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There are certain blogs that I love and visit with regularity. They are all "big" established blogs that have large followings and are managed as full time businesses. This little blog of mine used to keep me pretty busy and I loved it. I never had a ton of followers but I'm proud to say that some of my posts have had thousands of hits. In the beginning I think I had very high hopes for this blog and then after a couple of years I viewed it much more as an art sharing platform. And then...I confess I stopped doing art on a daily basis. I was in a rut, sometimes broken with a quick painting or two, but it's safe to say that my art and blogging rut has lasted (off and on) for the better part of 1 1/2 years. I am cautiously optimistic that my rut is finally over and I've been doing art every day. This time, instead of blogging a ton to share my art, I've been sharing on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ritabarton.art/">Instagram</a>. I have discovered that there are so many wonderful artists and challenges on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ritabarton.art/">Instagram</a>. They are so much more accessible on IG than in blog form...which finally leads me to the point: </div>
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(Maybe not the big ones...but little ones like mine?)</div>
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<br />Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106293166506132834noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335936234206438233.post-78147327219372264422016-08-31T12:31:00.000-07:002016-08-31T12:31:12.641-07:00Last Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yes, it's certainly been a long time since my last post. Last year I got a job teaching art to elementary school children. It was very different from anything I've done before, very exciting and very exhausting, too! I had every intention of documenting our projects and blogging about it but time got away from me. Finally, finally, here are some of our art projects.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Learning about creating texture using lines and patterns. This was a fifth grade students work.</td></tr>
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Very late post but back in August I painted this scene of a favorite surf spot for a friends birthday. I used a picture he posted on Instagram, and here is the original picture he took on the left, and my painting on the right. I was very pleased with it, and so was he!Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106293166506132834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335936234206438233.post-21249736217240815752015-08-28T18:53:00.002-07:002015-08-28T18:55:33.585-07:00Untitled<div style="text-align: center;">
I've been an unwilling witness to a life falling apart on social media.<br />
A beautiful artist that I know. <br />
Watching her personal chaos has affected me quite a bit,<br />
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I've never really painted anything like this before.<br />
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I bought pre cut picture mat boards but you can easily cut your own. With a pencil lightly draw your pattern on the frame. Use white school glue to go over all your lines. Let dry over night.</div>
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Sharing at <a href="http://www.bluechairdiary.blogspot.com/">Sunday Sketches</a> today.</div>
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I've volunteered in art class at my children's elementary school for many years and pondered the idea of teaching my own art to kids many times. This week my 10 year old and I did a "beta test" of the first project I'd like to do. It involves crayons, school glue and poster paint and was so much fun!</div>
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We decided on a flower theme and both of us are drawing poppies, mine are California Poppies while Rose is drawing the Icelandic variety.</div>
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I am amazed at how nice a crayon drawing can turn out. I might have to use crayons more often! Besides being fun to draw with the color variety is astonishing. I loved digging through the crayons and being amused at the names. One crayon I used was called "Outer Space."</div>
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This was kind of scary...because wrinkles are usually avoided! I crumpled mine up 2 or 3 times for good measure, flattening out after each so that there would be lots cracks in the crayon wax.</div>
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Then we painted over with blue poster paint, making sure it got in all the nooks and crannies.</div>
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Before the paint dried we rinsed in off with water. I learned that you must act quickly or the paper will become too saturated and tear. Not too worry, though, I put it on a metal rack (a cookie sheet!) and set out in the hot sun to dry. As soon as it was dry I was able to apply clear tape to the back to fix the rips.<br />
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Stay tuned for the next step where we make lovely antiqued, gilt frames for our works of art - see <a href="http://ritabarton.blogspot.com/2015/08/art-for-kids-part-2.html">part 2 here.</a></div>
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I'm sharing at <a href="http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com/">Paint Party Friday</a>, it's been far, far too long and I'm happy to be here!</div>
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A couple of months ago there was an algae bloom off the coast of Santa Barbara that turned out water from it's normal blue to a brilliant Caribbean turquoise. A friend saw a picture I posted and asked me to paint it for her. I LOVE the way the painting turned out and so does my friend but the process was different than my normal process. Follow along below...<br />
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It started with this photo taken from a cliff above the ocean. See the original post and more photos <a href="http://ritabarton.blogspot.com/2015/06/theres-something-in-water.html">here</a>.<br />
