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I received an email about 5 weeks ago from a woman my husband works with . She is on a committee for the area YWCA and they were planning a 25th anniversary celebration for their Executive Director and decided they would like to have a commemorative painting done (three portraits and the...

Help. I've had SUCH terrible luck with clipper sharpening and the last person to sharpen my blades was absolutely AWFUL. Is there anyone y'all would recommend for blade sharpening? At this point I've been through my blades so many times looking for one pair that work at all that I can't...

I've been so busy with classes that I haven't had the time to post here much but I do check out the posts when I do have time. Wanna see what I've been up to? (not sure if I've posted some of these in the past). Dictator-in-the-box (sculpy, wood, fabric, springs and shrinky dink): Self...

First is "Rita" our 4 year old 45" registered Hackney. Rita came to us because she was no longer competitive in the show ring. She did well in halter as a youngster, but she doesn't have the hind action to be competitive in the driving ring and she doesn't have the dead on conformation anymore...

Finished the oil portrait I was supposed to have done for my Illustration class last night (was due this Monday, but it was done enough for grading): and here is the charcoal self-portrait I had to do for last week (tho' I think I liked it better when I was lacking sleep......now I see some...

I'm on the last week of my spring semester and this is one of my projects. I have 100+ hours in to it and although I'm very happy with the results I will probably never want to do another watercolor again (this is my 2nd watercolor ever). It was 100 hours of torture!! It's a little washed out...

Finally got some more stuff done and photos taken. The first two are Prismacolor drawings (I so HATE using those darn things!). I still don't quite have a grasp of how to best use them, but I'm improving. Photos of these two were just submitted to a Society of Illustrators competition. Even...

Sorry if this might be a little irratating to some but I'm just toooooo proud not to give a brag. Last month on a Monday afternoon I heard about a scholarship competition for Kendall College of Art & Design Students ONLY. The requirement was to submit a design for a Holiday card to be used...

Homework, homework and MORE homework!!  These are just the ones I have photos of......believe me, there's LOTS more!! This project I'm particularly proud of.  I've never sculpted anything really (at least nothing that resembled anything as my 3D class required all nonrepresentational...

In preparing for my upcoming return to college where I will study Illustration I've been taking a few non-credit continuing-education classes. I haven't taken ANY art classes in over 17 years and even those classes were VERY basic. I knew I would need to know how to paint and having had NO...

I was hoping to get some photos of our new arrival long before now. Unfortunately, when I had time to take any photos we had awful weather and now that the weather is gorgeous I've been stuck working long hours (we're short-handed at the vet clinic as it is, and this week we're missing an extra...

I found the one! and drove down to Kentucky yesterday to get her. Margarita (or "Rita" as we'll call her) is a lovely 3 year old 44" Hackney Pony. She's been shown at the futurities and did well. She's green broke to drive (if that's green broke then I can hardly wait to see what REALLY broke...

I'm going to look at a yearling Hackney Pony colt. My husband is going to KILL me! I've not seen any photos of him, but he was on the list of horses to draw coggins on Friday and both the vet I work for (a VERY fussy man who grew up with Saddlebreds and worked on the BIG Egyptian Arabian farms...

Okay guys, I generally don't like to brag about this sort of thing, but please indulge me.....I'm just way too excited......... With my hand surgeries I haven't been able to do any drawings as I don't have quite enough control over my hand right now (the surgery on my dominant hand was done...

We were looking to purchase a pony and because of our "requirements" it took a while to find the one we were looking for. As a result we had to visit more than quite a few websites. Look......if you want people to look at your animals then DON'T put music on your site!! If I open a website...

We have a new pony coming! He'll be delivered the 14th. BUT......I HATE the name "Oreo" . I like names quite a bit more original (hence our pony "Epi" or "P" for short). Any suggestions?

Is anyone aware of any pony trainers in the Michigan area (we are in SW Michigan) who could RE-start a pony's driving training? We have a 10hh grade pony that we purchased about a year ago. She was supposed to be Amish trained to drive, but of course I wasn't willing to trust that as I only...

Venting........ Why is it that someone always wants something for nothing? Just like it's unfair for people to expect y'all to sell your nice minis (or heck.....ANY mini) for $100 why is it they assume that they can get a puppy for nothing. These of course are the same type of people that...

I don't get to post nearly as much as I used to but I just had to brag. I'm having to sit home today to nurse a sick goat so I have a little more time on my hands today than I usually do. The ultrasound last week says we're having PUPPIES! Sire is our red male ("Oscar" - ACD of course) who has...

Sorry, but I'm just SO darn proud of my barn. I designed it myself and have worked SO hard on it. I finally got some photos of the barn interior, tho' due to the quickly fading sunlight by the time I got home there is a terrible green cast from the light in the doe stall. The light really...