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I enjoy watching these being created and posted as well as seeing what you say about them. Please keep up the good work!

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Oh!! Thank you so much!!! What you said means the world to me!!! Thank you!!!!!! 💚💚💚💚

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Please do that tree when the leaves are changing. Love your color palettes!

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Thank you!!! I will do my best to regularly draw and paint that tree in all of its moods that I can!! 💚

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Ooo I love that idea!

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💚💚💚💚

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I love your sketches and the writing next to them. I’m so I inspired by them. What is that cake? It looks delicious.

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Thank you so much!!! I'm delighted that they inspire you!!! The cake you see is actually a slice of cinnamon bread toasted. It's very like a cinnamon roll but in a loaf form which can be sliced and used as toast.

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The color cards are a great example of how to shift perception and expectation! Maybe I need an art class 🎨

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Yes, the color class was great!! Also good about color shifts and perception is the book Nature's Palette a color reference for the natural world by Patrick Baty ... a fascinating look at the same colors in many different ways... anyway here's a link with more info. https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/natures-palette-a-color-reference-system-from-the-natural-world_patrick-baty/27141247/item/44645744/?srsltid=AfmBOopVMV1qzAeUTB9p1shgcVqcvZlY3Yt8B_d1mrNPrKKYlw9_5kGFUZM#idiq=44645744&edition=58136601

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Such a gorgeous post - I've learned so much! Thanks, Sue! 😊

(Side note, not art-related: whatever that is on your plate looks absolutely delicious!)

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I'm delighted you enjoyed my newsletter!! Thank you!! And the deliciousness on my plate is indeed yummy! It's a cinnamon bread loaf that we often slice and serve as breakfast toast. 😊💚

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I wish I could heart images...

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Awww well you just put a heart and a smile in my heart!!! 💚😊💚 And thank you!!!!

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I love your work ^^

it's so kewl!

I can barely paint xD

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I love the names of paint colors. Alizarin crimson, cerilean blue, gamboge, etc. Poetry as well as pigment.

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That's exactly true what you say!!! Poetry as well as pigment!!

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Amazing as per usual! I love the idea of season changes not just in regards to the leaves, but in various palettes and moods...

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It is a wonderful way to explore and play 😊💚

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I loved your discussion of "true colors." There is so much about visual forms of expression that I don't know! I look forward to more tree studies . . .

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Thank you!! I'm glad you liked my discussion of color!! I'm delighted that you look forward to more trees from me!! I'm planning to do some tree-drawing research today at the library... wish me luck!!

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Good luck!

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Thank you!!! I'm especially puzzled about how to draw birch trees... hope I can find a book re. 🤞

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Do you have birches in your area of the country? Our white birches grow individually and also in a tight clump.

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Yes, lots of birches here - in clumps like you say and in pairs or individuals. There's a pair across the street from us that I hope to draw....

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Wonderful! I look forward to seeing the results.

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Love both those cat sketches, and the tree studies.

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Thank you so much!! I'll do my best to keep it up!!

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I wish I could’ve seen the board with all of the colored cards! I love the way you think about color. It inspires me to go deeper in thinking about the way I’m working.

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I wish you could have seen my professor's board with all of the cards too! It made a huge impression on me. Since then I approach thinking about color when I make art as like thinking about the quality of the ingredients when I cook. That color class really rocked my world. Glad to hear my newsletter inspires you! You do good work!! Keep it up!! We're in this creative life together!

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