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Before I started painting I covered the whole canvas with yellow ochre. As a self taught artist I had never heard of starting a canvas with an all over color. As much research and reading and video watching I have done on painting I'm surprised I had never heard of this, but the recent article I read insisted that starting with a color will make all the difference in the world. Besides the depth created by some of the under color peaking through, painting on a colored ground is supposed to help your colors stay true. Painting directly onto bright way may distort the way you choose your colors.</div>
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As this point I thought I was pretty close but the foreground was really bothering me. I posted this picture online and immediately my brother started texting me about perspective and how he didn't like the foreground. I've never gotten such instant feedback! So back to work I went.</div>
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<br />Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106293166506132834noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335936234206438233.post-58392543988624136432015-07-14T16:28:00.002-07:002015-07-14T16:28:12.974-07:00Our vacation according to Instragram<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;">Last month we had to be in Truckee for a lacrosse tournament so we rented a cabin on Donner Lake and stayed for a week. I had never been to the Truckee or Lake Tahoe area before. I fell in love with Donner Lake and Truckee. We had a comfortable cabin right across the street for the lake. <br />It was heaven. <br /><br />Here are the pictures I posted to Instagram.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwA7xZBE9vQZjVXmoQRicsgKtiiHWhyz_P6s_RV4A3bF6b2gWoi9VXkeaUM750AM44VHFq9PigDdu0Aju8APJMUeuYd5TCvGSx4vUD8_qYZ0sO8awYfGMQHdWhVvwvAnYBM_t8EVi7dech/s1600/11372495_1456099901352647_1199014586_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwA7xZBE9vQZjVXmoQRicsgKtiiHWhyz_P6s_RV4A3bF6b2gWoi9VXkeaUM750AM44VHFq9PigDdu0Aju8APJMUeuYd5TCvGSx4vUD8_qYZ0sO8awYfGMQHdWhVvwvAnYBM_t8EVi7dech/s640/11372495_1456099901352647_1199014586_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sutter's Mill on the American River</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the passenger side window</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The cabin had a great view of Donner Lake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Donner Lake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gorgeous place for a tournament</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before the first game</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has only been a couple of weeks since a ruptured pipeline s<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 27px;">pilled up to 101,000 gallons of crude oil along the Santa Barbara coast, </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">so we are a little paranoid about our water. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 27px;"> Instead of oily black, the ocean has been a shocking shade of turquoise since yesterday. </span></div>
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Last year I started the <a href="http://29faces.blogspot.com/p/february-2015.html">29 Faces</a> challenge but sadly, I only made it to day 4! Kind of pathetic so I am determined to do better this time. To help me find inspiration I decided to use faces from famous artists as my muses. Here is day 1, inspired by Picasso. <br />
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I've been in a definite creative rut for a long time. So I'm really hoping I can stick with it!<br />
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<br />Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106293166506132834noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335936234206438233.post-79788287298742846902015-01-30T14:00:00.001-08:002015-01-30T14:00:13.785-08:00I Sold A Painting to A Stranger!<div style="text-align: center;">
I Sold A Painting to A Stranger!<br />
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Lots of my artwork hangs on walls in my own home and in the homes of friends and family but I had never sold a painting to a stranger until this past Christmas season when this little painting was purchased by a very nice couple. Isn't that nice?<br />
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This one needs some more work...I'm kind of stuck with how to jazz it up. I just keep staring at it...<br />
I have not been very productive in the art department lately. Every time I start something I think "this is it, I'll break my rut," but then...I don't. I'm joining in Paint Party Friday. It's been forever since I've linked up and I've missed the interaction and inspiration!</div>
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It's still January so I think it's not to late to say Happy New Year.</div>
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At the end of last year I was busy making <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/RitaBarton?ref=hdr_shop_menu">jewelry</a> to sell and holiday craft fairs. The full time, work from home job I've been lucky enough to have for the last 8 years has changed to (very) part time so I've been focusing on trying to replace the income. Holiday jewelry sales were good and I added some art to the table...somehow selling art felt so very personal. </div>
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I've been looking for a new job but the going is slow. And stressful. So I am making a bigger effort than usual to enjoy the blessings I have. As I always do at this time of year I enjoy watching the sunsets. The picture above was taken looking out our kitchen. </div>
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The picture below is from a park just down at the end of our street. I watch the sky every evening and if it the conditions are right I can sneak away for 15 minutes of sky watching before I make dinner. I never get tired on taking pictures of <a href="http://ritabarton.blogspot.com/search/label/sunsets">sunsets.</a></div>
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I hope you are all enjoying 2015 so far. I am looking forward to what lies ahead...I just wish I knew what it was! <br />
