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How I add texture to my paintings
published November 4, 2025 Blue Mountains Painting Take a look at this Blue Mountains painting which has texture in the mountains. I was inspired to paint this landscape from many road trips here in American. To give the painting interest I added texture throughout. Here is how I add texture to my paintings. It is…
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Greeting Cards for the Holidays
Our cat, Here comes Santa Claws
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Making a Vector Tree graphic
published October 15, 2025 Winter Tree I have decided to make a vector illustration from my painted winter tree. I am going to use Photoshop and Illustrator. Make sure you use the type of artwork that is high contrast for this project. If the artwork is not high contrast it will be hard for illustrator…
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Keeping Your Art Safe Online
Published October 15, 2025 Whether you are putting your artwork up on your website or posting it on social media, it’s always worrying that someone could take your work. Here I will explain two of the ways I help prevent this from happening to my work. Low Resolution Photos: A lot of times when you…
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Great Egret By The Water
Published September 27, 2025 I have found that one of the greatest things about photography is that most of the time my favorite photos are of things I had not intended to find. Whether it be a hike or a simple walk, I set out planing to take pictures but I don’t always have a…
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Pink Poppies Acrylic Art: The Life Cycle and Stages
Pink Poppies Acrylic on Canvas Story: I start most days feeling a need for certain colors. For this new piece of acrylic art, I decided on pink and green. Pink; calming, and relaxing. Green; full of growth and healing. In this acrylic painting I wanted to show the life cycle and stages visually of a…
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Pomegranate Blossom
published September 27, 2025 Pomegranate Blossom Acrylic on Canvas When life gets hectic painting and looking at art gives me peace of mind. This painting, titled pomegranate blossom captures a simplistic frilly bold blossom and some fruit from my pomegranate tree. For my process in painting this acrylic artwork I layered and layered the cadmium…
Venema Original Art 