tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90193096305530049912024-02-27T03:34:48.118-07:00Heather's Water WorksHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04024004824495834635noreply@blogger.comBlogger281125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019309630553004991.post-25106821437660307592022-05-07T20:35:00.001-06:002022-05-07T20:35:20.151-06:00All Media Show at the Sacred Arts Gallery<p> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Just a little preview of some of the 40 plus pieces of artwork that will be available to purchase in June at the Sacred Arts Gallery, 431 Richmond NE, Albuquerque, NM 87122.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEIijtwGqlOOHefNHDJqBgPJ6KoDyAo5p0NEG2v5zQwi_o2f0cUPxiHPATFPtf_JhP5ktTYkcVaip2FRcBZkZg6ngu0VYsnz9vHkZeTWJ9pkvHCNqhGi35p7Nmk_diCv0UMyfTmAP4o5uZ2gzwaNOBCENf7BQ3ZAeMNdwui-jpSZKcTg7_m9i4nk1R/s873/1651702537976blob.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="851" data-original-width="873" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEIijtwGqlOOHefNHDJqBgPJ6KoDyAo5p0NEG2v5zQwi_o2f0cUPxiHPATFPtf_JhP5ktTYkcVaip2FRcBZkZg6ngu0VYsnz9vHkZeTWJ9pkvHCNqhGi35p7Nmk_diCv0UMyfTmAP4o5uZ2gzwaNOBCENf7BQ3ZAeMNdwui-jpSZKcTg7_m9i4nk1R/w410-h400/1651702537976blob.jpg" width="410" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Poppies" Silk Painting by Deborah Bentley</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjliVieru3eeooIZTp__yjmti52xLBIKG7USzbZN72lM_eJfiH6iLFJtjctCEtaBY0NgAzXdFPiXouQTiXbTFc4tpTTWwbr_grt-zEkk_9weGGUWROH3mfmrYqoYM8ksA_V0Z8eApz8qRR3zv3a-AU40w109__vBybw37l0y71CFFMhZxbYScM8VoFc/s3287/8435BD80-A6B2-4D69-AAEB-DF78A94E97C0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3287" data-original-width="2450" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjliVieru3eeooIZTp__yjmti52xLBIKG7USzbZN72lM_eJfiH6iLFJtjctCEtaBY0NgAzXdFPiXouQTiXbTFc4tpTTWwbr_grt-zEkk_9weGGUWROH3mfmrYqoYM8ksA_V0Z8eApz8qRR3zv3a-AU40w109__vBybw37l0y71CFFMhZxbYScM8VoFc/w406-h544/8435BD80-A6B2-4D69-AAEB-DF78A94E97C0.jpeg" width="406" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">"<span style="font-family: verdana;">Aspen" by </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monika ten Bruggencate</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span><br /></p><h3 class="iw"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="qu" role="gridcell" tabindex="-1"><span class="gD" data-hovercard-id="monikatb@yahoo.com" data-hovercard-owner-id="116" name="Monika ten Bruggencate"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XISDeF1HB5kiG7KgXC_TNGG3m8a3cmwNEXvtkZrCn7N8duDcwimWKj-D6KyWtrmMPlqY9aFVWc30IodaUPKPugbXYMPajQLv3QdR65VbVl16OZNFNlESYETGyBnux-2UPN3uY81pM3JEUBlMH6QWNQlQXKtrikP_tSlTl3pW5DuI62Go31DkQ4KT/s1082/the-luxury-of-silence_Weybright.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1082" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1XISDeF1HB5kiG7KgXC_TNGG3m8a3cmwNEXvtkZrCn7N8duDcwimWKj-D6KyWtrmMPlqY9aFVWc30IodaUPKPugbXYMPajQLv3QdR65VbVl16OZNFNlESYETGyBnux-2UPN3uY81pM3JEUBlMH6QWNQlQXKtrikP_tSlTl3pW5DuI62Go31DkQ4KT/w538-h398/the-luxury-of-silence_Weybright.jpg" width="538" /></a></div><span></span></span></span></span></h3><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> "The Luxury of Silence" Photopolymer Intaglio by</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Jessica Weybright</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkxTLhcS7yTBJjKkDv-Di_6BuKXmEe88Od2pUaynuXc1IKxtDDBcsLD_ITGYaGaPX3lNc1sdSHTM55uYpmr3DpcOXMETVhqAz1cSUyRAAL9u0SaDLnraK6SujwbGJichnfr5uzH6XpecaE0wYWvEkNhAO3Z38GBjTbKj568JTouz0ckCarakJRq6f9/s640/IMG_0337.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="545" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkxTLhcS7yTBJjKkDv-Di_6BuKXmEe88Od2pUaynuXc1IKxtDDBcsLD_ITGYaGaPX3lNc1sdSHTM55uYpmr3DpcOXMETVhqAz1cSUyRAAL9u0SaDLnraK6SujwbGJichnfr5uzH6XpecaE0wYWvEkNhAO3Z38GBjTbKj568JTouz0ckCarakJRq6f9/w409-h545/IMG_0337.JPG" width="409" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> "Summertime" Acrylic on Canvas </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> by Carolyn Jo Peterson</span></span><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04024004824495834635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019309630553004991.post-63676019847451237552021-12-07T21:16:00.000-07:002021-12-07T21:16:13.781-07:00Available Paintings<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Many of my friends and followers have wondered if they could look at paintings from St. Mark's artists online, so today I am posting some photos for you of works that are no longer hanging in the Sacred Arts Gallery (a new show is hanging so go by and see it!) but still for sale through the individual artists. If you are interested in contacting the artist directly, you can leave a message below in the comments with your contact information and I will have the artist get in touch with you. If you know that I already have your contact information, just tell me in the comments which painting you would like to purchase. As always, my artwork is donated to causes that I care about, so if you purchase one of my paintings, you will need to make a check to that organization.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhv2JTbR4fo3Uowms46FbvHvYvC6tZ_SOvqDo2mL_JxyRGaDSpZMZ7D-mXkhAduSXxstyfuLq3lseR86gBgIuDIbbxvM8aHP_1ClkFh89K2T3s71IvMStD2XvPW8Yo5LO_He_PhgYGKABcv85X1s23QXhCdGdj0rmcGwGt8ZM4j3HjMFbhY4uvdUqnK=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="589" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhv2JTbR4fo3Uowms46FbvHvYvC6tZ_SOvqDo2mL_JxyRGaDSpZMZ7D-mXkhAduSXxstyfuLq3lseR86gBgIuDIbbxvM8aHP_1ClkFh89K2T3s71IvMStD2XvPW8Yo5LO_He_PhgYGKABcv85X1s23QXhCdGdj0rmcGwGt8ZM4j3HjMFbhY4uvdUqnK=w590-h640" width="590" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Taos, Late Autumn Light" 20"x16" oil on canvas by Pat Catlett $350.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwt1EXybU6cTa1aGZtAXDVRt4wod_j_5kl3VogLXPiPfudMRjxyEakAvSpMnft1U3ZOZqoz-m4nRnKp6Rf-xg7nnSG9Pz458gy_8C1y8vuwD5wx9XIcACP3ZtkwXrqZ-S6vZr7iWsDt0HPOxsJsTd22qDZNw0d8UGo5drcLMVTEavJu0Lm-78omOJa=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwt1EXybU6cTa1aGZtAXDVRt4wod_j_5kl3VogLXPiPfudMRjxyEakAvSpMnft1U3ZOZqoz-m4nRnKp6Rf-xg7nnSG9Pz458gy_8C1y8vuwD5wx9XIcACP3ZtkwXrqZ-S6vZr7iWsDt0HPOxsJsTd22qDZNw0d8UGo5drcLMVTEavJu0Lm-78omOJa=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Top painting: "Within the Earth" 14'x11" watercolor on paper panel by Anne Gordon Fritz $150.</span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bottom Painting: "93 miles to Mt. Taylor" 10"x10" watercolor on paper panel by Anne Gordon Fritz $100</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCfpVOhRzNIUHkNpAL6sFuiOa4ONRjQpIS6DA_4Nt0fAHliyxF0O2DrzCP5SNaNj7nIUFwq7K_JtkyHsM6AInYPuw2uHFrHJAFKBr4khz4o38TznI_toWkbAFc51GJaC2rxMP46kltmJxV3l5eVFl-Uto2Kh9pmgC01hzCvjpBQ7FM7VktR9snz2-N=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiCfpVOhRzNIUHkNpAL6sFuiOa4ONRjQpIS6DA_4Nt0fAHliyxF0O2DrzCP5SNaNj7nIUFwq7K_JtkyHsM6AInYPuw2uHFrHJAFKBr4khz4o38TznI_toWkbAFc51GJaC2rxMP46kltmJxV3l5eVFl-Uto2Kh9pmgC01hzCvjpBQ7FM7VktR9snz2-N=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> "Wolf Creek" 10" by 30" Watercolor Triptych by Anne Gordon Fritz $300</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkq1alBskaTHLqPq8XuJWUv35K2ipojmcW66s0T62qgRgUuUfCVD66B4PyqQ6iLqtcVjvJOrG0KRzrUXI9iHRjZzS7jzbqlJdhDU-xizk6KamLkHA_HjNTY5hnCw-Wd-ieP_FEeFoUnZ_h5-xhVMHt6YwrlLycOdS25e60RQtCo1OJVMq0nNkTJ2ul=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="510" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgkq1alBskaTHLqPq8XuJWUv35K2ipojmcW66s0T62qgRgUuUfCVD66B4PyqQ6iLqtcVjvJOrG0KRzrUXI9iHRjZzS7jzbqlJdhDU-xizk6KamLkHA_HjNTY5hnCw-Wd-ieP_FEeFoUnZ_h5-xhVMHt6YwrlLycOdS25e60RQtCo1OJVMq0nNkTJ2ul=w510-h640" width="510" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"By the Fire" 12" x 15" Oil by Dottie Murphy $100 donation to the St. Mark's Choir Loft Stair Lift Fund.