tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10094854150639402392024-03-13T10:42:21.231-07:00Deirdra DoanArtist Illustrator AuthorDeirdra Doanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13432420824463446865noreply@blogger.comBlogger364125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009485415063940239.post-24385517748456530892015-12-25T08:53:00.001-08:002015-12-25T08:53:25.053-08:00Merry Christmas German Santa Old fashioned tree<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H9aUVuDV6Zo/Vn10g8WJtUI/AAAAAAAAF38/FWjrsVOOZSw/s640/blogger-image-1588037147.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H9aUVuDV6Zo/Vn10g8WJtUI/AAAAAAAAF38/FWjrsVOOZSw/s640/blogger-image-1588037147.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_iln22OCVt0/Vn10cQF9fJI/AAAAAAAAF3s/gkNw74t0I1c/s640/blogger-image--598746609.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_iln22OCVt0/Vn10cQF9fJI/AAAAAAAAF3s/gkNw74t0I1c/s640/blogger-image--598746609.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jPdsIsTBvo8/Vn10e-_NmJI/AAAAAAAAF30/JzWKBTus3xI/s640/blogger-image--1248436936.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jPdsIsTBvo8/Vn10e-_NmJI/AAAAAAAAF30/JzWKBTus3xI/s640/blogger-image--1248436936.jpg"></a></div><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H9aUVuDV6Zo/Vn10g8WJtUI/AAAAAAAAF38/FWjrsVOOZSw/s640/blogger-image-1588037147.jpg"></div>Deirdra Doanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13432420824463446865noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009485415063940239.post-17123201904449194002015-12-17T00:54:00.000-08:002015-12-17T00:54:36.447-08:00Christmas handmade ornaments and blog ornament blog hop.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sharing a few of my Christmas handmade ornaments. So fun to do!</div>
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Little air dry clay ornament in the style of Michelle Allen. I made it to go with Children's book I have been finishing. Nikki Nissa and the Christmas Star. I have a page from the book below. I am on my iPad and I don't know how to move the photo without key short cuts</div>
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I used green bottle brush trees I bleached out. Then I made gessoed cotton cloth that I then stamped with snowflake. I also added a netting to the wings. I printed out faces from a photo copied and photoshop page I made from scanned images of my faces. I cut them out and glued them to the foam silver beads from a Christmas swag. I made cloth tea dye and <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">gathered neck collar</span></div>
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I glued the heads and trees together painted the bases and glittered the trees by painting them white and glittered them while still wet.</div>
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I have a few for sale if your interested I can get one to you. I can repost on etsy.</div>
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This is a page from my book I am still working....it has been a large project as it s my first.</div>
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I made this post to join this fun Christmas Christmas Ornament Blog Party!</div>
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Deirdra Doanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13432420824463446865noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009485415063940239.post-65477942895102029072014-12-18T10:39:00.001-08:002014-12-18T10:39:36.857-08:00Merry Christmas Puppy video...from me..<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ssdCLrC8oeY/VJMeCK7TOOI/AAAAAAAAFiY/o0EW_t9HfXU/s1600/Lyra%2BDoan%2BSanta%2B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ssdCLrC8oeY/VJMeCK7TOOI/AAAAAAAAFiY/o0EW_t9HfXU/s1600/Lyra%2BDoan%2BSanta%2B.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a><br />
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Merry Merry..my new puppy sends you French Kisses for Christmas.<br />
Love,<br />
Deirdra<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn8q3kDeiQs">French Bulldog Puppy's Christmas Dream</a><br />
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My friend Michal and these wonderful German Santa's..I think I should have bought one....hm...Lyra loves Michal...<br />
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Lyra took a wonderful spa shower at the reatreat cabin after all her hard film work...life of the star!!</div>
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<br />Deirdra Doanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13432420824463446865noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009485415063940239.post-55043939152502366752014-09-02T15:35:00.001-07:002014-11-16T18:39:51.892-08:00Nikki in Photoshop: Starting School today!I am finally working on the last steps of Nikki Nissa and the Christmas Star!<br />
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Here is the first page.<br />
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I am working with a friend who is giving me a private workshop helping me add the magic.</div>
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I need to add night glows and stars and all kinds of beauty...and the new journey begins. Started my workshop school today with all the other students this year. </div>
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This is a youtube to help me along. It is the source of the workshop I am taking.</div>
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darling french friend Sophia was captured in the moment of thinking about about
how she would set her lovely table...it was so moving. I have been dealing with deep soul wounds surrounding issues of Mother love and unconditional Love. Unselfish love. Of course my sweet Mother had her own issues and so it goes through the generations of lose of mother in my family. </span></span></span><br />