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My last post showed some watercolor <a href="http://ritabarton.blogspot.com/2014/10/breaking-out-of-my-rut.html">Hungarian Folk Flowers</a>. I had tried something new...just loose watercolor shapes representing the flowers as I imagined them finished. Then I did the actual "finishing" in black pen. I loved the way it looked with the flowers so I tried it with a landscape. I think it's interesting...needs refinement but kind of cool.<br />
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If the tide was low enough to walk around that point you would find the beach where we watched the sunset a few nights ago...<br />
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In the 1976 my family moved to London for a year. That summer before the London school year started, and the summer of 1977 after our sabbatical in London was over, my family and I lived in this VW Westfalia pop up top van. It was a nomadic life moving from campground to campground. We loved that VW, we named it the Green Emporer and would sing happy birthday to it every time the odometer reached a milestone number. <br />
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Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106293166506132834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335936234206438233.post-53645476741722897482014-10-21T13:21:00.001-07:002014-10-21T13:21:27.379-07:00ICAD's...what happened?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Boy, oh boy...not sure what happened to me over the summer but I fell off the ICAD train. Here are two stragglers.Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12106293166506132834noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6335936234206438233.post-78624068750987956342014-06-27T07:16:00.000-07:002014-06-27T07:16:00.749-07:00ICADS 15 - 21Isn't life strange sometimes? I don't feel that I am doing anything different from last summer yet I struggle to find them time to keep up with this blog this year. Last year was easy, blog posts all the time...where does the time go?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#17 Acrylic, pencil, Micron on paper, my version of a Gustav Klimt piece<br />
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I'm not a meal planner so when it comes time to make a dinner I usually just look to see what I have and if I don't know what to make I turn to Google. Last week I googled "white beans and bacon." A few recipes came up but the one that caught my eye was a medieval recipe with a modern counterpart. I was on my iPhone so I couldn't see the whole website but later realized it's a blog of recipes based on Game of Thrones books. </div>
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Last week I wasn't thrilled with my art but this week I am quite happy.</div>
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Last year I participated in Summer of Color 2013 a handful of times. This summer I am determined to keep up and post about every week. This is week one and the colors are Aqua Blue, Yellow and a touch of Hot Pink. </div>
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I thought a tropical fish would be fun and was thrilled to find a refernce photo of a yellow fish with a dash of hot pink on it. I used watercolor, Sharpie, pencil and white gel pen. I found this process quite difficult because I tried to make the fish as realistic as I could. It would have been mush easier had a invented my own fish, I suppose. </div>
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After days of layering on different mediums trying to get the right look this is about as good as it gets and my inner voice says "PUT THE PEN/BRUSH DOWN."</div>
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Here is the final result. I'm not one to bash my own work, my philosophy on confidence is that is you are not confident, fake it (this in itself is a form of confidence, no?) </div>
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Anyway, before I ramble (further,) I think this is just "meh." </div>
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It can only get better from here. </div>
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It's summer but you wouldn't know it here! We've got June gloom but it's not just foggy here on the coast, it's been downright cold. Right now I am wearing long sleeves and a knit scarf! I guess I should mention that there are kids in bathing suits running around my backyard playing in the sprinkler. I don't know how they manage that, I guess "summer" means no school to them and they are not concerned about the sun shining.</div>
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I was excited to get back to doing <a href="http://daisyyellowart.com/icad/">Index-card-a-day.</a> If you have not heard of it, it's an art challenge but on by Tammy Garcia at Daisy Yellow. Every day for two months we create art on an index card and share with fellow ICADers. Last year I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. I carried around art supplies, I created cards at parties, on boats, at the golf course. Such fun!</div>
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This has been a slow art year for me. I know some people say, "I must create art every day." I wish I was one of those people. I love, love, love being creative but in my life it ebbs and flows. Ideally I'd be able to create art any and all the time but art often takes a back seat to work, family and daily responsibilities.</div>
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That's why I love the index cards. For the most part they are simple, usually quick and highly satisfying. Here are my first 7, I have to admit I am feeling a bit rusty. I'm not really a prompt follower (there are word prompts to follow for inspiration if you want,) but I followed a few this week to help get me started.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day 4. Watercolor, Sharpie, White Uni Posca pen</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day 5. Sharpie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day 6. Sharpie</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day 7. Sharpie.</td></tr>
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