Karin Taylorcommunity helper


You are an artist....

Posted about 9 hours ago

You are an artist
A practical approach to art
by Fred Gettings
Paul Hamlyn/London

This is an excellent book i found in a thrift shop i think…or maybe someone gave it to me…i just can’t quite recall…. anyway…here’s what it says over on Clarebooks, where you can buy this second hand… you may be able to locate one on eBay, i don’t know if…

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Sepia drawings

Posted 1 day ago

Aloha!!!

.....just a quickie for you…....lol (as if i ever do a quick journal)

....but if anyone’s interested in these drawings of mine as sepia version, please let me know and i’ll be happy to alter them for the vintage look and upload to redbubble, at this stage there are too many to be uploading here at once, and i’d like to stick to my promise of only uploading one coloured artwork…

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Drawing for Therapy

Posted 2 days ago

I just reached a milestone of 100 visitors to my new blog!! Yay, and today I have some new content on my justdrawing blog encompassing, in a post called Drawing for Therapy, just a little bit of research on how psychologists have found drawing to be therapeutic practice for traumatised children, and that reflects somewhat on how drawing can be use…

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Do you wish you could draw?

Posted 5 days ago

Do you wish you could draw?

These frangipanis were my first serious attempt at drawing back in 2002 when I was going through a period of unrest and depression, my partner suggested I try something for myself, something i liked to do…he suggested drawing…and he also suggested i try to draw somethi…

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Happy New Year!

Posted 6 days ago

Happy New Year everyone!! Thank you to everyone who supported and encouraged me in 2009, for those that were there in the hard times I’ve really appreciated it guys and to show that appreciation, in 2010 I’ve started a new blog:

Please bmail or email m…

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wonderful thank you

Posted 15 days ago

My warmest thanks go out to all those who’ve bought things from me recently including the lovely bubbler Michelle Whennan and sweetscent62 and my dear real life friend Christine Jones and lovely fellow bubbler yanmos
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smart surfaces

Posted 18 days ago

these vids are short but amazing, endless possiblilities as the line between the virtual world and the physical world becomes increasingly thin …. coffee tables become photosharing surfaces, and interactive places…..smart surfaces…..touch screens….worth a look….it’s the future!
view here
enjoy!!

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arwen and kokeshi

Posted 20 days ago

thank you so much to Christine Jones who purchased Arwen today

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thank you so much to the one who bought a framed print of Kokeshi...

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ALOHA!

Posted 23 days ago

Akahai – kindness that should be expressed with tenderness
Lokahi – unity that should be expressed with harmony
Olu’olu – agreeable, and should be expressed with pleasantness
Ha’aha’a – humility and should be expressed with modesty
Ahonui – patience and should be expressed with perseverance
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Karin wears “Little Mu…

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newsletterish thingo

Posted 24 days ago

Peace, Hope, Trees, Thx, Accessories

Hi Everyone… I have a few different things or ‘stuffs’ to share (as my friend Fa would say) but first would like to share a pic i took of my Christmas tree (which is actually a white one) everything on it is actually silver or hessian or string or seashells…...that’s the kinda …

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