Category: Creativity
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Adan’s Fine Art America Images # 7 – The Seine And Quay Beside Notre Dame, Autumn (Paris), Photography circa 2012
From archival prints to yoga mats and coffee mugs, see it all here – https://felipeadan-lerma.pixels.com/featured/the-seine-and-quay-beside-notre-dame-autumn-felipe-adan-lerma.html
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Adan’s Fine Art America Images # 6 – A Spray of Wild Onions, Photography circa 2001
From archival prints to yoga mats and coffee mugs, see it all here – https://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-spray-of-wild-onions-felipe-adan-lerma.html
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Adan’s Fine Art America Images # 5 – Place Saint Michel Paris, Photography circa 2012
From archival prints to yoga mats and coffee mugs, see it all here – https://felipeadan-lerma.pixels.com/featured/place-saint-michel-felipe-adan-lerma.html .
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2nd Progress Update Working with Golden Absorbent Ground and Fineline Masking Fluid, on Violet Blooms 02.11.20
“Over all I feel my realizations and near misses, design-wise, outweigh my mistakes and the very real possibility this will become a “conversation learning-piece” work vs anything I can call finished and available for sale. I’m hoping I’m wrong about that last part, and find a way to finish it 😊 Very briefly, these are…
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Adan’s Product Reviews on Amazon – Spectrafix Non-Toxic Fixative Spray for Watercolor (Flowering at Dawn)
“I’ve been experimenting with absorbent ground on 6×6 inch canvases lately and this is probably #6 or 7 in the batch. Brush on isolation layers worked on all the previous pictures til I reached the first one with gouache, ruined it! So, if I was to continue to be able to do pieces like this…
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Sold! Bird’s Eye View! My 1st 6×6 Absorbent Ground Watercolor Acrylic!
News of my 1st watercolor 6×6’s successful delivery to my buyer in Florida was my highlight for a very busy day of painting (very briefly), going to the Old Bakery (getting an offer), and having the youngest girl and the grandson Max coming by ❤️
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Adan’s Product Reviews on Amazon – Watercolour Flower Painting Workshop (Collins Painting Workshop) by Hazel Soan (Book, Paper Edition)
“Just beginning to use watercolors, and having seen Hazel Soan’s watercolor video on Prime Video, I knew I wanted one of her books. Though an older work, 1999 I believe, the information and images are timeless. The images themselves are stunning, stopped my wife in her tracks when I was browsing through the book 😊”
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Progress Update Working with Golden Absorbent Ground and Fineline Masking Fluid, on The First Snow 01.25.20
“Later, once the piece is done, the gloss isolation layer and matte varnish will have to protect paint and masking fluid. The glossy isolation layer preserves the colors, and the clear matte varnish protects against dust etc, but restores the surface feel and matte finish of the completed work – as I found out via…
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Progress Update Working with Golden Absorbent Ground and Fineline Masking Fluid, on Violet Blooms 01.24.20
“Turns out this method (for me) is also not 100% foolproof, at least in regard to getting the right areas masked, etc. But I really think this is more to do with a learning curve, both in regard to watercolor choices in general, and using masking fluid for and with those choices.”
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7 Expert Tricks To Improve Your Author Newsletter | David Gaughran
“There is so much more you can do with author newsletter these days beyond simply telling your fans that you have a new book.”
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On the Way to the Cantina by Tiffany Arp Daleo 😊
“She often writes that she paints intuitively, from the heart, finding any suggestion of image within her process itself, an amazing feat I “sometimes” feel I pull off 😏 ”
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In the Egg # 2 by Francisco Bravo Cabrera
Francisco is an exceptionally prolific artist, with work that ranges from lush to whimsical or elegant.
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Foggy Monday, Foggy Week (they say 😊) – Time For Art & a Movie! 01.14.20
“Hi everyone! All the Austin weather folk have us boxed in with fog. Good thing Sheila & I took advantage of this past weekend’s unbelievably nice weather 😊 But the change in weather hasn’t slowed us down much, lol!”
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Adan’s Product Reviews on Amazon – Woolley’s Watercolour Episode 9 Line & Wash – The Perfect Combination, with Peter Woolley (Amazon Prime)
“What I particularly liked about Peter’s presentation of creating with line and and wash in watercolor (beyond finding out the basics to begin with) is how he presented the exploration of the topic to the me, the viewer.”
