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Main at Night at Turnmeyer Galleries

Posted in art class, daily painter, Landscape, Paint Party, Small Town Life, tagged Main Street at Night, Turnmeyer Galleries on January 31, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Turnmeyer Jan We painted one of our most challenging images last night at Turnmeyer Galleries from one of Scott Turnmeyer’s beautiful photos. And everyone stepped up to the challenge and did fabulous work! Very nice ladies!!! Now on to the Gazebo painting in February. Click here to register for it.

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Kids Fruit Still Life

Posted in art class, daily painter, Still Life, tagged Blueberry, fruit, orange, strawberry on January 30, 2020| Leave a Comment »

The kids painted beautiful Still Life of fruit yesterday. Lovely work!

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Painting Like Cezanne

Posted in art class, Flowers, tagged Cezanne, Famous Painters, floral on January 29, 2020| Leave a Comment »

We had a small, brave group painting like Cezanne last night. While these look difficult they really are just a little more challenging….and we always learn so much when we push ourselves to do these famous paintings. Great work everyone! Just beautiful.

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Happy Birthday Mama

Posted in Serendipity on January 28, 2020| Leave a Comment »

Mama 2 Thinking of my mom today…this would have been her 78th Birthday. I miss her everyday.

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Making Vases

Posted in art class, Sculpture, The Studio/Classes, tagged pottery, Vases on January 26, 2020| Leave a Comment »

We made amazing vases last yesterday at The Studio under the expert direction of Denise Kupiszewski from The Mud Peddler Studio in Shepherdstown. Everyone was so creative and they all turned out terrific. Can’t wait to see them glazed!

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New Spring Landscape

Posted in daily painter, Landscape, Paint Party, tagged Spring Landscape, SPring Tree on January 25, 2020| Leave a Comment »

It’s still cold outside but we are planning for Spring painting. Plan to join us for a Spring Landscape on Saturday, March 7th at 2 pm. It will be a great way to kick off the season. Click here to register and for more information. Invite a friend and join in the fun.

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Impossible Coconut Pie

Posted in daily painter, Recipes, tagged coconut pie, impossible pie, pie on January 24, 2020| Leave a Comment »

From time to time I get the urge to bake. Recently I was craving coconut and my favorite coconut pie is also the easiest to make. I’ve had this “Impossible Coconut Pie” recipe for years and don’t even remember where I first got it. But it is easy…and so delicious. Give it a try. (The photo above is how it look before it goes into the oven and the photo below is how it looks after it’s done.)