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Sharing the lessons I teach at the Artist Guild and the personal discoveries in my art.

Thursday, October 2, 2014

A Thank You


This was my third Challenge and this time
I knew enough not to have a 30 day 
theme, but allowed myself to change my 
subject and 
media to suit my inspiration. 

The best part was finding the work 
of accomplished artists
whose art inspired me. 
With so many participating it 
was pretty well impossible to get around 
to leave a comment
 as well as
completing a painting 
AND 
working.
The good news is they stay on Leslie's blog forever 
so I will have plenty of time to catch up.

I loved the map Leslie had on her page for 
registration and finding 
where many of the participating 
artists lived. Neat!

I also want to thank all of you who 
visited with words of encouragement.
I swear I have the BEST, smartest
and friendliest artists who take 
the time to visit and comment.

P.S.
A minor bit of surgery hindered my 
final few days of the Challenge
and completing the requested collage 
of all 30 paintings
would have polished me off
completely.


33 comments:

  1. Dear Julie,
    Hope everything is all right!
    Take care and.. Happy painting!
    Martine

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    1. Thank YOU, Martine. Wishing you the same.
      Your collage of the paintings you did had a lovely color flow.

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  2. Julie,
    Your work always inspires me with its beauty!
    Congrats on all you did during the challenge!
    Mend quick and Happy Painting!
    Jacklyn

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    1. How nice of you Jacklyn, thank you.
      I enjoyed seeing your collage at the end. Clever you!
      Nice to see the overall color harmony, too.

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  3. I'm so sorry that you were not able to put up your collage, both for you and all who won't get to see all the paintings together. Thank you for your beautiful work and spirit.

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    1. Adored the colored border you put around the collage of the 30 paintings. It set off perfectly all those yummy reds and yellows.
      I do appreciate your comments and encouragement.

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  4. All the best to you and your health!
    Your work really stood out and I was inspired by it!
    Thanks for sharing your art, and support = )

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    1. Thanks Sue, That is a very nice comment and appreciated.
      See you are teaching a workshop. Oh boy - I bet that would do me the world of good. I love your work.

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  5. Hi Julie, congratulations on completing the challenge! It is a pleasure to have the chance to see more of your paintings, you are an inspiration.Wishing you renewed strength and health, get well soon!

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    1. Hi Celia - thanks. I love your watercolors and you also are an inspiration.
      Love the tomatoes - wow...such beautiful, luscious colors.

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  6. All this and minor surgery too? You amaze, my friend!!

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    1. You are experiencing change yourself, Sherry - so I appreciate your comment and your time, very much

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  7. Yay for Leslie and yay for you! You are sweet to put out a thank you. Take care my friend. Rest up!

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    1. Hi Lisa - I swear little Mitsou is the most gorgeous kitten EVAH!
      Thanks for the visit, you are a dear friend.

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  8. I enjoyed each and every painting, one more beautiful than the other! Take care Julie.

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    1. You are so sweet - thanks, Padmaja. Your new storm painting has such beautiful colors - especially in the clouds.

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  9. I am sorry to have missed participating in this one! I painted for the one last fall until my father-in-law passed away near the end of the month, and then I had to stop.
    I always enjoy seeing our paintings, Julie, and they are always such an inspiration to me to keep working at my art.
    Wishing you a quick recovery from your surgery!

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    1. How sad about your father-in-law. I am sorry. Hope that memories are happy ones.
      I think your card designs are especially wonderful. You are very creative.

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  10. Julie,
    For some reason, I am not receiving your posts anymore and I miss them! I will try signing up again.

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    1. I still follow your amazing work faithfully, Dee. Your Retro themed show amazed and delighted my artistic senses. No wonder so many pieces have sold and it is not even the end of it yet!.

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  11. You are such a class act and fine artist. Take care.

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    1. oooh - a class act! My hubby tells me that. He naturally would like your comment the best, Blanche. He is not objective when it comes to moi!
      Thanks for the comment and I am still waiting fro another painting on your blog.

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  12. I'm so sorry to hear you're not feeling well, Julie! now its time for you to rest up!
    Congratulations in producing such amazing paintings!!!

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    1. Hi Hilda- I am doing fine. Went to the doc today and all is progressing on schedule. As I said MINOR! just pesty, painful stuff.
      Thanks for the congrats.

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  13. Julie, not only are you always so sweet, kind, thoughtful and positive, but your work is wonderful and I have enjoyed your challenge paintings. Quick recovery to you! Glad to have met you through a previous Leslie challenge!

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    1. Thanks - may I print out and frame your beautiful, kind complement? Be good to have to read on a down day!!!
      Good luck and much success with your new gallery. I am sure your beautiful new floral painting will sell fast!
      I appreciated your previous post with the more modernist feel to it. I admire you for experimenting, Egretta. I think it is important to our artistic growth.

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  14. j'ai adoré toutes les peintures que vous avez montrées durant ce challenge...votre travail est remarquable et je suis ravie d'avoir pu découvrir avec autant d'émerveillement jour après jour une peinture subtile et de caractère ! Merci !

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    1. Hi Cecile - thank you so much. I enjoyed visiting your blog and seeing yummy texture with lovely neutral colors.

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  15. Congrats on a super successful challenge! Your works are all beautiful .

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    1. Thank you, Mary. And congratulations to you on the fabulous job you did as co-host on Artists Helping Artists Show for the month of September.
      I encourage everyone to see your list SEPT 3rd
      STUDIO TIPS. Great stuff!

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  16. Hats off to you Julie. It was a smart move changing subjects which added to the enjoyment, I'm sure, of painting. In a drawing class, years ago, there was a semester long assignment to draw the same object everyday. At the end of the semester, I was ripping yup the drawings and reassembling them in collages I was so sick of the subject. Smart gal you. The paintings you produced were all colorful, lively and energetic. A pleasure.

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    1. Thanks Linda. I know what you mean and laughed at the vision of your tearing up your work. In the book Art & Fear they mention the pottery class project where the class is divided and one half spends the month on producing one perfect pot and the other half have to do as many as possible without worry of perfection. The end results were the second half produced far superior work. Interesting.
      Loving your Venetian style art project. Great posts. Thank you.

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  17. Dear Julie, sorry it has taken me so long to comment on this post. Life got in the way of blogging for me these past couple of weeks.
    Thanks for being both cheerleader and inspiration throughout the challenge - both are roles you excel in and were greatly appreciated!!
    I hope you have recovered now from your minor surgery. I am just about to catch up on all the beautiful work you have created so far in October.

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Cheers,
Julie