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Catching Up the Weekend 01.12.20
“Hi everyone, just a quick note. Haven’t been able to post this weekend like I’d like ‘cause, well, simply put, I had to choose between posting and being able to take advantage of a rare beauty of a weekend here in Austin with family and art projects 😊 ”
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My Most Recently Uploaded Image Onto Fine Art America, Birds Eye View 6×6 Acrylic Watercolor #1 😊
“In effect I chose to experiment with what still seems an incredible new world of opportunity for me, over trying to force the developing image into what I thought I wanted to begin with – before I saw what was possible.”
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My Yesterday in Pictures for, Jan 06, 2020 – Applying Liquid Masking on Absorbent Ground 👨🎤
My Yesterday in Pictures – Jan 06, 2020 – 1st try using liquid masking on absorbent ground! Step 1.
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My Day Ahead – Jan 06, 2020 SilverSneakers Stability Class 🏃♀️ Groceries 🍎 Art 🎨
My daily updates on goings on in my life re family, fitness, the arts, and blogging 😊 today: SilverSneakers / Acrylic washes on paintings
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Adan’s Product Reviews on Amazon – Learn Watercolour Quickly with Hazel Soan (Amazon Prime)
“This is one of those rare instructional works that gave me the sensation of wanting to savor it, lol! Delicious in the colors and nuances of creating art!”
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My Yesterday in Pictures for, Jan 01 – 03 2020 😊 Art, the Old Bakery & Emporium, and Grandchildren 💕
My Yesterday in Pictures – Jan 01-03, 2020 😊 Art, the Old Bakery & Emporium, Grandchild & I learning about tracing/transfer paper 😂
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My Yesterday in Pictures for, Dec 23, 24 & 25, 2019 – Art & Food Into Christmas 💕 😊
My Yesterday in Pictures – Dec 23, 24 & 25 2019 😊 Art & Food into Christmas Day ❤️
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My Yesterday in Pictures for, Dec 21 & 22, 2019 – Prepping to Paint w/Photos, Notans & Washes 😊
My Yesterday in Pictures – Dec 21 & 22, 2019 😊 Notan, Golden Absorbent Ground, Acrylic Washes
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My Yesterday in Pictures for, Dec 19 & 20, 2019 – SilverSneakers Yoga, Blue Hole Park Wimberley Texas, Golden Absorbent Ground Acrylic 💕
My Yesterday in Pictures – Dec 19 & 20, 2019 😊 SilverSneakers Yoga, Blue Hole Regional Park Wimberley Texas, Golden Absorbent Ground
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Think About This – Random Quotes – @muz4now (Stan Stewart)
“Literally some quotes on thought-provoking images. Seriously.”
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Pursuit of Perfection in the Arts by David J. Rogers
“The virtuoso performance is the single most exciting and popular feature not only of drama but of any art, and the most thrilling feature of a virtuoso performance is not the possibility that the artist may fail. Rather, it is the spectacle of succeeding in an extraordinary way…”
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Delivering Art From Two Decades to two Creative Arts Society shows – Cypress Grill & Urban Hair 👩🎤 👩🎨 👨🎤 🎨
“… if you happen to be in Austin, I’ve several places to take a peek at my art, like Urban Hair & Cypress Grill, including also of course, the Old Bakery & Emporium” 😊
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Adan’s Movie Reviews – Renoir, via Prime Video
“What I thought opened as a very slow moving period piece, reflecting the century-ago pace of life in the country at a wealthy estate, gradually rose to an inspired emotional story of many layers.”
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Adan’s Art & Photography Shopping Page on Amazon! Supplies, Videos +++ 😊 My Amazon Affiliate Update 11.02.19
“…some of the products I list in my Idea pages, can and have changed my artistic life. My Cannon camera. My supply of pure Marble Dust (still in its infancy experimentally). Possibly this new projector….”
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1st Visit to Old Bakery & Emporium Since My 2nd Surgery! 😊
What a treat doing something I’d nearly taken for granted! Each month, until my surgeries, I’d helped the staff at the Old Bakery take down the current month’s gallery show….
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In Defense of Renoir, Art Criticism via Eric Wayne
Reblog: In Defense of Renoir, Art Criticism via Eric Wayne — https://artofericwayne.com/2019/10/19/renoir-reconsidered/ — with lots and lots and yes, I mean, lots of visual samples of Renoir’s work ❤️
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I’m Reading “ Notan: The Dark-Light Principle of Design” (Dover Art Instruction), Kindle – 1st Impression
“My only excuse is my intent was to experience (not thinking about Notan, or having heard that word much at all before) the contrast and relief (funny, the dual definitions of relief here 😊) between the white paint against the black canvas.”
