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Q: I just got home from my first painting experience… three hours and I am...
Barbara’s studio A: The short answer is that I absolutely love making art in my studio and on the best days I barely even notice time going by! Admittedly, it’s a hard road. Pursuing life as an...
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Q: You took classes at The Art League School in Alexandria, VA in the late...
Barbara’s studio A: From studying with Lisa and Diane I gained an excellent technical foundation and developed my ability to draw and depict just about anything in soft pastel. They were both...
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Q: You have written about how you came to your current subject matter, but...
Barbara’s studio A: Once I had achieved a high degree of technical facility with soft pastel, there was not much more to be gained from copying reality. Cameras do an excellent job of that so what...
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Pearls from artists* # 137
“She Embraced It and Grew Stronger,” soft pastel on sandpaper, 58″ x 38″ * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the...
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Pearls from artists* # 340
Lower Manhattan * an ongoing series of quotations – mostly from artists, to artists – that offers wisdom, inspiration, and advice for the sometimes lonely road we are on. What, do you suppose, are the...
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