<br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjO_Yh8qmOAO-2u8rUf2J3nh-ehrXczIzVlZkCNNE-1MpTbRbOdwgJRWPEYmWT-wEJioLv6jpMLPFd-wvKCvnrR5n4blY3zssQBTezDsa455pKe-lCer7D6RNRhIEdepzCS5eUv5SwoOJUki1qdjfLfpz39BnztLZ0lIPXsxIZKfdnc0TTdTvXptEZ1=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjO_Yh8qmOAO-2u8rUf2J3nh-ehrXczIzVlZkCNNE-1MpTbRbOdwgJRWPEYmWT-wEJioLv6jpMLPFd-wvKCvnrR5n4blY3zssQBTezDsa455pKe-lCer7D6RNRhIEdepzCS5eUv5SwoOJUki1qdjfLfpz39BnztLZ0lIPXsxIZKfdnc0TTdTvXptEZ1=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Sandia Evening" Watercolor on Arches 140 lbs paper by Heather Gaume $120</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Donation to St. Mark's Choir Loft Chair Lift Fund</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlx4Ltuckj5MTjKySgPZVREIymWgRZaM57e6AiyxR-fp-gZPQll-O9ZAMZKb5s_qCAM4EVoGq_J4yoxrmXFvXlP_esd-IbSQCCZE_fMgGinOEJQkp2eGZKYQF7D23XEvabeUzq_OteUqs-LRESbSkiHo2bEB9PSEAQl0iYVcpW1CqIu3rWNaE3xMDZ=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="585" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlx4Ltuckj5MTjKySgPZVREIymWgRZaM57e6AiyxR-fp-gZPQll-O9ZAMZKb5s_qCAM4EVoGq_J4yoxrmXFvXlP_esd-IbSQCCZE_fMgGinOEJQkp2eGZKYQF7D23XEvabeUzq_OteUqs-LRESbSkiHo2bEB9PSEAQl0iYVcpW1CqIu3rWNaE3xMDZ=w780-h585" width="780" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"> "Pedernal Summer Morning Breeze" 10"x30" Oil on Canvas </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> by Pat Catlett $350</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGWT9N4czDP9sm8fBYhlXGN1vvZzIPRFy9DOtDcvJfBeByH4SeFzj8K7xF7g14kq5N3pwmKJkA3_x9mUFXNydCZ1tDfkpn_k0E9npG3y2QrnSOySLuDWAxDnNPKWy5xNgCZ0G3vzYKC0CPkWqmm8rK94XfwULEs-h311kTqXW_fdcGrpc6EvGDly4U=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="640" height="518" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGWT9N4czDP9sm8fBYhlXGN1vvZzIPRFy9DOtDcvJfBeByH4SeFzj8K7xF7g14kq5N3pwmKJkA3_x9mUFXNydCZ1tDfkpn_k0E9npG3y2QrnSOySLuDWAxDnNPKWy5xNgCZ0G3vzYKC0CPkWqmm8rK94XfwULEs-h311kTqXW_fdcGrpc6EvGDly4U=w640-h518" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Land Forms" 13"x10" Acrylic by Allen Lowery $150</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhypSpdu8xr6cHJls5yQ_COq3h2-UrlicQ494HlxvYGQJNz3Jh7JDwavy_HIfkUxXeb0LRzlnTMKhentJkFv5tgp-XQNKhN1Y4IZyKdMqx2OZc2s5BeY5ZQVDb2si8iIJcscy9mJms2Sq_v3g2tP0mw0VyNFEt2ZpuaNP1MCmtXWuW3LQRl7fS0vG3=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="474" data-original-width="640" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhypSpdu8xr6cHJls5yQ_COq3h2-UrlicQ494HlxvYGQJNz3Jh7JDwavy_HIfkUxXeb0LRzlnTMKhentJkFv5tgp-XQNKhN1Y4IZyKdMqx2OZc2s5BeY5ZQVDb2si8iIJcscy9mJms2Sq_v3g2tP0mw0VyNFEt2ZpuaNP1MCmtXWuW3LQRl7fS0vG3=w640-h474" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> "After the Rain" 18"z24" Oil on Canvas by Pat Catlett $400</span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihk_Qo4Ofmio2_fmfT6SsPQlnCyyElEbtT5JjoR-jDOqKpRzr-_ZfLc461wkjjchtJdvxvRFcoU9Dv2e3T1mFeH4xbZ5qeNKkB_DX9fDITkdmDqDZvjtmLPJKa42HlK8Efi1ZvpMSOFr2Gg2crTKfJBMRNKGEoxsV9AbEZUsaovFtf0fB5Y0Y6D3_S=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="472" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEihk_Qo4Ofmio2_fmfT6SsPQlnCyyElEbtT5JjoR-jDOqKpRzr-_ZfLc461wkjjchtJdvxvRFcoU9Dv2e3T1mFeH4xbZ5qeNKkB_DX9fDITkdmDqDZvjtmLPJKa42HlK8Efi1ZvpMSOFr2Gg2crTKfJBMRNKGEoxsV9AbEZUsaovFtf0fB5Y0Y6D3_S=w472-h640" width="472" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> "Calling All Coneflowers" 16"x20" Watercolor on Arches 140 lbs paper by Heather Gaume $120 Donation to the St. Mark's Choir Loft Chair Lift Fund<br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmPHwjvfbeXIT53nlCsNlObe-nPS-_omhMnAbMC7j3hJ3WUh258-pphgxtinmdOR-5A0g7uvSL1FUSqP4PGjpQZ0CcoKgJ8znIGvFY4cVDeks7fonDBbkmnT_LabXiHoj_LxodK1cEb59lDHEBn0K-CF_hX0LeWyhOT1zAPoTUaySZXCHGu1npdpzm=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="251" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmPHwjvfbeXIT53nlCsNlObe-nPS-_omhMnAbMC7j3hJ3WUh258-pphgxtinmdOR-5A0g7uvSL1FUSqP4PGjpQZ0CcoKgJ8znIGvFY4cVDeks7fonDBbkmnT_LabXiHoj_LxodK1cEb59lDHEBn0K-CF_hX0LeWyhOT1zAPoTUaySZXCHGu1npdpzm=w252-h640" width="252" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> "Gorgonia Sea Forms" 7"x10" Watercolor on Paper Panel by Anne Gordon Fritz $200</span><br /><p></p>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04024004824495834635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019309630553004991.post-17264718808908735112021-11-27T07:31:00.000-07:002021-11-27T07:31:12.410-07:00NEW SHOW OPENS AT THE ST. MARK'S SACRED ARTS GALLERY<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQLUALuYzvC7zGf1CEKKymdZMPqDJZ0MDj_y6HVHlOCK09OCb6tIXU3Hg509UUsRwQeDvUiMNi1v7XhuGtG01kw7jVA6V53tCPqQizIUhGKb4UPEurCdqDYfT5dtFvbZtACqYCIPRW3I/s2048/2021RGAAPoster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1583" data-original-width="2048" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQLUALuYzvC7zGf1CEKKymdZMPqDJZ0MDj_y6HVHlOCK09OCb6tIXU3Hg509UUsRwQeDvUiMNi1v7XhuGtG01kw7jVA6V53tCPqQizIUhGKb4UPEurCdqDYfT5dtFvbZtACqYCIPRW3I/w600-h462/2021RGAAPoster.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04024004824495834635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019309630553004991.post-16900316493005221612021-10-01T21:07:00.001-06:002021-10-01T21:07:49.737-06:00Featured Artist - Allen Lowery<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxHSA8VkkVaNNU-wSUokXINqkF5rUSLrTB2ON9y3Al4CltvvwtOXH6YssiSWrQiatMmgfrsKZGhH9aNvKR8SiEcHvPG8UhJ6gA9Ld515wpCshnIa0QsZCjqE09vXutmepCxiFVWDkrqo/s1064/IMG_1012.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="971" data-original-width="1064" height="409" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoxHSA8VkkVaNNU-wSUokXINqkF5rUSLrTB2ON9y3Al4CltvvwtOXH6YssiSWrQiatMmgfrsKZGhH9aNvKR8SiEcHvPG8UhJ6gA9Ld515wpCshnIa0QsZCjqE09vXutmepCxiFVWDkrqo/w448-h409/IMG_1012.heic" width="448" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Allen Lowery</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Art has always been a background focus in my life but has become a primary focus in retirement. My primary
training was UNM where I earned a BFA. There have been many workshops
and affiliations since. I founded Spiritpath Studio several years ago
with emphasis on experimental as well as traditional stylistic
interpretations mostly in acrylic media in which any subject is fair
