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Many layers of glazes and dimensional texture created from gel mediums (samples from my projects found on <a href="http://www.colourarte.com/arte-village/?course=jodis-new-class" target="_blank">Extreme Portraits</a>)</div>
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I used pouring medium and tar gel for glass like finishes on my abstract textural samplers from my class "<a href="http://www.colourarte.com/arte-village/?course=texturize-this" target="_blank">Texturize This</a>". </div>
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Here I use a soft body gel medium to create dimension from a stencil and gesso to veil over layers and layers of paint. <br />
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More effects to create the illusion of depth using glazing medium, veiling effects using matte medium, and a top coat of self leveling gel to create a glossy/glass like surface.</div>
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Okay, maybe that's a bit dramatic but they do make me excited to see what can come of the various uses of each and every one of them!</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a child, I fondly remember my cousins fashioning rings and people from brightly colored telephone wire. It was magical; they were older, and I was jealous! I never would have guessed then that my creative path would bring me full circle to my love affair with wire. </span><span style="font-size: large;">If I were stranded on a desert island with only a few supplies, wire would be one of them. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8oBs8jaPhhCSoVwByw1fA-IUS7UO6BSlSDoqMp9JMrKUhxFY-4pPqQmt-QYK1K1ifuVWuOfjVpUOclRPQWfJ7ybKWDHMZJMuq8x0x8burdZ6OfSYaaAyGjmD7Qn7pA-eKGzX-efhT3s/s1600/IMG_7036%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8oBs8jaPhhCSoVwByw1fA-IUS7UO6BSlSDoqMp9JMrKUhxFY-4pPqQmt-QYK1K1ifuVWuOfjVpUOclRPQWfJ7ybKWDHMZJMuq8x0x8burdZ6OfSYaaAyGjmD7Qn7pA-eKGzX-efhT3s/s200/IMG_7036%255B1%255D.JPG" width="187" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">This year, when my Mother spent time as an inpatient at our local rehab center, I decided to work while I visited with her. When I arrived and opened my tool box, I realized that I didn't have what I needed to complete my intended project. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Instead of being disappointed in this discovery, I issued a challenge to myself. I allowed myself to create with wire and found objects from Mom's room alone...no beads...no pliers...no other tools of any kind. I find that limiting the materials, tools, or color palette of my work can stretch me creatively in ways that are hard to imagine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">These photos illustrate a few of the results from this project...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Day in and day out, wire also serves as the basis for many of the cold connections in my work. From wire wrapped connections to links fabricated from wire alone to rivets made exclusively of wire; I can't get enough of this stuff! </span><br />
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Jean Skipperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11166547400531514364noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4517589356016190798.post-10747347039220543712015-08-24T11:19:00.000-04:002015-08-24T11:19:05.155-04:00Day 3: Our Favorite Things-Art Supplies Series: Paper!<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: center;">Welcome to Day 3 of<br />"Our Favorite Things - Art Supplies!"
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: center;">In no particular order;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://sweetrepeats.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Jodi</span></a><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: center;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/arrowpaperarts" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Penny</span></a><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: center;">, and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.jeanskipper.com/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Jean</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;">will take turns sharing a few of<br />their creative
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">Hello, gang -- <a href="http://pennylarrowood.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Penny</a> here. In the continuation of our current series, I'm excited to share one of my favorite things with you: Paper! I fully realize that, to many, this will come as no surprise at all. I am known to be quite the Paper H.O. *Heartily Obsessed* Today, I am speaking specifically about art paper(s).</span></span></span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdGV87tyr0NacyEj00Vg2weY8tiJbz1qsUfVu04xuP1PKgYT5cFyokruEgrm9dcGNwScq5-q8cRqNogvPh-qZZWtyCXUnEc1MAbxmas0T0LiPMRolLFNPl6wp_9LiA3VSgttkWMuzpoeQ/s1600/20150823_211909-1%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdGV87tyr0NacyEj00Vg2weY8tiJbz1qsUfVu04xuP1PKgYT5cFyokruEgrm9dcGNwScq5-q8cRqNogvPh-qZZWtyCXUnEc1MAbxmas0T0LiPMRolLFNPl6wp_9LiA3VSgttkWMuzpoeQ/s400/20150823_211909-1%255B1%255D.jpg" width="190" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Far and away, my favorite Art Papers to work with are those from <a href="http://www.strathmoreartist.com/" target="_blank">Strathmore</a>. I work most often from padded stock. This is for several reasons: </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - it is economical (allowing one to accumulate variously sized papers for customization without multiple cuts to acheive 'standard sizes')</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - it is frequently available at local retailers (either through Art Supply outlets, such as <a href="http://www.jerrysartarama.com/" target="_blank">Jerry's Artarama</a> -- or through mass market retailers, like <a href="http://www.michaels.com/" target="_blank">Michael's</a> or <a href="http://www.acmoore.com/" target="_blank">AC Moore</a>)</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - it is readily available in many formats/finishes, and allows me to tailor the finished project to the job it is designed for. My favorite papers for Art Journaling are Mixed Media and Watercolor papers; while a better/less bulky choice for writing and/or sketching is Hemp Charcoal Paper</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - it is rather easier to store than larger/bulkier parent sheets of paper. