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Travelling light: Items I took on my two-week trip to Mexico

Travel Light With Pastels

After my blog on plein air painting in Mexico, I had a few people ask for a list of exactly what I took with me. They wanted to know about how to travel light with pastels. That opened up the idea for this blog.

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When Plans Go Sideways…..

When plans go sideways, what to do? You write a blog post about it. I had a plan. Really I did. And it was a good one. Shoot video, edit, upload to YouTube, and write a post. No problem right? Wrong! I shot the videos alright but the problem came when I tried to upload

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IAPS - Working (and playing!) at the Trade Show

IAPS – A Whale Of A Time!

Settling back into real life after a fabulous time at the 2015 International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) Convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico. What to tell you about it?? Well, for the first time, I was totally on the Vendor side of the Convention – I didn’t register as a participant (for one, it sold

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Opus And IAPS – A Lesson And A Question

Lesson Learnt at Opus Demo Last month, I was invited to do a pastel demo and chat at Opus Downtown Vancouver on Sunday afternoon. I went over to the mainland and spent the weekend with my brother and his family. On Saturday, I went out and bought a selection of vegetables. I thought it might

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Moving Towards Abstraction – An Upcoming Workshop!

This is a quickie as I’m almost out the door as I write this! We are off to join my Mum and Dad on an Alaska cruise with siblings and their spouses – eight couples in all. It should be a heap of fun!!! And no internet – how great is that?? Well, mostly great

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