game."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Allen grew up in Roswell, New Mexico and now lives in Albuqueque. <br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="481" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3uxZSsHT2sYdFXEAEAfe4W7fixPAnXq36Ck6SjySdnV0fCu9vFdCmO89R1102GSyLyRmNuAIzcx1NBV8U03oK_dX0aDTIcGqyITqliyEZ8nEoZqGbJude4De19sWnFh23Fag0xCYLsA/w640-h481/IMG_0571.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"All Life Matters"</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3uxZSsHT2sYdFXEAEAfe4W7fixPAnXq36Ck6SjySdnV0fCu9vFdCmO89R1102GSyLyRmNuAIzcx1NBV8U03oK_dX0aDTIcGqyITqliyEZ8nEoZqGbJude4De19sWnFh23Fag0xCYLsA/s320/IMG_0571.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNKAqm78xkPVDmwW5Y6RMRJYV-70L3IciX1HDMqph4iwhxcz5qq_ov-SL-exhpG0_PV-hgxgiiBoRtanyiFcIfdFDO8FGMF2DLxCn4acOniuhxX9WcTltM3TI4KOofW9a_HN_SA_0alXY/s320/IMG_0034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="198" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNKAqm78xkPVDmwW5Y6RMRJYV-70L3IciX1HDMqph4iwhxcz5qq_ov-SL-exhpG0_PV-hgxgiiBoRtanyiFcIfdFDO8FGMF2DLxCn4acOniuhxX9WcTltM3TI4KOofW9a_HN_SA_0alXY/w396-h640/IMG_0034.JPG" width="396" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Nova"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HubdTNzq5AW6M-jGS6BLCNLPK54nL5JmR5B-BjIOb3lv-6rF0148beQ6yfvkLpzpxTadDLOUpk3c3pP_lN4zCT-FOGUcXNTD0DaZlVToGL-TTiwZO-30DZZgz_n0YrX0a6nQtoEwMjg/s320/IMG_0647.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="227" data-original-width="320" height="454" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HubdTNzq5AW6M-jGS6BLCNLPK54nL5JmR5B-BjIOb3lv-6rF0148beQ6yfvkLpzpxTadDLOUpk3c3pP_lN4zCT-FOGUcXNTD0DaZlVToGL-TTiwZO-30DZZgz_n0YrX0a6nQtoEwMjg/w640-h454/IMG_0647.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Washed Out"<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfam86isArntczHXD_ZUkGkNCXgodWsLvuP8OKwfF6MC-PZEhPSlYQ60RnHBXnNWyX6iOClrrI3H4y55e8JjRtaV4cdovL9A7j7eCQFc0B-YX5ItNaQK_6YKB4sLxQayYt6lIKcyNtwUs/s320/IMG_0675%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfam86isArntczHXD_ZUkGkNCXgodWsLvuP8OKwfF6MC-PZEhPSlYQ60RnHBXnNWyX6iOClrrI3H4y55e8JjRtaV4cdovL9A7j7eCQFc0B-YX5ItNaQK_6YKB4sLxQayYt6lIKcyNtwUs/w480-h640/IMG_0675%25281%2529.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Dia De Los Muertos Spirit"<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /> <br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmiP1oeL8LImPJSiRhLZ8EszZHASxR5qU__043eduUmbjMkwqoH5_FO9mJ3CV4kwqCzs8kpQTfgt7N-Af77b_Qe26PqKVQF6KQR1e2RZ-fyWExB6oQYKLthsrumDD3nmKEkveXfmlxoY/s320/IMG_0678.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikmiP1oeL8LImPJSiRhLZ8EszZHASxR5qU__043eduUmbjMkwqoH5_FO9mJ3CV4kwqCzs8kpQTfgt7N-Af77b_Qe26PqKVQF6KQR1e2RZ-fyWExB6oQYKLthsrumDD3nmKEkveXfmlxoY/w640-h480/IMG_0678.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Landforms"</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-CsCfTNywHsvC0SOJ02Q_tMTIy9PlGAlaOmE3JJ3yWLl_XhIGNLTySUsDQ3HDHFTn-tPkOupwiS0BIK6UbxbP6UH7fmhHGBl6U8lrOQdjhDXRfqyWlKwwicnkvM3PItYWzGa2LAGCLYo/s640/IMG_0677.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-CsCfTNywHsvC0SOJ02Q_tMTIy9PlGAlaOmE3JJ3yWLl_XhIGNLTySUsDQ3HDHFTn-tPkOupwiS0BIK6UbxbP6UH7fmhHGBl6U8lrOQdjhDXRfqyWlKwwicnkvM3PItYWzGa2LAGCLYo/w480-h640/IMG_0677.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">"Summer"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I own a couple of Allen's landscapes. The textures and shapes just called my name! You can own one too. To see these works (the photos do not do them justice!) visit St. Mark's Episcopal church through December. Details below.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2DwUXfEzUBwWpARM-M65NAsk24jFl7-e7egQJOAYZfkIF0vSZ1kmmG8hRWi1QUPfq2MsxKMLpvct4PF1N9WDTjglK5xT5u27nXILT_D1ktU9hRLOSq02sbDAMUtuk2_uKRFIi3glAt4w/s2048/2021MarksArtPoster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1878" data-original-width="2048" height="586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2DwUXfEzUBwWpARM-M65NAsk24jFl7-e7egQJOAYZfkIF0vSZ1kmmG8hRWi1QUPfq2MsxKMLpvct4PF1N9WDTjglK5xT5u27nXILT_D1ktU9hRLOSq02sbDAMUtuk2_uKRFIi3glAt4w/w640-h586/2021MarksArtPoster.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04024004824495834635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019309630553004991.post-69389931334347105372021-09-29T16:07:00.002-06:002021-09-29T16:07:56.827-06:00Featured Artist - Audrey Minard<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">This is another post in a continuing series highlighting the artists whose work is currently hanging at the Sacred Arts Gallery at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Albuquerque. </span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEqt6IhVLINgO_uLCDvQIEu41zrM3pR-gYWzQuUmL1bK4FOwl5q6dZO20CCuLPKwPVWSg1nDhhtoAGAdeUFfURMfaoByBBRkOvjvYckSbNILgJTGt30QMi5ERri26GR2e_I2HkBOyenE/s131/Screen+Shot+2021-09-29+at+3.46.22+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="131" data-original-width="125" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEqt6IhVLINgO_uLCDvQIEu41zrM3pR-gYWzQuUmL1bK4FOwl5q6dZO20CCuLPKwPVWSg1nDhhtoAGAdeUFfURMfaoByBBRkOvjvYckSbNILgJTGt30QMi5ERri26GR2e_I2HkBOyenE/w295-h351/Screen+Shot+2021-09-29+at+3.46.22+PM.png" width="295" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Audrey Minard</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I paint for
the pleasure of painting and not as a livelihood. I always felt if I had to
make a living at it, it would become a job and not a pleasure. However, I have
done many commissions, mainly children and pets.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Self-taught
for the most part, I’ve always had an interest in various painting media.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I started
out in oils, having been mentored by my older sister who was an outstanding water
color artist. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I took
several community college courses in landscape, life drawing, water color and
pastel. I belong to RGAA (Rio Grande Art Association) and served as member
chair for MasterWorks of NM, Pastel Society and at one time the Colored Pencil
Society of America. I always found involvement in fine organizations of this
type to be an inspiration and education.</span></p><p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifvTPsujtlkmEH4BZWDxKHphyphenhyphenw964j-bMxtJvKnNzk7yOa7jzixAFyuureyu39Ra4H8bphr7o72yCOdfs3nOxptfp9f32r8JSoUjuSnQfVtHIxwuK_dpAdBl6lTe8vkFOQ6pCC62Yi4X0/s700/A+Road+Less+Traveled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="700" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifvTPsujtlkmEH4BZWDxKHphyphenhyphenw964j-bMxtJvKnNzk7yOa7jzixAFyuureyu39Ra4H8bphr7o72yCOdfs3nOxptfp9f32r8JSoUjuSnQfVtHIxwuK_dpAdBl6lTe8vkFOQ6pCC62Yi4X0/w640-h456/A+Road+Less+Traveled.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A Road Less Traveled</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-HEjvgu07lyUJe7oBtb_kW7WebVcgMZU0BnT3_9KyNHFoA7KjTPzDf5zLAl-wAgegt21pJD8k1lLVpxF43F5ZqsZe2pVDSjShbB_Vv5fkkxLTLNqmjXWv4mukhlH3mvrDvUrvtRZK4Y/s700/Church+at+Golden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="700" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-HEjvgu07lyUJe7oBtb_kW7WebVcgMZU0BnT3_9KyNHFoA7KjTPzDf5zLAl-wAgegt21pJD8k1lLVpxF43F5ZqsZe2pVDSjShbB_Vv5fkkxLTLNqmjXWv4mukhlH3mvrDvUrvtRZK4Y/w640-h468/Church+at+Golden.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Church at Madrid"</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><style>@font-face