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<span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".r[35q2d].[1][4][1]{comment10152170741659046_13008074}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][2]"><span data-reactid=".r[35q2d].[1][4][1]{comment10152170741659046_13008074}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][2].[0]"><span data-reactid=".r[35q2d].[1][4][1]{comment10152170741659046_13008074}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][2].[0].[0]"> As I pondered this longing in my heart became even more clear to be blessed by that kind of love. Atime to realize no amount of beauty made by me or others can heal this wound. Only prayer to my loving Creator God who knows all my longings will do. Only giving up and asking Him to repair and heal my heart would every bring this to pass. It is a healing time for me. </span></span></span><br />
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No wonder I love Bonnard so much he was always painting the same theme. His colors caress the warmth of the love of the mother..or in his case his wife. French women do have a special way about them and their families I found out this summer as we spent time in two very special French women's homes enjoying there cooking and care.<br />
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If any of you know about constitutional Homeopathy you can see how the remedy by my <a href="http://www.healthgrades.com/provider/stephen-albin-2rdwk/patient-ratings#TopOfMain">Dr. Steve Albin </a>(of 30 years and is amazing!!) of Nat. Mur is matching and helping me to pass through this time of healing as well as the prayers. Here is a link to a favorite book <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=jNw9Fi3qnNAC&pg=PA175&lpg=PA175&dq=Nat+Mur+philip+bailey&source=bl&ots=eMV7e5gFGd&sig=9mrl2fETUbb96B5ALLSSbDOIMVQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Y7sfUrO3L-nGiwLXiIB4&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Nat%20Mur%20philip%20bailey&f=false"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Homeopathic Psychology: Personality Profiles of the Major Constitutional Homeopathic remedy's...</span></span> <span class="addmd">By Philip M. Bailey</span> </i></a>on the different personality's of Homeopathic remedy's that heal your heart issues and body. <br />
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Another wonderful moment this summer was taking a painting class from <a href="http://www.deborahdewit.com/">Deborah DeWit</a><br />
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We stayed with wonderful friends at their home at the beach. They opened their home to us and made it possible to enjoy the class on a artists budget. John played a little house concert for their friends and we stayed up in the night talking about art and music and life.<br />
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Deborah studio..and work..<br />
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Second layer..I plan to change the face and go looser. I am just finding my way into the painting.<br />
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More beauty of the summer was planting beautiful David Austin Roses and and spraying them every other day with Deer repellent to keep them from being lunch. It is a full time job but oh how I love roses...I know the Danish women of my family loved them too..I think of my mother and Aunts as I bask in the roses spell. <br />
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<br />Deirdra Doanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13432420824463446865noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009485415063940239.post-2608016774939956852012-11-30T22:20:00.003-08:002012-11-30T22:52:39.430-08:00It's Christmas Dept 56 and Wendy Mainow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's Christmas...how do I know..Wendy W. Malinow had her Christmas Sale! Check out her wonderful jewelery and other such things on her etsy <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/eyefun?page=2">click her</a>e<br />
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Lookie here..the little snowman and the teal flower with a red center is her ornaments. We trade each year. And I buy one her adorable little silver charms..you can too from her Etsy!<br />
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Wendy is so cute..in her little silver shoes, sequin skirt and Maybell shirt! She is also a <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=5oM&sa=X&tbo=d&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1689&bih=1005&tbm=isch&tbnid=hyBdWEGlISm79M:&imgrefurl=http://www.amazon.com/Adrienne-Keith/e/B001K7ZF4S&docid=3xoQFp2aMvxhaM&itg=1&imgurl=http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61GZXE2XZDL._AA160_.jpg&w=160&h=160&ei=mJ25UMyNMKfuiQL9roH4Bg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=519&vpy=173&dur=716&hovh=128&hovw=128&tx=113&ty=81&sig=103897805347128469860&page=1&tbnh=128&tbnw=111&start=0&ndsp=64&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0,i:99">children's book illustrator</a>...fairy's and Christmas things...amazing..and her studio is so cool. <br />
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Each year I trade with several artists. It is so fun..here are a few of the great treats I have. <br />
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It is so wonderful to have hand made things...The Angel fairy's are my ornaments I traded this year. I also have them on my etsy for sale....and then there is the not handmade..but... <br />
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I have always loved the magic of Dept 56 Snow Village. It reminds me of my Childhood at Christmas. Or Norman Rockwell Christmas..so much family love. I just got my first 3 on ebay. I don't want to many or I will not know where to put them..but aren't they cute...Now I need a few people..<br />
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So I wish you a Merry Merry Christmas..We are off to do our Victorian Christmas Concerts around Oregon, California and AZ this year. Check out my husbands web..it is a great show..<br />
