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Best of Show and the End of Year Two

By: Melissa June 23, 2016January 6, 2018
Inspiration, Life, Painting, Year Two2 Comments on Best of Show and the End of Year Two

Second Year of the atelier is over! It ended Friday with the Best of Gage show.

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Warm Cool Still Life

By: Melissa February 29, 2016January 7, 2018
Color, Life, Painting, Still Life, Year Two3 Comments on Warm Cool Still Life

Today I finished my first warm/cool palette still life.

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The Summer That Came and Went and Was Somehow Revolutionary

By: Melissa October 24, 2015October 15, 2016
Drawing, Inspiration, Life, Motivation1 Comment on The Summer That Came and Went and Was Somehow Revolutionary

Dear Patient Readers: Year two is in full swing and where the heck have I been? Painting hard.

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The Annual Aristides Atelier Show

By: Melissa June 18, 2015October 15, 2016
Drawing, Inspiration, Life, Motivation, Year One2 Comments on The Annual Aristides Atelier Show

Of course I didn’t think to take a picture of the drawing before I framed it.

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Where Would We Be Without Friends?

By: Melissa January 28, 2015October 15, 2016
Life, Psychology, Routine1 Comment on Where Would We Be Without Friends?

Yesterday I was issued an order to write, and apparently that’s all it took.

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Halloween at the Opera

By: Melissa November 3, 2014October 15, 2016
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On Halloween night Emmett and I went to the opera for the first time ever.

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A Wedding in Brooklyn

By: Melissa October 6, 2014October 15, 2016
Life, Routine2 Comments on A Wedding in Brooklyn

Mayday! Mayday! The Routine is falling apart.

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In Art as in Life

By: Melissa September 27, 2014October 15, 2016
Life, Psychology, Technique1 Comment on In Art as in Life

On a cool Wednesday we put away our easels at the end of our morning session and pulled up stools or sat on the floor in a semi-circle around Juliette.

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Life Creeps In

By: Melissa September 21, 2014October 15, 2016
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Wouldn’t you know it. Amidst pencil honing, cast drawing and attempts at monastic focus, life was going on simultaneously.

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3, 2, 1

By: Melissa September 14, 2014October 15, 2016
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I keep thinking about a note a friend sent over the weekend:

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