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elizabethperry

 
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I am a sketchblogger, learning to draw by drawing every day and posting the drawings to my blog, woolgathering... 

I live in Pittsburgh, PA. 

 

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Painting a Month - July Update

By elizabethperry

All 7 pictures to date.

July's painting is based on a landscape glimpsed from a bus window, early one morning.  

 July's painting

August 04, 2007
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Painting a Month - June Update

By elizabethperry

Six paintings so far...

The conclusion of another project delayed my posting for a couple days, but here's June's painting.

June painting June painting

I'm now halfway through the twelve paintings - and learning more with each one.  Thanks again to the Curbly community for the prize - and hope everyone is having a restful and creative summer.

 

July 02, 2007
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LenkArt

October 14, 2007
Hi elizabethperry, thanks for being my new friend. I paint a bit myself. I also design and sew decorative pillows.
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Imagekind

September 04, 2007
That is a great idea with painting and months. You have some great work!
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DIY Maven

February 04, 2007
I absolutely LOVE the fact that you made treasure maps while growing up!
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elizabethperry

January 10, 2007

Hi, MizK.

Not  far away at all - and both river towns.  Glad you like my blog, and yes, of course I am a Danny Gregory fan!  I'm a lapsed member of the Everyday Matters Yahoo group (the traffic got overwhelming and I didn't have enough time to do it justice) but I still follow some group members' blogs. Thanks!

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mizkcreations

January 09, 2007
Cool you! I'm looking for folks that aren't terribly horribly out of the way...Love your blog. Danny Gregory fan?
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elizabethperry

January 02, 2007

 

And a painting a month you will see - I am over the moon with delight.  What a way to begin the year.  Thank you all. 

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DIY Maven

January 02, 2007
Congratulations Elizabeth! Can't wait to see how you put your new supplies to work. We're all expecting a painting a month now, you know ;)
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elderberrry

January 02, 2007
I just discovered sketchblogging.  Saw some of your October sketches on clusterflock.  Really good stuff.
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DIY Maven

December 20, 2006
Hi Elizabeth! Stiffish ribbon will work for the folded paper stars. I made a few dozen a while back using the smooth satin paper ribbon you can buy at Hallmark. The only issue I had with it was that it was slippery, so I had to sort of hold everything together as I tucked and folded. Also, when I finished, I had to use a little hot glue to keep the stars from slipping apart. Good luck! Let me know how it goes!!
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elizabethperry

December 19, 2006
Yes, I have.  It's the only way I can draw my left hand...  but  you are right - surprising what you discover when you let go of trying to get it exactly right.  (Not unlike my approach to DIY, too!)  My working philosophy these days is taken from the writer G.K. Chesterton, who said, "If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly."

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