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We found Manuel Hernandez, a mosaic artist, who in collaboration with his fellow artist, Lisa Domenici, designed a tree of life mosaic to be created by the members of the church with their supervision. Recently, we again engaged Manuel and Lisa to create a mosaic for our Montessori School's playground.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So if you come to see the current show hanging in the Sacred Arts gallery, be sure and take a look at those two enormous wall mosaics.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Manuel, also contributed many smaller mosaics to our show. The first day of the show, all three of his original mosaics sold and were taken away before I could take photos! But here are his replacements, also sadly for us, SOLD.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2AuzQsE4a-ukURTtomVs47X-cyxV_nfSGcIETf1yz-mTva1xiCOPzyGhkqHMlqSsBpfjVh9XcD5uolMExzVu4qvalmnVYfFmMAnNmVh4Bomql9XOnSoqw00ujqs4gu0x9eMu6w-7NgI/s2048/IMG_0985.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2027" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY2AuzQsE4a-ukURTtomVs47X-cyxV_nfSGcIETf1yz-mTva1xiCOPzyGhkqHMlqSsBpfjVh9XcD5uolMExzVu4qvalmnVYfFmMAnNmVh4Bomql9XOnSoqw00ujqs4gu0x9eMu6w-7NgI/s320/IMG_0985.heic" width="317" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKr2fKx7a3yhVxIaBBuUTqYr6x_ySHUAh0c7BTzBLRZ4Ny4xdDk0OCfSzu4J5ZPByoLDxt-3sn1U682hyH3XLKanuTWbw8a3-nnV3iBoeeHcj2r7I1BEZBgx7gtdW2kTG2dSJJ44hZbzA/s2048/IMG_0986.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1992" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKr2fKx7a3yhVxIaBBuUTqYr6x_ySHUAh0c7BTzBLRZ4Ny4xdDk0OCfSzu4J5ZPByoLDxt-3sn1U682hyH3XLKanuTWbw8a3-nnV3iBoeeHcj2r7I1BEZBgx7gtdW2kTG2dSJJ44hZbzA/s320/IMG_0986.heic" width="311" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0k6wuZbmiDsfw6SF_4vzNXl0mZnZsMxR_IzG0cSJUO7JItYCUsAc2u593Wuc7fDNiKV-1tuL6R88h-ElVSSwJDa8O6TmMPnBRw8BRuPufHcFJWj5TNN72abLBMsYTmPtVjIpGH5hhmik/s2048/IMG_0987.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2038" data-original-width="2048" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0k6wuZbmiDsfw6SF_4vzNXl0mZnZsMxR_IzG0cSJUO7JItYCUsAc2u593Wuc7fDNiKV-1tuL6R88h-ElVSSwJDa8O6TmMPnBRw8BRuPufHcFJWj5TNN72abLBMsYTmPtVjIpGH5hhmik/s320/IMG_0987.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBD8VQVXSG58-QGr7PkMGyKmmsTw_wiYpWJLWMvM4CwXbsnKVUrvcGSRfWjTAUFnUsjOuVHJLZ9JbObKRsNnPMNyLM1zQuAV3yK9AszthsXtN9wAUqszYycncYj3OJbKOGOwnKp8tsJE/s2048/IMG_0988.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1965" data-original-width="2048" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHBD8VQVXSG58-QGr7PkMGyKmmsTw_wiYpWJLWMvM4CwXbsnKVUrvcGSRfWjTAUFnUsjOuVHJLZ9JbObKRsNnPMNyLM1zQuAV3yK9AszthsXtN9wAUqszYycncYj3OJbKOGOwnKp8tsJE/s320/IMG_0988.heic" width="320" /></a></div>The following piece is a sample piece created to give us a vision of what the finished Cosmos Mosaic would look like. It also will be sold, so if you love it, contact St. Mark's at 505-262-2484 to get details.</span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_uIqoE1amkFdSuUhUBUQKaEmjsK9gxKH62rOlhNXpkGGtsG7LQ-7AsO5x1sGh_kcJ1m7L6fYVDUwh5slYHZKGzm4ewgIrJZMQ72IImDBkzcZh5aQlLC9lIiD8HdHAk_HLSn94DComKxc/s2048/IMG_0990.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1889" height="415" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_uIqoE1amkFdSuUhUBUQKaEmjsK9gxKH62rOlhNXpkGGtsG7LQ-7AsO5x1sGh_kcJ1m7L6fYVDUwh5slYHZKGzm4ewgIrJZMQ72IImDBkzcZh5aQlLC9lIiD8HdHAk_HLSn94DComKxc/w383-h415/IMG_0990.heic" width="383" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you are interested in Manuel's work, you may contact him at </span><a href="mailto:jmhe76@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span class="il">jmhe76@gmail.com</span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">His work will hang with many other talented artists at the Sacred Arts Gallery, St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 431 Richmond NE, Albuquerque, NM</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBo0jYRufLXnFhtlbU0EHSpo-5NZzJcM9v3NPwpD6S19-JOrNs87HZF98wNvmOjYG-ZptJwkPqvTCtSMTofk65uz0DI-hQfUfWh-6Dzve7E_IRnOXEyqLB9AYzP_4Pyhn-6FkVYkqu2M/s537/Screen+Shot+2021-09-12+at+9.28.51+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="537" height="447" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBo0jYRufLXnFhtlbU0EHSpo-5NZzJcM9v3NPwpD6S19-JOrNs87HZF98wNvmOjYG-ZptJwkPqvTCtSMTofk65uz0DI-hQfUfWh-6Dzve7E_IRnOXEyqLB9AYzP_4Pyhn-6FkVYkqu2M/w543-h447/Screen+Shot+2021-09-12+at+9.28.51+AM.png" width="543" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> </span><br /><br /><p></p>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04024004824495834635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019309630553004991.post-3973088709500323412021-09-13T14:02:00.000-06:002021-09-13T14:02:05.720-06:00Featured Artist- Anne Gordon Fritz<p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Anne has been painting since she was a child
having been enrolled in a watercolor class at age four. she studied classic art
history, interior design and architecture in a small private college in
California. Anne has used skills learned in those classes and further art
classes in Chicago where she earned a BGS Degree in Studio Art in 1976.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In 2001, Anne ventured into painting on silk
with Sennelier silk dyes. She loved painting with this medium for 20 years
and was quite successful at it. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Currently she paints with watercolors,
and acrylics. Anne enjoys using Gesso to create abstract images within
realistic scenes. She also uses Cyanotype on watercolor paper. Anne often
uses watercolors over the Cyanotypes to enhance a design. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Anne says “I enjoy painting our New Mexico
native plants and skies, but also waterscapes. My paintings have been
exhibited in local, state, and national exhibitions.” </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
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<br /><b></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Artist Memberships</b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Buford
Artists Group, Buford GA, 2004-2012;</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="DE" style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: DE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kudzu Art
Zone, Norcross GA, 2004-2012;</span><span lang="DE" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: DE; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Silk Painters International,
2001-2016;</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Silk Painters Guild for Fine
Artists 2001- 2016; </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">New Mexico Silk Painters Guild,
2012-Present; </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">St. Mark's Sacred Arts Guild,
2013-Present;</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Rio Grande Artists Association,
2016-Present; </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">New Mexico Watercolor Society,
2020-Present</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Currently 8 of Anne’s watercolors are in St.