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Dancing Flower Painting Now in a Private Collection 😊
My small 8×8 painting Dancing Flower is no longer available on eBay or direct from me and is now in a Private Collection. Please feel free to order prints, and gift items with this lively image via Fine Art America – coffee mugs, framed/acrylic/and metal prints + much more 😊
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Re-Joining Creative Arts Society (CAS) in Austin 😊 🎨
“CAS, if you check out their Exhibit Schedule page, showcases at an enviable range of venues from very casual (cafes, hair salons, and more) to well regarded galleries in town, to special venues like the University of Texas and the Doughtery Center.”
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Category Links – Adan’s Reviews
I am organizing my varied interests 😊 I’d initially tried to do this when I began my blog on WordPress in early-2011, then drifted into simply exploring what I was enjoying at the time. This is my new late-2019 effort to organize my disparity, lol!
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Adan’s Fine Art America Images # 3 – San Antonio Riverwalk, Painting circa 2003
“Starting with my oldest work I’d uploaded onto FAA, I‘ll be progressing through each image. Some images, like my 1st t presented this way, Austin at Night, have variations. Sometimes a poster version or a vertical, a crop or macro, or even a digital or painting version.“
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Adan’s Fine Art America Images #1 – Austin at Night, Painting circa 2003
“ Starting with my oldest work I’d uploaded onto FAA, I‘ll be progressing through each image. Some images, like my 1st t presented this way, Austin at Night, have variations. Sometimes a poster version or a vertical, a crop or macro, or even a digital or painting version.”
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My Day Ahead – Oct 04, 2019
My daily updates on goings on in my life re family, fitness, the arts, and blogging 😊
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Recently Updated Blog Posts on My Site 100319 😊
“As I progress through updating my posts since 2011, I’ll post periodic updates here of which ones….” 😊
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Sold Two More of My Paintings At Jerry’s Artarama U.S. Veterans Art Reception in Austin! ❤️ 🇺🇸
“The show runs through early November; please check the show announcement, also posted further below, with dates and contact information 😊 512-842-4639 “
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Sold! At the U.S. Veterans Art Show at Jerry’s Artarama – Autumn Austin! ❤️
“The show runs through early November; please check the show announcement, also posted further below, with dates and contact information 😊 512-842-4639 “
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Adan’s Movie Reviews – Late Night & Girl on a Bicycle via Prime Video
“I do often say what might/could be better, or I’d rather’ve seen or experienced, but in the context of why I liked the movie or TV show enough to want to do a review at all.”
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Good Morning Bird – My Most Viewed Image @FineArtAmerica Week 3 September 2019 😊
“I invite you to join along in my creative journey 😊 ”
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I’ve Been Accepted To the WordPress Affiliate Program 😊
“…last year my creative interests had become so numerous, and my content of poems and stories and paintings and photography, along with my always continuing interest in fitness, especially for seniors – and – with the introduction of blocks by WP December 2018, this all enabled me to feel I could display and share my…
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Autumn Austin – My Most Viewed Image @FineArtAmerica Week 2 September 2019 😊
“I invite you to join along in my creative journey 😊 ”
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My Day Ahead – Sept 14, 2019
“…it seems, the best way for me to reach the most people, and feel safe about the content I have for reaching those people, and possibly also get paid a small affiliate % from Amazon & maybe eventually even WordPress itself (at no cost to the buyer), is to concentrate on my website – and…
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Recently Updated Blog Posts on My Site 091419 😊
“As I progress through updating my posts since 2011, I’ll post periodic updates here of which ones….” 😊
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My Meditation & Art – Synergy, Or Coincidence Redux? 😊
Einstein’s said to have said, “The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.”
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The Yoga Bowl & Florals! – My Most Viewed Images @FineArtAmerica 1st Week September 2019 😊
“If should like a pointer link to any types of images or image itself, please post in the comments – thanks so much! 😊 ”
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Today’s My Surgery – But I’ve Restocked My Art at Old Bakery & Emporium 😊
“What a treat to restock some of my prints before my surgery – yay!“
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What Should I Do Right Before My Surgery? Fix Up My Art Room!! 😊
“If my recovery from tomorrow’s hiatal surgery trails (as per the Dr’s) slightly longer than my emergency gallbladder surgery from the end of June, it’ll be early to mid November before I feel as able and wanting to do things as right now – sounds, with my wife’s help…”
