, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. Let me tell you a tale about two different Christmases. Each Christmas happened this year and each is very special in its own way. Allow me to explain. This weekend,…
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IceCave_2841, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. It’s raining today in River City, making it a bit harder for Santa to get down our chimney pipes, but at least we don’t have bitter cold and snow for…
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IceFormStriped_2756, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. Mistakes happen and today was no exception. For me, today was, “fix my mistakes” day in the studio. Allow me to explain. Encaustics, you see, are a bit tricky to…
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JaggedIceWalls_2365, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. I’m sorry to keep posting these shots of ice, I’m sure you must be bored with them by now, but I just love the shapes and colors these frozen landscapes…
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Earthen Sunset, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. I’m thinking now for these…for this series of encaustic panels…to call them Earthen/Dusk. What do you think Internets? You like? Really having a hard time coming up with a…
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InteriorView_0098, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. Sometimes, when you make art, you have to just “go for it.” Actually, I hear this a lot, but I’m not fully convinced it’s 100% true all of the time.…
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DowntownBuilding_0024, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. Studio day today. Wasn’t much to brag about but wasn’t completely horrible either. Got one large new piece finished, started with the oil sticks on another (really like how this…
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MapleGlory_1652, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. It’s autumn now in Austin. We’ve had a lot of rain and storms recently so I have been reluctant to post as much. I don’t like to use my computer…
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IcePoint_2875, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. One of the things I love about location photography is that you are able to immerse yourself in your work. When I’m at a place like this, for example, I…
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Speckled Sunset, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. Studio day today-finished one large piece and got a head start on another. Not sure I quite like number 2 so I might scrape it down. Something tells me…
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IceWalls_2371, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. Tonight, it’s time for the International Encaustic Artists (IEA) Texas Wax annual holiday party. The party is going to be held at Pigoata Studios North, on Pond Springs Road starting…
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RollsHoodieFacingRight, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. Today’s topic for discussion is depth perception. How do we emulate depth in flat work? How do we make photos seem to jump off the page or paintings really have…
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MountainSide_4164, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. I recommend showing and sharing your work on the Internet as much as possible. It’s a great way for an artist to really grow, get feedback, and develop over time.…
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, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. It’s been a while since I’ve posted some tips for bloggers, so I thought today might be a good day to do some of that. A lot of my tips…
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RedPillow_4998, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. Those of you who pop in here all the time have probably grown used to me starting off my day with some very serious rant about framing or model releases…
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CafeDuMondeWaitress_3240, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. In case you have not heard the news, it’s raining in Austin. Now, this is newsworthy for a couple of reasons. For starters, Austin and Texas in general have been…
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EleganceNo1, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. Today’s theme is graceful. Being graceful means a lot to a photographer. Not everybody can be graceful, although most of us, it would appear, get better with practice. The dictionary…
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MarcoPoloFurnace_5332, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. Today’s topic of discussion is about revisiting work. This image was actually shot in 2005, about this time of year in fact. I believe it was November of 2005 when…
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, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. Today, I’m very tempted to slap up a post entitled “I Won! I Won!” on account of the fact that this marks my 30th National Blog Posting Month post. And,…
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TwoBirds, originally uploaded by carolsLittleWorld. Yesterday, I was speaking with a friend about the state of the economy and the art world. This down economy can actually be helpful to some artists. For those willing…
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