I started an online class with Diane Culhane yesterday called, “The Love of A Tree.” You can find out more about it here: http://www.carlasonheim.com/for-the-love-of-a-tree-diane-culhane/I enjoy taking classes from Diane as she is a wonderful teacher and I love her whimsical style! Plus she paints with lots of color like me! 🙂
I thought you might enjoy seeing some of my tree photos.
Hope you branch out and try something new today! I’d love to hear what you do!
Cheers! 🙂
Beautiful! Look forward to seeing more Jilly trees❤️☺️
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Thanks Jodi! ❤️ If you were to try something new, what would it be? 😊
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Oh dear – I feel like I am trying so many new things…. I have been trying watercolor landscapes recently. Challenging for me! I’m determined I would like to give my hubby one for Valentine’s day framed to hang in his “man cave,” but time is a runnin’ out, and I keep doing one almost every day this past week – and not really liking them. But I carry on – persisting – hoping one will be good enough 🙂 I find myself going “through kicks” of wanting to do something for a length of time until I master it or get frustrated or bored. I am still very much loving trying to master watercolor. I also really want to learn how to edit photos and how to be a better photography. I have photoshop, but don’t know how to use it – hehe! I have also always thought I would like to write a book. Not sure what I would write though – fiction, non-fiction, cookbook, children’s book….. My DIL and I just started our little McKinneyx2Designs business, which I hope to write about and feature on WP soon, so that has been fun.
I have so many things I want to do, and not enough hours in the day with working full time also :).
So – that was the short answer – haha!
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Thank you so much for sharing this with me, Jodi! My hubby is thrilled to when I decorate the envelope on his card with silly poems and artwork. I think that when YOU share your heART it is precious – what is perfect? 😍 And it is in the DOING that we improve, right?! You can remind me of this in the future. Lol! 😜 Goals keep us moving forward. 💕🎨💖
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you so inspire me – thank you Jill!!! ❤
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Great sunset…looks like the sky is on fire. (K)
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It does, Kerfe! Glad you liked it. 😃
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Oh Jill! Love these photos! Oh and I miss being in the woods. This is just what I needed today. Thank you! Enjoy your class!
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Happy you enjoyed them, Laura! 😄 Always fun to learn something new! 😍
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no doubt, my friend! Have funnnnn!
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Nice!! Can’t wait to see the trees you’ll make! Sounds like a wonderful class! 💕😃 I have so much I want to try, but have yet to have time for anything yet. Hehe 😊
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What kind of classes would you like to take Charlie? And I agree, there doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day! 😄🌳💕
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I’m currently jealous of Teresa’s picture book homework so a children’s illustration class would be fun!
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Yes, I agree! I can recommend a couple of good books on the subject if you are interested. 🙂
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Yes!! Definitely interested!! 😃
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I will send you an email. 😊
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Got it!! Thank you!!! ❤️
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Wonderful, yes, more of this please! xo Johanna
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Glad you like these photos Johanna! 💖💕🌳
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Nice trees. I admire you doing an art course. Look forward to your trees.
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Thanks Catherine! 😃 Online art classes are so fun! What would you like to learn more about if you could take a class?
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Good question! I’ll think about it
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Beautiful photos Jill. I took a peek at your class, the sessions look like fun. I’ve not taken an online class. I need to try one soon. Thanks for your post today.
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Thank you Sharon- there are so many wonderful online classes available! It is hard to choose. What would you like to learn more about? 😃🌈
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Good question, probably watercolor practice, and it would be fun to join in a mixed media class.
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I took some excellent watercolor classes from Val Webb. She does are more step-by-step approach and her classes are reasonably priced. Lots of excellent mixed media teachers out there too! 😃
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Thanks for the tip on Val Webb. 💕
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I really learned how to paint birds in her Watercolor Birds and Beyond class.
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Love the wood images, and that sunset image is goregous!
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Thank you! These photos bring me such peace. If you could learn something new, what would you do? 😃
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Learn to speak Italian, but I don’t see that happening since I’m still not fluent in French after many, many years of study, but it might be fun.
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I’m trying to learn Spanish right now. I know this is one of the easier languages to learn. I think that learning a new language is fun! 🙂
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I’m exposed to Spanish here and have picked up enough to say Hello, ask how you are, order food, find the bank, bathroom, and my hotel. 🙂
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Your tree photos are fabulous! My guys are tree folks (hubby is doing research with tree ring scientists, and son1 can identify trees better than hubby’s tree ring scientist colleague…LOL!) so I have a special appreciation for them. ❤
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Wow! That is really cool Teresa! My mom was wonderful about identifying trees and wild plants in the woods. It would be so interesting to study them. Are you going to take another class after you are done with your illustration course? 😄
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I didn’t use to think botany was that interesting, but my guys changed my mind. 😉 No, I need to get cracking on other stories/novels I’m writing and can’t do more classes for a while.
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I just purchased a book on learning to draw botanical plants and flowers. 😃 Good for you on staying on track of meeting your goals! 👍🎨
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