Mark's first Art Exhibition in 1 1/2 years. Please come to this show from
9-2, Monday through Thursdays, and Sundays from 9-12. The members’
paintings are shown until December 3, 2021. 431 Richmond NE, Albuquerque, NM. <span style="color: red;">Masks and social distancing are required in the church buildings. 20% of sales support St. Mark's art projects and art programs, including ongoing shows of local artists. <span style="color: #2b00fe;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Be sure and visit the east side of the building to see the gorgeous new Cosmos mosaic designed by tile artists Manuel </span></span></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Hernandez and Lisa Domenici</span> and executed with the help of the parishioners.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNlgJ0EXcfpC5w5qsl2cyvte4z9RjIjUI8NF10YJnu3oPHPQmScWQDm2DficEyAzpyHrvfE8CpQSgHqR2DeR4VXxqiy4MWiBATbMsy3mt3ysI3V6eN8OakXKYgyjgPkK7ZG7RAlvpnHek/s2048/2021MarksArtPoster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1878" data-original-width="2048" height="407" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNlgJ0EXcfpC5w5qsl2cyvte4z9RjIjUI8NF10YJnu3oPHPQmScWQDm2DficEyAzpyHrvfE8CpQSgHqR2DeR4VXxqiy4MWiBATbMsy3mt3ysI3V6eN8OakXKYgyjgPkK7ZG7RAlvpnHek/w445-h407/2021MarksArtPoster.jpg" width="445" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><p></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style></p>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04024004824495834635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019309630553004991.post-1465188201731596902021-09-12T17:43:00.000-06:002021-09-12T17:43:37.974-06:00Featured Artist - Pat Catlett<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">I don't often purchase artwork. Mostly because, although I love other artist's work, those works often inspire me to paint more of my own things. However, I do have a number of paintings by Pat Catlett. Pat writes and teaches others to write icons at ongoing workshops at St. Mark's after a career in graphic design. But in addition to the very careful and prayerful work of iconography, look at the wonderfully loose and colorful paintings she creates as well. These paintings, along with those of other talented artists, are part of a show that opened last week at St. Mark's Sacred Arts Gallery. If you are in the area, please drop by and look at them in person, and maybe, like me, you will be inspired to purchase something to support the ongoing arts projects and programs at St. Mark's. <br /></span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJrfs-ZpjGbdqZKWnrijMUWKW-XxEZlL9X7CZYCEA6kQs-GZfC5VwNVnK_XHo2AJrvsliTMzIqZ6pDvk7RDwzjMKJDDDyii8_dapQwt943mghJbc0W4dRLcx7-kCAzzq5thjk4yUVVDA/s1200/1631485837230_CloudBurst_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="389" data-original-width="1200" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJrfs-ZpjGbdqZKWnrijMUWKW-XxEZlL9X7CZYCEA6kQs-GZfC5VwNVnK_XHo2AJrvsliTMzIqZ6pDvk7RDwzjMKJDDDyii8_dapQwt943mghJbc0W4dRLcx7-kCAzzq5thjk4yUVVDA/w640-h208/1631485837230_CloudBurst_s.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Cloudburst"</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="793" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_iDIeDtvK2V3GRoFwZuy4zz38Cu7RkIHzQqTtrvaoX7dpshaBn8rsA7BG21abitB7brNrnkoiGZSuqVIDIQoUHnl3KJIZKEfDl83rC5LqWqVD6pAj8joL8cDpX_YSLc9h3NQJsRUMjI/w640-h484/After+the+Rain_s.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"After the Rain"<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2eZTdYGiRxkYU1uu2zMOWgnG5yUqeNs8Tsvs36llI65cRKavjK_iKDEa8AeNrhvftQxz_VA2yHKq64-Nv9qVzvXqp8KTVQMqMoyHWqjrXuClYX1vgedAmbARLMGzs18-WpPJ9vCx_Wc/s1200/PedernelSummerMorning_s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="408" data-original-width="1200" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2eZTdYGiRxkYU1uu2zMOWgnG5yUqeNs8Tsvs36llI65cRKavjK_iKDEa8AeNrhvftQxz_VA2yHKq64-Nv9qVzvXqp8KTVQMqMoyHWqjrXuClYX1vgedAmbARLMGzs18-WpPJ9vCx_Wc/w640-h218/PedernelSummerMorning_s.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Pedernal Summer Morning"<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQf3qoaQZgoC_V6azNe6JaiqDvjBJ6VhECx2nrHaeDrfGmb4twZ7wWPJIEXjrHETm5lanFlqvsAdmLtom2NMNSGievG-_zNswHtUqf5cIP_tONzSANM8EYy3TTSaAs7Rm-UVlIWOahYU/s2048/2021MarksArtPoster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1878" data-original-width="2048" height="587" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQf3qoaQZgoC_V6azNe6JaiqDvjBJ6VhECx2nrHaeDrfGmb4twZ7wWPJIEXjrHETm5lanFlqvsAdmLtom2NMNSGievG-_zNswHtUqf5cIP_tONzSANM8EYy3TTSaAs7Rm-UVlIWOahYU/w640-h587/2021MarksArtPoster.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gallery open during office hours Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Sundays from 9:00 a.m. to noon. <span style="color: red;">Please wear a mask</span> while in the building. Our Montessori school children are not old enough to be vaccinated. Check upcoming blog posts for more featured artists.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04024004824495834635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019309630553004991.post-48539675421347178152021-09-12T13:12:00.001-06:002021-09-12T13:12:31.658-06:00New Show Opens<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjU9P_8PRfu0AhQQh3Eve814OYqbfgU6i_HFlrFn72aqNwZvwPlPRoZx1UBE0t4JZPo592A84Ul4DRD4bXrxxP0gM4KDNlTS1IKbUPuWG5cQd5ZHrMlcHZ85rOUwRLWmHn5I8IiGxm7l0/s2048/2021MarksArtPoster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1878" data-original-width="2048" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjU9P_8PRfu0AhQQh3Eve814OYqbfgU6i_HFlrFn72aqNwZvwPlPRoZx1UBE0t4JZPo592A84Ul4DRD4bXrxxP0gM4KDNlTS1IKbUPuWG5cQd5ZHrMlcHZ85rOUwRLWmHn5I8IiGxm7l0/w489-h448/2021MarksArtPoster.jpg" width="489" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you have been following my work, you might want to visit the Sacred Arts Gallery at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 431 Richmond NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Due to to Covid restrictions, there are limited hours and you will be required to wear a mask when you enter the church buildings. For the next several posts, I will feature some of the artists whose works are hanging along with mine. <br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><p></p>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04024004824495834635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019309630553004991.post-72689245761163415792021-01-22T10:41:00.000-07:002021-01-22T10:41:05.593-07:00The Light-A Portrait of Amanda Gorman<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hi. I have been busy playing with portraits and clearly not finding the time to blog, but thought I would take a moment to post a few photos of what I have been working on.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXU1TjGR_gBTtzzLPEYsT0IQHCwxpiJ-7iINkggKQlxU3xc8e1LACxegu07zM_B4jyqo_OW40aSYY1cjXjehM-aBOysEloD-duSMAntvQhBxD71u00Pnnog3enYrd0JtE7dQg34YZzArs/s2048/1B0B4645-8B07-41AF-988A-036549F77942.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXU1TjGR_gBTtzzLPEYsT0IQHCwxpiJ-7iINkggKQlxU3xc8e1LACxegu07zM_B4jyqo_OW40aSYY1cjXjehM-aBOysEloD-duSMAntvQhBxD71u00Pnnog3enYrd0JtE7dQg34YZzArs/s320/1B0B4645-8B07-41AF-988A-036549F77942.jpeg" /></a></span></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The first step is always the drawing, but I forgot to take a photo of that. In the second step, I lay out some of the shadows which establishes the structure of the face. Then I added the highlights in the pupils so that I would be able to get her expression correctly. Can anyone guess who this is? Not a lot of clues at this point....But maybe you can guess from the title of this post?<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL2-ommy3KH5TGhTAUyO_jxGZVdJvk2HNX791QRAO34JcyfWaWvmfeNLy-LCynMPHEkwPLNcW9CbCX3xdORfOAd1X_PD4lnTptyjViINcHZptt8Y7j-W33FUqYnu22pF_rCHxyYDwYO_c/s2048/IMG_7167.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL2-ommy3KH5TGhTAUyO_jxGZVdJvk2HNX791QRAO34JcyfWaWvmfeNLy-LCynMPHEkwPLNcW9CbCX3xdORfOAd1X_PD4lnTptyjViINcHZptt8Y7j-W33FUqYnu22pF_rCHxyYDwYO_c/s320/IMG_7167.JPG" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Blocking in the hair helps but the lips are making things much easier to identify.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENWr3KoFuV7sgUPadMT7tTMrkUIiY26q8KHkE5NJOtxb8YlAmbuGXPwMcChXKrfyNCTW-27Fo6Z4yayD7JMjJOStKaMPh86g2UfqrAuYEyRQ_tWnU4TsVkx4-rhyXXqjb535wL8AF1fo/s2048/IMG_7170.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1705" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENWr3KoFuV7sgUPadMT7tTMrkUIiY26q8KHkE5NJOtxb8YlAmbuGXPwMcChXKrfyNCTW-27Fo6Z4yayD7JMjJOStKaMPh86g2UfqrAuYEyRQ_tWnU4TsVkx4-rhyXXqjb535wL8AF1fo/s320/IMG_7170.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">A little more work on the eyes and more shadowing help bring a very glamorous poet laureate to life. This painting is based on a photo of Amanda taken for an article on Afro hair styles, so she is highly styled and made up. But a beautiful woman is gorgeous no matter what she wears if her spirit is lovely!<br /></span></span><p></p>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04024004824495834635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019309630553004991.post-44944193371417575912020-09-21T21:15:00.003-06:002020-09-21T21:15:57.455-06:00The Fight<p> <span style="font-family: verdana;">In Memory of Ruth B. Ginsburg.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8IFP5LqD7TvO2ibSbaf7IwQlCjMQq5jS3IVlApwTyb8nvASSjWhNlZ63EkkAIzy1JkuR7D45U0tSpIqdQR9SsQNcNXpHNcsgTGzJ0SqIXLCamWys2tkOuUS3saCQj3UcKkkOUcVuik1k/s2048/IMG_8224.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1531" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8IFP5LqD7TvO2ibSbaf7IwQlCjMQq5jS3IVlApwTyb8nvASSjWhNlZ63EkkAIzy1JkuR7D45U0tSpIqdQR9SsQNcNXpHNcsgTGzJ0SqIXLCamWys2tkOuUS3saCQj3UcKkkOUcVuik1k/w535-h400/IMG_8224.JPG" width="535" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><br /><p></p>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04024004824495834635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019309630553004991.post-70415099694137859132019-10-21T17:19:00.000-06:002019-10-21T17:19:08.164-06:00I Never Met a Costume I Didn't Love<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Except of course when little ones are dressed as these creatures and ring your doorbell on All Hallow's Eve! All my life, I have loved costumes in any shape or form, comfortable or not! So every year at Halloween, I am anxious to don one. My husband? Well... not so much! However, in our off the grid neighborhood with only about twenty families, we celebrate all together. This year we are hosting the party at our house, and I have gone a bit overboard with planning and playing. One of the things I decided to do was make prizes for costumes. I found lots of wonderful ideas on Pinterest and bought some of those skeleton garlands at the Dollar Store and little plastic trophies at Hobby Lobby. Here are the results:</span></span></span></div>
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Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04024004824495834635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019309630553004991.post-42132452090038834422019-09-03T15:24:00.000-06:002019-09-03T15:24:18.482-06:00Missing in Action!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Checking in with myself, I was shocked to see that I had not posted anything for months, eight of them to be exact. Any regular reader has long since given up! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Life has a way of speeding by while you are busy. What have I been up to in the last eight months? Well, continuing to mentor a group of watercolor artists, painting a lot of works myself, teaching Sunday School, enjoying the grandchildren on visits to their states, spending time on the river, rafting with my husband and family, doing some landscaping at our house, spending time with my fabulous group of friends, finally working again on my Hogwarts Castle, and of course planning and volunteering at Harry Potter camp and Vacation Bible School. You would think I had no time to write on my blog...</span></span></span><br />
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Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04024004824495834635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019309630553004991.post-67636897175899934402019-01-05T11:49:00.001-07:002019-01-05T11:49:02.704-07:00Was the Grinch Here?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> The church has eight tables to decorate in the Parish Hall, so I pulled out some of my silver plate to fill with the ornaments. There will be a tall candlestick, a small crown enclosed votive to represent one of the Wise Men, and each of the silver trays holds some stars to represent the star that guided the Wise Men to Bethlehem.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This little votive is not the right color for the light and dark blue cloths at the church. It was my practice piece.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Still working on the crowns for the votives. Need to go to town to purchase more glitter!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you are in the Albuquerque area, join us tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. for the Epiphany Service at St. Mark's Episcopal Church 431 Richmond NE with a Party after church. Children will search for the Baby Jesus, and everyone will enjoy King's Cakes with Mimosas for the adults and Sparkling Cider for the children and youth. Careful, if you get a piece of King's Cake with a small plastic baby, you will be crowned a King and need to make a toast!</span><br />
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Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04024004824495834635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019309630553004991.post-15691048576368131112018-05-12T11:36:00.000-06:002018-05-12T11:36:26.439-06:00Remembering my Mama's Voice<br />
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abrupt, truncated “Heather..” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Apparently
I took my mother’s constant urging to heart because I was a speedy child who
was in a hurry to go out to play, in a hurry to learn, in a hurry to grow up,
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almost impossible to ignore my mother’s voice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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but hardly ever empathetic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I know that
she was tender-hearted by her actions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She carefully prepared meals for her sick friends and even those she didn’t
