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  1. An example of our connections: a high school friend (retired nurse now artist) offers watercolor sketches

    Fellow bloggers and long distance friends, Gray Summers (retired nurse, songwriter/musician, fan of all things vintage, and Johnny Depp) and Linda Lewis (watercolor sketch artist and weight loss inspiration to me) may LOVE this post! (Click their names to visit their blog sites.) My high school friend Teresa Damron has retired from her nursing career and been drawing and sketching, with her most recent being watercolor sketches! I'll share a couple of her exquisite animal sketches (yes, she […]

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  2. Christmas 2025 I received some soft #Pastels from my wishlist - cue me being scared to open or use them untill today, April 2026

    Mixed up rough Caucasian skin tone to paint a doll wig cap (made from white bandages & pva glue) as it was just too plain white

    Learned:
    - Pastels are messy!
    - Pastel dust will blow away if you so much as blink near it
    - Pastels: ~a little goes a long way~
    - Skin tone (at least for peach /pinkish) requires a little BLUE
    - I've no colour theory knowledge 🤓🤔

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