Funky Fungus

Creative Embroidery-Fertile Earth".

This is from on of my online classes at

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Quarantine times

30 steps from my camera led me to dewy grass :)

This month I am participating in picture spring and online class given by Tracy Clark. You can visit here:

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Happy Easter tomorrow :)

Hidden away amongst the rugged West Texas Mountains is the tranquil Coal Mine Ranch. The ranch is privately owned so one must be invited, tho' what's more, is one must know how to navigate the unmarked dirt roads to arrive there. An off-road vehicle is a must, too. Once at the Coal Mine Ranch, satellite radio is the only connection to the civilized world; otherwise, expect one of the most relaxing times you could ever have in the wild.

The Coal Mine Ranch is featured in my second book, "El Paso 120 : Edge of the Southwest" which shows the incredible landscapes of West Texas, Southern New Mexico and ... well, El Paso. All areas included in the book are 120 miles or less from the City of El Paso, Texas. Upon release, "El Paso 120" went on to become a best seller and was recognized by the Texas Book Festival as one of the best Texas photography books of the year. The book is available to purchase from any major book sellers such as Barnes and Noble , Amazon or Waterstones

Signed copies are also available. Simply send me a message to arrange.

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All images are available as Museum Quality Photographic Prints and Commercial Licensing. Feel free to contact me with any and all inquiries.

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created in SheArt1 online class

taught by Christy Tomlinson

Dramatic Caribbean Sunset in Cartagena Colombia

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MD December 4, 2021

Symmetry Design Challenge 1.

The Alchemy of Objects

online jewelry making class by Deryn Mentock:

somethingsublime.typepad.com/jewelry_works/

Any critique would be appreciated.

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The truth is this - travel spins us around in more ways than we can imagine. Travel teaches each of us life's lessons we can never find in a book or screen. It shows us what is really important in life especially if you're immersed in a foreign culture. The values and issues we might ignore on any given day are in our face typically accompanied with a genuine smile and a warm hello. And even deeper, travel shows us all the parts of ourselves that are buried beneath the smothering routine we subject ourselves to.

For in travelling to a truly foreign place - a place we don't recognize as home, we accordingly travel to tastes, and sounds and states of mind and hidden feelings that we'd otherwise have reason to visit. Travel is a quick way to keep our minds energized and awake. Thoughts become clearer and our breaths deeper.

And if travel is like love, and I believe it is, it is mostly because it's a heightened state of awareness. We are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why, like the best love affairs, special travel experiences never really end.

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Another sneaky look at one of the projects from 12Days, the online class we're offering over at The Copy+Paste Project.

I've just started doing an online class called "Picture Book Illustration: Animal Characters". These sketches are my homework for Lesson 1; sketching realistic animals. I might sketch some different animals tomorrow as well. Then I'll need to decide on an animal to turn into a book character :)

Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina

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all the ones my mom and i made!

I was doing some online classes about HDR and my post processing methods lately.

The funny part of those online classes was the fact that I let the attendees pick one of my images that I had to post process during the session.

Over the next 7 days I would like to show you the results. More information about one of the pictures can be found at my blog at www.lightsandbytes.com/taking-pictures-in-chicago/

BTW: For each picture I only had 20 minutes till finishing touch.

#beatdietsch

#lightsandbytes

I set up and took this photo for an online class I am taking. We are talking about composition. I modeled the composition in this photo after the composition of another photo I like.

Despite the title and the subject, I actually took this photo in the evening, because I tried in the morning and didn't like my results (see below). So I took all the breakfast items out again before dinner, photographed them, and then put them away again.

This is my final try. It's not perfect, but it's closer to what I was going for. Food photographers like Helene Dujardin make their compositions and lighting look so effortless, don't they? It's a lot harder than it looks.

I'm double dipping and using this for Shutter Sisters Month of Color as well (navy blue).

See my "failed" morning attempts below.

the same detail in daylight

This is the result of an online class I took with Karyn Gartel. 8x24 on stretched canvas. Working on a couple more now! :):)

Malakoff Diggins, near Nevada City, CA

The gold rush mines and town.

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Watercolor of Wall Street, Bend, Oregon for an online class., Create 38.

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Southwest Colorado Landscapes. San Juan Mountains. Uncompahgre National Forest.

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Launches on Monday! I'll post a discount link to my blog on September 26 at www.stephaniebower.blogspot.com

"This year has been interesting to say the least. This is my first year at Kent State University and unfortunately I have had no experience on the campus because of COVID-19. I am optomistic about the 2021-2022 school year though and hope I will not have all online classes by then." Nov. 30, 2020.

An online class I just completed on learning how to "muddy" up the background. The girlie's face is done in colored pencil on sketchbook paper and then collaged onto the wood. This was super fun!!!!!

High in the Ecuador Cloud Forest. A Forest That's A Jungle in the Andes Mountains.

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meet...Ruby, Soul, Lima, Guitarra, and Honey

www.stitchedincolor.com/2014/08/cascade-quilt-for-angled....

My little cottage on Van Dolah Stables...with 15 minutes to spare before I have to teach an online class, somebody on Facebook alerted me that the Northern Lights were putting on a show, so I ran outside and was able to grab this...

2nd attempt: Same composition in a different color way

this is my polaroid album cover for elsie.cake's amazing online class.

i had soo much fun making this. i haven't played with perler beads since i was a kid. loved it.

Old Medina in Marrakech

I help aspiring and established photographers get noticed so they can earn an income from photography or increase sales. My blog, Photographer’s Business Notebook is a wealth of information as is my Mark Paulda’s YouTube Channel. I also offer a variety of books, mentor services and online classes at Mark Paulda Photography Mentor

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Considered gifting yourself or a loved one an online class? These are live on-line classes with an international teacher who has taught 200+ students over 15+ countries since the pandemic began. If you are waiting for the vaccine and for spring to paint outside, make sure to sharpen your skills with me. In collaboration with the well known Madeline Island School of Arts, Wisconsin.

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I have got a bit of a bird thing going as a result of an Ivy Newport online class called Flight & Feather - here the outside of a wing.

Pt Townsend with Anacortes Sketchers field trip 9/21/15

Inspired by Liz Steel's Sketchingnow Edges online class.

Line is not characteristically my focus if I intend to paint with watercolor. I usually let the color and brushwork dominate. But give me two new types of pens and a challenge and stand back! I think I got a bit carried away here at the end, but I had a blast!

9/21/15

#lesson3shops

The top has Winsor & Newton Watercolor paints. The bottom right is Marie's Watercolor paints and the left is Reeve's Gouache.

Daniel made this palette of all the colors.

A friend of mine & I have signed up for Daisy Yellow's Tiny Museum online class daisyyellow.squarespace.com/tiny-museum/04-tiny-museum-tr...

Pattern part of my upcoming Patchwork from Scrap online class

Compass design breaking through the chaos. This was worked for the online class with Sharon Boggon, run through joggles.com, class called Sumptuous Surfaces.

for elsie's online class :]

DOING A ONLINE CLASS WITH PEONY AND PARAKEET THIS IS MY DOODLE PRACTICE PIECES

An online class with Art Safari Nov. 2020

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Watercolor for Create38 online class I'm taking.

I just started a blog where there's more info about this piece, as I add~

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Education during Quarantine Times

This is part of the week's homework for the first lesson in Liz Steel's new online class...Not too late to join! It is also my ink drawings for the past couple of days for Brenda Swenson's challenge. To explain the subject matter, we are getting familiar with our material...very time consuming, but a very necessary basic...