like among her acquaintances, She took in my and my sister and brother's found strays, both animals and
people. She was always the first one to offer assistance in a crisis, but I
never heard her say, “I know just how you feel.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was impatient with the whole field of
psychiatry, which as a high school student, I found fascinating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She told me again and again, people who think
about all the bad things will be sad, but you can decide to be happy! She
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still hear, I re-read Mama’s journals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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friends had said, what had happened in the world, with absolutely no
commentary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I have come to the
conclusion that Mama was not introspective, or if she was, she was never comfortable
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the proper way to run a house, how children should behave, her role as a wife
and daughter-in-law, her duty as a Christian, and the best way to fight off
illness (usually based on completely erroneous beliefs about how the body
actually worked).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To this day, I cannot
abide the thought of liver and onions, which she dutifully served once a week
years after I was a healthy robust, pink cheeked child, because as she said,
“You were anemic as a baby.” END OF DISCUSSION.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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that all her children should and would go to college. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She always regretted that she had to turn down
a scholarship to college because her Dad had died and her Mama needed her to
help support her younger brothers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
was never any possibility that her children would not get the opportunity to
learn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All I wanted was to be an artist,
but as Mama said, “ College will make you a better artist, and it never hurts
to learn to type, so you can write your papers!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She paid for private typing lessons while my
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right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used the typing to earn money
to help pay for school after my own Daddy died my first year in college.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I did love school! And, of course, in this digital age, typing or rather "keyboarding" is an essential skill.</span></span></div>
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hysterical that I did not have a new outfit to start the school year, or had a
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">“It is as easy to love a rich
man as a poor man.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I clearly was
enamored of a flashy boy of few prospects.</span></span></div>
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they, like me, remember Mama with mixed feelings, awe at what I was able to do,
and compassion for the things I was not so good at doing?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will they tell stories about my strongly held
misconceptions and a laugh with joy at happy memories?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will they wish I had been a different kind of
mother?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will they learn from my sharp
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</style>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04024004824495834635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019309630553004991.post-76552696059364345062018-03-05T20:10:00.000-07:002018-03-05T20:10:30.530-07:00Back to the Beginning<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yikes, it is already March and I am just now beginning to plan for this summer's Harry Potter Camp. Last summer we had several very disappointed kids because the camp filled up well before July. This summer we will focus on The Sorcerer's Stone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Here is a link to the registration site if you have a young person in your life who loves Harry Potter and would like to spend six days immersed in magical classes at Hogwarts, heavily disguised as a muggle camp outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico. <a href="http://www.bishopsridge.org/camp-stoney">www.bishopsridge.org/camp-stoney</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To get into the spirit for camp, I have been working on Gryffindor Tower again. The masonry work (really styrofoam blocks) is almost finished and will be painted to look like stones. Since my last post, I have cut many little pieces of mahogany wood strips for a new floor for the common room which certainly improved the look of the room. (What <b>is it</b> about hardwood floors?) Soon all the little beds I made will come out of storage along with the other furnishings. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Awhile back, I signed up to get emails from Erika VanHorn, a miniature artist, whose work I greatly admire and became enchanted with this telescope she made as a special order for another Harry Potter enthusiast. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Can't you just see Dumbledore sitting here late at night gazing at the stars, when all the student's are long asleep? For more photos of Erika's fabulous tiny creations, visit <a href="http://evminiatures.blogspot.com/2018/03/dumbledores-telescope-and-other.html">here</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sadly the price is much higher than I usually spend on myself, so though she can make one for me, I am hesitating. I may have to be content with the little hanging armillary that I did order.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04024004824495834635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019309630553004991.post-8886814561570666252017-12-13T12:10:00.000-07:002017-12-13T12:36:57.071-07:00Not So Fond of Faux<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The convenience of faux foliage cannot be denied. It never dries out, turns brown or dies altogether and certainly we have come a long way from the ugly plastic flowers of my youth. HOWEVER...when it comes to Christmas, I like the God made decor! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Give me real tree even if the ones we cut on our property have holes and droopy branches that must be wired up to hold heavy ornaments.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Today I am working on transforming three ugly faux wreaths from Hobby Lobby bought for the second time three years ago. (That story at the end of this post!) I was looking for something that we could hang in the church on a huge blank wall in the sanctuary that would not be too heavy. They have to be hung sixteen feet in the air and we do not want to rent scaffolding to hang the wreaths. The solution was to buy faux plastic wreaths and add real greens to hide the not so real look of the green plastic. This considerably reduced the weight of an enormous (four and half feet across) wreath of real greens. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> The first year I made these for the church, I spent hours cutting pieces of wire to secure the greens to the faux wreath. The second year, in a light bulb moment, I used two of the individual faux stems to twist around the real greens. I twist one place on the base of the real steam and one at the top of the real stem to secure each of them. I cut real stems about 12 inches long. Be sure to work in the same direction hiding the new piece's cut stem under the top of the last cut stem. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now for the disaster story! No these did not fall on anyone's head thank you very much. However, I was late getting to church after Christmas when it was time to take these down. Our maintenance guy very helpfully did it for me and threw the wreaths (forms and all) into the dumpster. I had made three separate trips to Hobby Lobby to purchase these faux wreaths with 40% off coupons to reduce the price of $159.00 each. The dumpster had already been emptied by the time I got to the church. Do you blame me for driving around to try to find the garbage truck to retrieve them? No luck. I called the city to see if I could get them back and was told they would have been mashed beyond salvage as the truck was filled, and did I really want to dig through dirty diapers and rotten table scraps? NOT that they would allow me to do it anyway because of liability issues. So the next year, they had to be purchased again. LESSONS LEARNED... 1. Do it yourself to be sure. 2. If you cannot do it yourself, be very specific in instructions to helpers. 3. Never be late. (okay, I did not really learn the last one too well)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Today, I made a quick run to the nearest library to pick up The Velveteen Rabbit for use in my Sunday School Class tomorrow. I am reading it to <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">my Junior High <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">c</span>lass</span> and if you are really interested in why <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">add a comment below and I will explain.</span> Of course, the closest library to my house did not have a copy on the shelves so I had to go all the way into town to the next nearest to find it. Having been shut in all day during a snow storm, it felt good to to be out of the house and I also stopped into Home Goods. While in Home Goods, choosing small Easter Gifts for my five grandchildren, my phone rang. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As I browsed, I was talking with my friend Julie who asked if I was still doing Harry Potter Camp because her grandson was now old enough to go. I must have been enthusing loudly because another shopper, asked me about Harry Potter Camp. Over the darling bunny plates, I shared a few things with her about it. Turns out she is a huge fan of Harry Potter, herself, and might join us for an evening of fun volunteering. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Which reminded me to share the above flyer in case you have a special child in your life who would love to spend a week in the magical world of Harry Potter. But hurry, we have <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a limited number of space<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s, and those are going fast<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> because of an incredibly low registration fee. (<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hmm, I am sounding like one of those ads for wrinkle cream I kept getting in my email!)</span></span> Once you are at the site, look down to the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">bottom right for a tiny little button marked registration and cllck on it for the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">registration form.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Click on the tab at the top of th<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">is</span> blog, titled "Harry Potter Camp" to see more, and imagine yourself using a port key to travel to <a href="https://secure-q.net/EventQ/Event/Info?OrgID=BishopsRidge&EventID=3277">Camp Stoney</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My friend Dian<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">e and I have been having lots of fun planning<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> activities for the Maze Challenge in the Tri-Wizard Tournament. I especially like this idea, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">created</span> by <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://mymodernmet.com/harry-potter-diy-pensieve/">Matt Brocone</a></span> for his new bride...</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Wand has a magnet in order to p<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ick up each of the little vi<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">als which also have a magnet. Matt's Pensieve has <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">memories of all the wonderful times he and his bride shared<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> while courting.</span> In our version, we are using plastic test<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> tubes holding a Bible verse about courage<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">which the children will draw out as they enter the maze. Before, they go in, the<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">y will write down a m<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">emory of </span>what they have most feared<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> and place them in the test tube<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">L</span>ater these will be burned at the ending Eucharist<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> to remind us all that we can trust God with our fears.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>And yes, I glued a lot of little magnets on plastic test tubes yesterday! And yes, there will be enough for the staff and volunteers to have one! </span></span> </span>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04024004824495834635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019309630553004991.post-33734086136204391422017-03-23T11:07:00.003-06:002017-03-23T11:07:49.260-06:00Storing Memories in the Miniature World of Harry Potter<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For several years, I have been thinking about how to create this in miniature...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As you might guess, I spend a lot of time online looking at miniatures and I came across this little cabinet...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> which I thought I might be able to transfigure into something a bit more elaborate. First it needed to be gilded. And then I began to add some ornate elements made out of sculpey and beads.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The brooms and chocolate frogs will all be baked together. The chocolate frogs are a much larger scale sized for an American Girl doll.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I could not get the sculpey to form a sharp point, so added beads to cap the arches.