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Romance with Glass

 

I developed recently a fascination with painting pictures of glass items.  The reflections created by objects surrounding it and the beautiful patterns formed are fascinating. This is a still life I started painting this weekend with some of my antique pieces, it will be called “Romance with Glass”. 

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The Watch

 

New Pattern Packet available at Tolebrush.com

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 The Watch – Colored Pencils

New Pattern Packet available at Tolebrush.com

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After the Rain – Colored Pencils

Product recommended by another pencil artist

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X-ACTO SharpX Portable Battery Pencil Sharpener,

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DVD Pre Order

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New products added to my website: www.Tolebrush.com. The Rose Fragrance DVD is in production and will be released this fall. It is available for pre order with a 20% discount from list price. Orders received this week will be processed on July 22nd when I return from Artist Expo.

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Ampersand Art Supply Interview

I want to share with you my very own first interview. 😀

Please visit:

http://ampersandartsupply.blogspot.com/2013/06/featured-artist-nilda-rosa-rodriguez.html

If you use Facebook, please visit Ampersand Facebook page and like the post.

https://www.facebook.com/ampersandfans?ref=ts&fref=ts

 

Colored Pencils Tip:

These are two of my new designs were I painted soft washes of acrylic over the leaves in the background after these were painted with colored pencils.

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Japanese Iris

 

 

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Japanese Iris

Multimedia – Acrylics, Watersoluble Pencils and Dry Pencils

Introduction

I like to experiment with new products and to share the results of my analysis with  subscribers and students.  On this piece I was trying water soluble pencils underneath Prismacolor Premier pencils.

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Online Class Video Clip

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A New Beginning Online Class

 

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Spring is here and so is my first online video class!

Purchase Here

This course will be held online on this website and will include in the price the following:

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The Planning Process

 

Catalog is now available online.
I received several emails asking
if my classes included the colored pencils.

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Prismacolor Premier

Why do I prefer Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils?
Students often ask which brand of pencils I prefer, and I always answer Prismacolor Premier wax based colored pencils. Prismacolor pencils are rich in pigment, great for layering and blending, and they are translucent and opaque at the same time.

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Society of Decorative Painters

Colored Pencils Tip – Have you tried the Romantic Rose project featured in The Decorative Painter issue #4 2012? The piece was painted using the product Gamsol.

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