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Draw Anything But Flowers

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In an attempt to steer away from drawing flowers I told myself to draw anything but flowers.
It was NOT easy.
Size – 8.5 by 11
Medium – India Ink on acid and lignin free paper

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A New Brunswick Diary

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Dear Diary,
Aug 12 – Moved to our new home in New Brunswick. It is so beautiful here. The northern woods are so majestic. Can hardly wait to see snow. I love it here.
Oct 14 – New Brunswick is the most beautiful place on earth. The leaves have turned colors – shades of red and orange. [...]

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The intelligence of machines during a recession

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On Boxing Day evening I headed uptown with Karen to share a drink at Happinez before going dancing at one of the local clubs where we were to meet up with Lisa and Jilian.
We began walking down King Street so that I could stop at my branch’s bank machine to avoid banking fees to [...]

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Hand painting Christmas balls or is it really about sex?

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Each year, well almost every year I sit down and paint Christmas balls for gift giving as I finally did finish setting up that area in the living room to paint at earlier this week. I needed an area that could remain creatively messy. Thus far I’ve painted four Christmas balls and sadly have run [...]

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You have to see the teeth to blow out the candles!

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Saturday night I held a gathering and potluck at my house to celebrate my 36th Birthday with close friends and family. About 15 people came. Later that same night when five of us remained we began playing on the iMac using iSight to record ourselves. Ha!

Thanks everyone who came over to celebrate with me! xoxo
And [...]

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Step by Step List – How I made a million dollars on Etsy!

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First I drew an ink drawing on pretty paper.

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Where I live you NEED a pair of these!

Waterproof boots

Woolie handknit hat and warm coat

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Fermenting Canadian Ice Wine

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I think I miss the point completely on occasion and float away into my own little world forgetting that which exists and already surrounds me. Then I get to thinking about that point and why it has to be tipped and pointy and why is can’t be round, soft and interchangeable with beams of light [...]

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Etsy Elves in Indonesia are Helping Me Package this Christmas

Yesterday this email from Christopher Dewan of The Urban Sherpa arrived. He had found me about a week ago via Gawker Artists and proceeded to add me as a friend on Facebook and I in turn added him.
He bought Do You Love Me from the shop yesterday. I emailed him saying thank you and that [...]

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Catching up on email backlog

If you emailed me recently or months ago (haha) I am catching up on that today. It is my mission to respond to each and every one of you whether it be business, personal or other related!
I’m making an extra special effort to respond to the gR0w y0uR p3Ni5 spam!
I hate spam.
You can go to [...]

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It happened out of the blue

http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5736378&page=1
Anyone who sells on Etsy and has posted within the promotions section of that site’s forum also knows that within 23 seconds flat your promo post will be 6 pages deep within that section.
If you are lucky, someone else will post an item related to your item and your thread will be bumped to the [...]

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STATS on Karen, I and an itsy-bitsy pine tree

The Stats from left (Karen) to right (Jessica)
Location – Fredericton and Saint John
Age – both 34
Marital Status – Both Single
Children – Neither one has kids after two long term relationships have ended
Size – both size 6
Height – 5′7″ and 5′5″
Profession – Fabulous Federal Government Employee and World Renowned Artist
Wants – Men who actually want to [...]

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Monday HA ha – Worms Good Here?

Usually have a piece of large paper or mat board that get used as a tester for color or to get my pen working during a moment of angst when it is not flowing, and even to draw upon when the drawing you are drawing sucks!
As is the case…
I began singing this song in my [...]

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Artist Tip #7 – What do you do with that dormant artwork piled in your closet?

So What do you do with that dormant artwork piled in your closet?
Here is a list of 10 possibilities
1. Give it away as a gift
2. Sell it on Etsy
3. Auction it off on Ebay
4. Cut it up and use it for collage purposes
5. Re-work it using that new paint!
6. …and finish that piece from 1982!
7. [...]

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Artist Tips will Return Next Wednesday

…as I was sniffing solvent based markers this week and didn’t quite figure out what to do with all that artwork in my closet.
Stay tuned.

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Rudolph the Alien Llama

Rudolph Rudolph Rudolph
the alien reindeer Llama
had a lopsided eye
and one
three toed hoof
…and enjoyed wearing red neck ties to work.
He had a five headed alien sister…

…and red conjoined alien brothers.

All three were drawn using black and red Pilot Gtec C4 pens in a Moleskine Cahier.
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Three Psycho Snowmen or How to Identify Which Drug Your Snowman is Taking

The Opiate Addict

He has very tiny pupils. His snow is dirty yet he appears to be happy. He chooses to dress in overly bright decorative scarves that have been out of style for 15 years.
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The Amphetamines Addict

Notice how happy, bright and shiny this snowman is! Look closely at his dilated pupils and dryed out mouth. [...]

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Artists Tip #3 – How to hide that unsightly pen line

Artists Tip #3 – How to hide that unsightly pen line
When you’ve drawn a line and it’s bad because you smudged it, drew the line too long, too short, gave aunt Wilma an extra eyeball or twitched from being startled from your rhythm by said aunt Wilma simply give her another eyeball. In other words [...]

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Jesus knows…

…how to get the demons out.

There is a tropical Storm Named Noel traversing the Maritimes right now. I hijacked a camera and began clicking a few images of myself and seeing as I have not published ANY NEW photos to this blog of myself (in a year perhaps) I thought I would. The two above [...]

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How to Have an Eargasm

1 + 2 + 3 = 6ex

The above instructional How to Have an Eargasm illustration inspired this post:
He popped his cherry.
*Please proceed with caution as I will NOT be held accountable for any inner ear damage due to the onslaught of multiple eargasms attained by following the above illustrated directions.

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