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beginning to look like the inspiration photo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Shopping for little glass <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">via<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ls</span></span> to hold the memories made me wonder why I ever thought Dumbledore's office even needed this cabinet! $6.00 to $8.00 dollars apiece stymied me for awhile. Then, when I was cleaning out a drawer, I discovered a small package of replacement bulbs for a vintage set of Christmas lights...long ago thrown away. Prying the bulbs out of their ugly green plastic holders and gluing them into silver beads made a pretty convincing little glass container. Sadly, I neglected to determine that all the shelves in my cabinet were the same size and the top shelf was too short to hold these. Thank goodness the glue was not yet set up and I pulled the bulbs back out and went in search of shorter beads. No shorter beads but I did find some silver grommets that were just the right size.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I left the taller beads on the bottom <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">vials</span> since the wood part of the cabinet ma<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d</span>e raising the height of those important in order to be see with the doors closed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Altogether this was much easier than building the cabinet from scratch, and although not exactly a replica, I bet none of the children at Harry Potter camp this summer will know the difference! Although some <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">obsessed Harry Potter fans might<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">...</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If any of you have an old set of Christmas tree lights (clear white) that you are planning to replace with LED's, I <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">would love to have many more memory vials since the original cabinet <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">had hundreds of vials. My cabinet could hold 12 per shelf<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> and I only have 9. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Indeed I did. Every summer for the past ten years, I have helped to organize and run a week long fantasy camp at Camp Stoney. This year it will be during the Fourth of July wee</span></span></span>k<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. Camp Stoney is just a bit east of Santa Fe<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, New Mexico. It is for children from grades three through eight. For more information visit <a href="http://www.bishopsridge.org/camp-stoney.html">http://www.bishopsridge.org/camp-stoney.html</a></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is a Christian camp which includes worship and Bible study each day along with the magical world of <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Harry Potter re-created in prop<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s, plays, crafts, Quidditch, classes on<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> potions<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, wand practice, care of magical creatures, divination (<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">nd yes</span></span>, we talk about how only God really knows the fu<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ture),</span> astronomy, herbology, and runes. The staff all wear costumes and play the parts of professors and p<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">refects. </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One summer a younger camper came up to me at the end of the week and said, "Professor McGonagle, the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">lady they got to play you in the movie doesn't look a thing like you!" Somewhat taken aback it took me a moment to respond, "Honey, you know that we have just been pre<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">tending this week? I am not REALLY Professor McGonagle.</span></span></span></span></span></span>" If only I could have stored all the m<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">emories of Camp Stoney more efficiently than just a few photos and my somewhat limited recall from <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">weeks packed <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">so full of fun and friendship.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04024004824495834635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019309630553004991.post-14555185707285541152017-03-21T10:18:00.000-06:002017-03-21T10:18:45.359-06:00Gryffindor Great Room Update<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In my last post, I showed </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">photos of the Great Room in it's beginning stages and then began to work on the fireplace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> First I had to coat the fireplace with a primer paint developed for plastic, which I purchased at a hobby shop specializing in car and train models. Now other paints and glues will stick to the plastic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted to add the Gryffindor crest to the mantel, so captured an image of it from the internet and resized it. Then began to build it up with sculpey to make it three dimensional.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I was surprised to find that the sculpey stuck pretty well to the paper after it was baked. I just had to glue a few pieces back on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even with the crest, I thought the large expanse of the fireplace could use a little breaking up, so made a bit more decoration for it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also added a stone back wall and now need to go outside and gather some wood to build a fire! I think a fire grate made from silver dragon charms or maybe gargoyles would be just the right touch, so will be searching for something the right scale next time I am in town. Oh, and I need to glue some of the marbles (really seed beads) from the box onto the Parcheesi board.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How many of you noticed that the crest is crooked? I glued it on and went to bed. It was straight when I put it on, but did not realize that my glue would not dry quickly and that weight and gravity would make it move. Now it is firmly attached. Wonder how much it will irritate me? And do I want to craft a whole new crest, because I am pretty sure will not survive being pried off? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04024004824495834635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019309630553004991.post-59072963494756722122017-03-17T09:46:00.000-06:002017-03-17T09:46:30.252-06:00WHAT is wrong with this picture of the Gryffindor Great Room?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Usually when I begin a miniature build, I put furniture and accessories into the space so I can visualize the end result... and magic happens. In this case, the magic is missing. "Why?", I kept wondering. And finally it hit me. Everything looks too new! Of course the raw plastic fireplace dominates the photo and screams to be coated with plaster and soot, but every thing else, except the study table to the left, looks as though there was never a messy teen aged witch or wizard anywhere close, so now I must figure out a way to distress the furniture. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Some
time ago, I read in a miniature blog about using a nail file on
upholstery to make it look worn. I tried to find that blog again to see
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on my Pinterest <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/waterworks/">boards</a>. Some spots on the oriental rug would be good as well? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I began with the portrait of a young Professor McGonagle, since I was too busy yesterday with birthday celebrations to take on anything difficult.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> This little frame was ordered from Minimum World Ltd in England, along with several others, because of its ornate details, which you need sunglasses to see<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> because it is so</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">v</span>ery, very shiny! So I got out my black acrylic paint to dampen down the shine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Better, but I think I still need to add a few white specs to represent the chips that must happen to all ornate gold frames over the years. This frame is plastic, so I need to make a trip to a hobby shop and pick up some paint that will stick better than acrylic. The green color is reflected from an <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Arches watercolor pad I was using to block some of the sunlight so <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">there was not so much glare on the glass. I like that color and may try to add it as well.</span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I will also use those paints to distress the very bright and shiny light fixtures which will be installed once the walls and ceilings are finished. I choose to purchase battery operated Led light fixtures because then wires do not have to be hidden. As yet, there is not a huge selection of these, so I will modify what I could find. I love the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">shapes of them, just not the finish, except for the co<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">pper ones which could be used just a they are, but I intend to add a <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">wash</span> of <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">verdigri<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">s </span></span> to patina them.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">They came very well packaged, unlike the beds for the girls dormitory that needed some re-gluing after traveling from China in very flimsy boxes. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This little quilt is the practice quilt that my friend Rhoda made to check for size. It will be replaced with one that more closely matches the Gryffindor colors. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am hoping that when my friend Jo Anne returns from her trip rafting the Grand Canyon, she will knit some tiny little house scarves to add to the scene, and of course there must be plates of half eaten food here and there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I ordered some cunning little plastic takeout containers that actually close better than full-sized ones, but somehow, I don't think they will feel at home in Hogwarts, and the house elves would be horrified<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">! So I will fill them with Scul<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">pey food and use them in the planned artist studio, the only 'thought about<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">" <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">adobe dollhouse, </span></span>and make some for my granddaughter's dollhouses.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Professor Sprout is now dressed and ready to be installed in the Miniature Greenhouse I created several years ago. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sprout is one of the four dolls that I made out of sculpey. Her legs and arms can be positioned at the hip and shoulders, but I wish that I had jointed them at the elbows as well. I am learning as I go! All she needs is some darker eyebrows and the little tatted collar that is being created by a friend, Donna. My friend, Barb, who is a wonderful creative quilter, helped to finish the dress after I made a mess of it. She carefully removed the sleeves, trimmed them and then appliqued them back onto the dress, showing me how to use fray check to keep the fabric from coming apart, and a glue stick to hold things in place while sewing since God did not see fit to gift us with four or five hands! Using some of these techniques, it was much easier to dress Professor Snape. Here is Professor Snape almost naked. I sculpted him anatomically correct, but since some of my Sunday School class will be seeing this blog, I have added a modesty piece of fabric for this photo. You will notice his arms are missing. That is because it is much easier to dress a doll without the arms and then slide the arms up into the sleeve and over the wires. Either the sleeves are tight enough after the wrists are sewn together to keep them in place or if the sleeves are loose, you can get a syringe up inside to glue the sculpey arms to the wires. I have not yet baked Snapes arms, and I have decided to joint them at the elbows with wire to that I can position them more realistically.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">His pants will go on first, and then these leather pieces will be glued over to the pants and feet to make the boots. The soles are made of black Sculpey. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Here you can see the boots, pa<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">nts, vest, and clock. His collar is made from a small white ribbon<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> glued around his neck.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Now we add his hair. I had so<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">me very black <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">straight doll hair, but it was hard to work with and looked a bit harsh, so (shh, don't tell) I cut a chunk from my own hair to wig Snape. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04024004824495834635noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019309630553004991.post-79791275683402804082017-02-26T00:38:00.000-07:002017-02-26T00:47:41.463-07:00A Nasty, Horrible, No-Good Day!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yesterday</span> the wind <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">was</span> howling around the corners of our house, the pinion trees <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">were</span> dancing in a St. Vitus frenzy and the cat refuse<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d</span> to go out. Above it all the Sandia mountains loomed in their majestic way as though to say, "this too will pass." Something like what Ruth Bader Ginsburg said, "</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A great man once said that the true symbol of the United States is not
