Abbie

Site owner and painter of awesome oils and watercolours. Manager + on large art site Pixels.com Just married to Robin another artist and sculptor. We live with two Shepweiler's, two demented budgies and 3 fish Wannabe author and hardcase treehugger. All opinions are my own.

Dreamtime – Dogs Lost Abroad

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I had the strangest full length dream last night. I am going to write it down so I do not...

The terrified silver carp

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I have two tanks here. One with 3 Shebunkins, a hexagonal aquarium that would hold more than the three so...

Insomnia and the apps that helped

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I know for a fact that many of my friends have insomnia. All artists. We have sat up late into...

Saturday Morning Brunch

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The two ladies looked across the table at each other, one admiringly and one not so much. The former put...

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Week Three

Published 9/22/2023 in Kathy From KeppenArt

As this new-year long art challenge continues, so does my experimenting and learning about the different settings on my camera. I’ve been very frustrated that I have a single lens reflex camera with two lenses and an array of settings and I still see better photographs online that have been taken with phone cameras compared to many of my photographs. Having said that, I do realize...read more ❯

On Finding Inspiration

Published 9/15/2023 in The Art of Shelli Fitzpatrick

For an artist inspiration is so important, but there are times when it seems to be very hard to find. On days like that I find that I just need to step back from "the studio", which as a digital artist happens to be my computer screen and I will get outside and look at the sky. The first digital artworks I ever created were done from my photographs of the Oklahoma sky. It is a constant source...read more ❯

Tripod Number Three

Published 9/14/2023 in Kathy From KeppenArt

There are pros and cons to using a tripod in photography but there are times when it’s absolutely necessary to produce the type of image desired. Several weeks ago I bought a new tripod. This is the third tripod I have owned. They are/were all inexpensive tripods purchased at a big box store. People who know me, especially those who have known me for many years, know that I am...read more ❯