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Memories of Cotton-Picking Kansas

In an attempt to minimize clutter in my art studio and going through things as one does, I ran across a black box today. I vaguely recalled putting the items in the box so that “someday I could write...

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2020 is not going like we planned, huh?

So, what can I say about 2020 that someone else hasn’t said already, and probably better than I ever could? First, let me catch up on things around here. Fortunately, no one is ill or out of work, of...

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Personal Challenges

Setting Personal Art Challenges         There is a meme going around social media that the “most useless purchase of 2019: a 2020 planner.” Nothing feels as certain these days as they did even just a...

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My Five Favorite Art Studio Items 2020

My current five favorite items currently in my art studio. With the recent Covid-19 and living in a rural area with limited resources for supplies, I became acutely aware of what I had on hand. The...

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Studio Update

Since mid-March, things for everyone have been a bit “different.” I hope everyone is doing well and staying safe! <3 The October 2020 update is that our website is now integrated with the ETSY shop....

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2020

There will be those that will say not to get personal on an art business page. But if art is anything, it is personal. People agree that 2020 is a dumpster fire. So I felt it essential I write down my...

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Official Pivot for 2021, & Bye, Bye, 2020!!

2020 is finally in the rearview mirror and we can focus on 2021. For me, that means pivoting my focus from visual art to writing. The post Official Pivot for 2021, & Bye, Bye, 2020!! appeared first...

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Live Writing Productivity Sprints

What’s up 2021! OK, not the most original introduction to a blog post. But, there ya go. Let’s all pretend that it a “normal” January in the U.S. I won’t mention what Wed is this week. But let’s just...

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Book Release Summer 2021

If you want to be the first to hear more about the book “Drawing The Human Head And Features”, sign up here. I have been working on this book off and on for a long while. As in years! But I am...

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Facebook Live Streams Have Moved

Our Live Sprinting Streams Have Moved! Instead of showing up on my personal page as before, they are now on the Diane Dobson Barton Artist Writer FB Page Join us for a timed sprint to make progress on...

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