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Pictures:


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An exercise in a great colored pencil class taught by Barbara Newton.

An apple drawing I did to work out some problems I have with making things dark enough.

Same apple, different technique.

Apple again, this time with watercolor pencils. I am going to experiment more with these.
I think it ended up looking a bit like a sketch with colored markers. (Getting a little tired of this apple, too.)

Color samples of all the pencils I use. These cards have turned out to be extremely useful.

My husband pointed out a cool reflection in this cup of coffee I was drawing. The backwards 3 on the left of the liquid is called a caustic curve.

My new hair color (as of March, 2003.)

Our vicious Senegal parrot, Tiki.

Our cockatiel, Dazey, all puffed up and warm under the heat lamp in the shower.

My great great grandfather, Raphael Semmes, on a stamp.



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A few quotes...

We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the Complete Works of Shakespeare;
now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.

- Robert Wilensky

Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable man.

- Fred Bucy

Women do not find it difficult nowadays to behave like men,
but they often find it extremely difficult to behave like gentlemen.

- Compton Mackenzie

Suppose you were an idiot... And suppose you were a member of Congress
...But I repeat myself.

- Mark Twain

If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten.

- George Carlin