the bald eagle; it is the pendulum, and when the pendulum swings too far
in one direction, it will go back." She went on to say that there have been bad times throughout out history, but there<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> are</span> always reason to hope. I am hoping for better times in our country and less wind on the mountainside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> I had planned to work in the yard, trimming away the winter wizened branches and foliage of last summer's glory, but instead <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">began</span> planning my next miniature project. For an upcoming "Small Works" show at St. Mark's, I plan to make a miniature cooperative art studio. I think a sculpture, a painter and a potter will share this space. The potter will be isolated with a french door from the larger open space to keep the clay dust down! I am imagining large, faux steel and glass sky lights and brick walls. There will be a sleeping loft for that bad boy painter who has been thrown out by his wife. Are you seeing it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have been collecting images of studios for inspiration and making little tiny things to go into it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here are two different sizes of masking tape for the painter and a little square which I mocked up in paper for size, but will be made of wood. On order is a cunning little miter box so the painter can construct his own frames...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And just to challenge my newly acquired skills with a slightly large miter box, I plan to try to duplicate this little potters wheel...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Well, so much for dreaming! Here are some updates I made to Hogwarts Castle<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> over the last year, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">during the time</span> I took a lengthy sabbatical from blogging.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Stonework has been added to the exterior. There is a new window in the Great Hall<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> and the </span>Potions Lab and the Chamber of Secrets are now in the dungeons beneath the Great Hall. I purchased some wonderful dolls<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, furn<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">iture and accessories from a collector who was downsizing to add to the Castle which prompted the construction of:</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The matching sofa<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, chair and ottoman</span>, I purchased at an anti<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">que stor<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">e on Central in Albuquerque<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> along with many other little pieces for $20.</span> The little re<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d tables <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">are</span> from the<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Dollar Store. They are pretty rough and need a lot of sanding before you can paint or stain them, but by far the cheapest <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">do<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">llhouse table you will find anywhere. </span></span> You will see more of them in the boys and girls dorm rooms in Gr<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">y</span>ffindor Tower. My sister<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, Rosalind, made the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rug f<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rom a kit. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was so inspired by Hagrid, Professor Flitwick, Hermoine, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Draco</span> (incorrectly identified by the seller as Ron) and the two little witches now <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">running Honeydukes<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> that were part of my big purchase</span></span> that I have now tried my hand at doll making. I really enjoyed sculpting the dolls, but cannot say the same for sewing the little tiny robes. I am not a great seamstress to begin with, and sewing on a 1/12" scale is tedious and frustrating! Even worse is trying to make wigs that look <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">somewhat</span> close to real.<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Back to <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">U-Tube to watch those tutorials again!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Madeye Moody in the tan pants was the closest to being finished except for his hair. However, Sati, our mean little cat has made off with his head. She thinks she is the queen, but I wasn't aware she <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">was channeling</span> the Red Queen. One leg of Snape's trousers is cut out and modestly draped over him, as <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">he, and all the dolls are anatomically correct. Professor Sprout needs gray hair, which I do not yet have, so will have to see if any of my friends will donate some at their next haircut. Planning to use my own hair for Snape and doll <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">hair for Trelawney since her hair is so wild. Lots to do still. Be aware, if you make your own <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">min<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">iature dolls that you <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">should not attach the arms until the clothes are on if you want to avoid breaking something. Madeye's arm will need some <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Skelegrow<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> as I <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ill-advisedly sculpted him all in one piece<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. A special thanks to my friend<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, Vicki for providing the velvet<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, silk</span> and leather<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> scraps</span> I have been using. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Months ago, I began to create a Chamber of Secrets to go into the dungeons at my Miniature Hogwarts. A busy spring and summer meant I never posted photos of it. Here is how I went about creating the Chamber in 1/12" scale.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">First I made a screen shot of a photo of the scary face from which the basilisk emerges.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Then I scaled it to fit my back wall and began to build the face on it with Sculpey...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This kept everything to scale. You can see where I ran out of gray clay and switched to brown. Not to worry, everything will be painted after baking the Sculpey. You can't tell in this photo, but there is a sheet of parchment paper over the photo so that I can bake the head separately. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Under the brow there is some crumpled tin foil so that I did not have to use an enormous amount of clay and it would bake more quickly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Checking scale with my little Harry Potter doll.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Painted the floor blue then installed the walkways.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And the pool in front of the face.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Hmmm, the arch blocks the view of the face. Will need to cut the top off and move it up! Notice the not yet painted snake heads in the water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Arch fixed so that there is a better view. The lighting is provided by little LED fairy lights run along the floor. The battery pack is hidden just to the right of the Chamber's door, which I still have not finished. Struggling with the foam core holding the weight of the Sculpey carved snake hinges.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Keep forgetting that I have not painted t<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">he snakes in the water. Should I make that very scary Basilisk from the mov<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ie?</span></span></span>
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Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04024004824495834635noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9019309630553004991.post-86654666616121935762016-08-25T22:26:00.002-06:002016-08-25T22:26:54.375-06:00Hidden Treasures on Route 66<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For years, my husband and I have driven through Flagstaff, Arizona on our way to rafting the Colorado river through the Grand Canyon. Always leaving late (due to never learning that it takes days of preparation, <b>not just one</b> to get ready for a month long rafting trip) and rushing back for either work or other obligations, we breezed by a sign east of Flagstaff marked "<a href="https://www.nps.gov/waca/index.htm">Walnut Canyon National Monument." </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This August, however, when my daught<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">er and </span>I w<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ere</span> looking for ways to break a long road trip with my two seven year old granddaughters into more <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">manageable <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">chunks of dri<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ving times<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, I remember<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ed my friend Cheryl talking about a wonderful archeological site just east of Fl<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">agstaff<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, Arizona.</span> What a <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">great place! If you are anywhere near, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">you</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">should</span> take the time to stop. A short (<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ten</span> minutes<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">) drive off the freeway brings you to a modest building which serves as the visitor's center and does not give you a clue from the outside <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">bout</span></span> the delights you will find as you hike down into the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">precipitous</span> ca<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">nyon. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not to worry though, you hike a grandmother<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">-</span>friendly trail (as long as you can manage man<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">y<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, many, many ste<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ps with rails which keep you from pitching into a death spiral<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> We spent a lot of time at the signs because the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">twins like to read everything for themselves.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> You are allowed to go into <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">what remains of the rooms<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, but not to <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">step or put your hands on the wal<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ls. I had to bite my tongue and remind myself I was no longer a <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">school teacher or a par<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">k ranger as some visitors apparently could not read the signs.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Proud that my grandchildren followed all the rules.</span> </div>
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At the end of the trail, we had circled around an island of homes on a <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">pin<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">nacle of rock in the middle of the canyon and faced the daunting ar<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ray of <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">switched ba<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">c<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">k </span></span></span></span>staircases back up and out of the canyon, very glad indeed that it was a cool rainy Arizona day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> A welcome bench about 2/3<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">'s of the way up.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yes, that is the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">path from which we came <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">over my left sho<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ulder...<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">barely visi<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ble!</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Review: Interesting, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">wonderful signage, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">fairly</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">accessible for young and the no longer young with bad knees</span>, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">breathtaking views,<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> and very friendly and <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">well informed rangers. My grand<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">daughters who visit all bathrooms gave them an A+.</span> </span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span>Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04024004824495834635noreply@blogger.com0