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Speaking of parent sheets (or, <i><b>whole </b></i>sheets of paper -- often 22x30 in. or larger), when it comes to working from larger stock it is hard to beat the luxuriant feel and substantial structural flexibility of <a href="http://www.legionpaper.com/Stonehenge" target="_blank">Stonehenge</a> -- a 100% cotton, printmaking paper made in US.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Luminous, rich, and with a superb feel<br />Stonehenge offers limitless possibiltiies for the book maker.</span></td></tr>
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Series. In no particular order;<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://sweetrepeats.blogspot.com/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Jodi</span></a><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: center;">,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/arrowpaperarts" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Penny</span></a><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%; text-align: center;">, and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.jeanskipper.com/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Jean</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;">will take turns sharing a few of their creative
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While I don’t have any pics of myself at age 5 or so to prove it, I believe my love affair
with paint began one sunny day while
attending the church pre-school. I specifically remember me standing in front
of an easel, dressed in my paint splattered smock admiring my abstract work
that resembled a banana floating over blobs of color. (My abstracts have changed only slightly since that time...heehee ;)<o:p></o:p></div>
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It was perhaps the first spark of motivation that I needed
to embark into a variety of painting endeavors while young. Paint by numbers. Coloring books that had watercolors embedded in
the bottom of the pages. Later on in
middle school and high school, I clearly remember gigantic jars of cheap acrylic
paint that looked good enough to eat.
And then like many, my interests
diverted to other things, some creative and some more ‘practical’. Music, drawing, writing, and then I stopped
it all for working in the field of retail management and banking. Diversion or no diversion, the love for
painting never completely died, it was simply put to rest until it was ready to
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When we first started talking here at “ReMe” about doing a
favorite supply count down, without hesitation, my first supply that came to
mind that I can’t live without is Acrylic paint. The type of acrylics that I favor have
changed over the years. Having grown in my own skills and knowledge of what makes a great paint. I truly appreciate the depth of color and the
vibrancy of professional grade acrylics, despite the higher costs. <b><i>It's worth it.</i></b> Spend the extra bit of money for the vibrancy of color! Without a doubt, there is no comparing the
lush creamy pigments of a bold soft body paint. It's hard to resist colors that dance off the canvas. There are some pigments that practically sing with joy they minute they hit your substrate! I’m in love with the sheerness of
transparent fluid acrylics and have a penchant for the man made colors of the
Quinicridone and Phthalo family.
When feeling playful and looking for additional ‘jazz’ to liven up my
work, the shimmery quality of acrylics mixed with mica flakes in the Silks
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the many fabulous <a href="http://www.colourarte.com/products/" target="_blank">Silks Acrylics</a> that I'm enamored with.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can you tell that these are well loved and certainly very much used little soldiers? How I love me some <a href="http://www.goldenpaints.com/" target="_blank">Golden Paints</a>!</td></tr>
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I love the fact that acrylics are versatile and can be
transformed by glazes, washes, stains, and embodied with textures while mixing
in mediums. Whether layering, scratching
into, writing over, building up texture, mixing together, scraping, brushing or
dripping, I’m in my happy place with acrylics.<o:p></o:p></div>
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of my favorite brands are <a href="http://www.goldenpaints.com/" target="_blank">Golden</a>, <a href="http://www.jerrysartarama.com/discount-art-supplies/acrylic-paints-and-mediums/matisse-derivan-acrylics-and-mediums.htm" target="_blank">Matisse</a>, and <a href="http://www.liquitex.com/US/" target="_blank">Liquitex</a>, and <a href="http://www.colourarte.com/products/" target="_blank">Colourarte</a>. If I had to choose 4 or 5 or 6 , or 15 colors
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Aqua Green Light (Matisse),
Permanent Violet Dark (Golden),
Australian Sienna (Matisse), Baltic
Green (Liquitex), Green Gold
(Golden), Cobalt Teal (Matisse), Light
Blue Violet (Liquitex), Quinicridone
Magenta (Golden), Diarylide Yellow (Golden); Olive vine Green, Ginger Peach, Key Lime,
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of my new abstracts...here you see several of my favorite colors in their glory and mixed with each other to come up with my own signature palette of colors.<br />
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Here you can see that my students have a love of color, too. All across the country, I've had the blessing to be surrounded by eager students and art enthusiast that share an affinity of color and texture in their acrylic painting journey.</div>
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