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Product Review: Sta-Wet Handy Palette
This month I kept busy doing the annual Gouachetober challenge. You can check it out on my Instagram page here. For those of you who...
Stephanie Spangler
Oct 31, 20223 min read
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Christmas Commissions and Celebrating "Little Wins"
I've been incommunicado for a while because of all the craziness surrounding Christmas. On top of the usual flurry of festivities...
Stephanie Spangler
Dec 28, 20202 min read
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Gouache Workshop: Part II
Today was the second day of my gouache class at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Because the weather wasn't as...
Stephanie Spangler
Apr 28, 20192 min read
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Gouache Workshop: Part I
Today I spent the day in Philadelphia taking a class at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, learning how to use a type of paint called...
Stephanie Spangler
Apr 27, 20192 min read
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Experimenting with Alcohol Inks
A while ago I received some alcohol inks as a gift and just this Christmas I got some Yupo paper. If you've never heard of Yupo paper...
Stephanie Spangler
Jan 29, 20191 min read
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Holiday Haul
Santa has come and gone this Christmas but he left quite a generous haul! Among the goodies I got was a set of brushes, a set of gouache...
Stephanie Spangler
Dec 26, 20181 min read
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Art Challenge Day 18: Architecture
It's rather fortunate that today's challenge is architecture because I recently received a commission from a friend to paint her house...
Stephanie Spangler
Mar 18, 20181 min read
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Art Challenge Day 16: Contrast
Today's challenge was contrast and to be honest, this one kind of had me stuck. I finally decided on doing a small coloring page and...
Stephanie Spangler
Mar 16, 20181 min read
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Art Challenge Day 10: Orange
Today's theme was: orange. And in trying to learn from my overly ambitious project yesterday I chose to follow the old KISS formula -...
Stephanie Spangler
Mar 10, 20181 min read
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Art Challenge Day 8: Fluffy
Today's challenge was: fluffy. I rummaged through my old stuff and found a rabbit from when I was a kid. I sort of regret choosing a...
Stephanie Spangler
Mar 8, 20181 min read
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Christmas in September
Well... September is here, summer is officially almost gone and what a busy one it was this year! I missed posting in August because I...
Stephanie Spangler
Sep 4, 20171 min read
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Watercolor Month
July is World Watercolor Month - at least according to Dick Blick's! They are currently running a 31 day watercolor challenge for which...
Stephanie Spangler
Jul 8, 20171 min read
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The Painting Process
So it's been a while since I last posted because I've been working on a few new house portraits. But this time, instead of just showing...
Stephanie Spangler
Apr 20, 20172 min read
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House Portraits Make Great Gifts!
Christmas has been a busy time for me. Since just before Thanksgiving I feel like I've been going non-stop. One thing I spent some time...
Stephanie Spangler
Dec 29, 20161 min read
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