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This year I am displaying my Art Doll. She has a pretty red bow and red roots in her hair.<br />
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I am so Thankful...this Nov. for <a href="http://ostrichgirl5.blogspot.com/">Sheri DeBow</a> who taught me her method of making dolls. Check out her Facebook for lots of photo's and fun....<br />
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I made her eyes as those who follow my blog know you can do a search on my blog to find out how. This little dollie didn't have deep enough eye sockets so her eyes are kinda buggy..but....she is cute anyway.<br />
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Dolls can be hard to sell for Art prices..so I decided to give her her own frame..house. Using all my mix media methods I learned from teachers at Art and Soul and Art Fest I went to work.<br />
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She gave me some antique what nots to get started..thank you Ann......and then I spent 3 days in a 60 mile radius going all over to antique, thrifts shops and lumber yards..looking for stuff to make the box. <br />
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Finally with the stuff in hand... I now had to go on craigslist and pawn shops to get me a Radial Electric Saw and a Finish Nail gun..not to mention the right nails finally and other tools.<br />
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And then there was vacuuming up the dust...yeeks. Today I am off to deliver my doll...to the show..then home to clean the studio!!!!!!!!!Deirdra Doanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13432420824463446865noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009485415063940239.post-346939946805810282012-11-06T12:23:00.000-08:002012-11-06T12:23:40.564-08:00Modern Modonna and Child<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is one of my favorite painting.<br />
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I repainted the faces on this mixed media painting for the show at the Bush Barn. I am really happy with my face painting skills are improving. <br />
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I haven't had lots of time to paint with working for our music business. I have to work like so many women artists. But I get to pick my hours and I have fun traveling and all the other perks. The good news is that over time painting a little here and a little there the abilities improve. I am Thankful!!! this beautiful month of Thanksgiving.<br />
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You can buy a print of my painting on<a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/114220535/hope-mixed-media-painting-print-8x10"> my </a><a href="http://etsy./">etsy.</a><span id="goog_702703268"></span><span id="goog_702703269"></span>Deirdra Doanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13432420824463446865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009485415063940239.post-91035039624807405662012-11-06T09:34:00.000-08:002012-11-06T09:34:27.161-08:00Dolls for Christmas<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I can't resist...<br />
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I love Christmas...<br />
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And my favorite is Holiday Parties!!!! This little doll sits in hopes for lots of invitations...<br />
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<i>"This little doll is made with air dry clay and needle felted wool hair and pantaloons.<br />She
has a little antique black lace party dress with hot pink ribbon. She
is waiting for the Holiday season to come...she loves sparkly
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Check out my Dolls on <a href="http://etsy./">Etsy.<span id="goog_1067937678"></span><span id="goog_1067937679"></span></a><span id="goog_1067937683"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_1067937684"></span>Deirdra Doanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13432420824463446865noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009485415063940239.post-73721714464422913182012-11-05T16:26:00.000-08:002012-11-05T16:26:14.566-08:00Paintings for Bush Art Winter/Holiday Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A couple paintings I have in the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Salem-Art-Association/33629094823?ref=ts&fref=ts">Bush Art Gallery.</a><br />
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I reworked this painting..it is so much more powerful now.<br />
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My husband noticed that it is full of meaning ..Art expressing your deep self just like dreams is always a surprise to me. I think because I am often so mental. I guess that is why God gave me artistic talent....<br />
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Here are some thoughts about the painting.<br />
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This painting is full of
meanings that only became apparent when it was completed. The woman is
lost in a dream. The dream in front of her is orderly like a city but it
doesn't seem to really fulfill all that is in her heart. Even the
Lily's that she loves are felt through a black glove and fall from her
hand. <br /><br />But behind her is where her true self is full of the joy
of masses of butterfly's flying to the moon...a subconscious place of
truth that is beginning to come to life. <br /><br />Her wings are not fully
formed yet. Although she can not now fly to her destiny with them but
the promise is there as they continue to emerge. <br /><br />Her heart is filled with the white purity of the peacock in an imaginative beautiful mansion in Venice, Italy. Deirdra Doanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13432420824463446865noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009485415063940239.post-16544790134479159352012-11-05T11:03:00.001-08:002012-11-05T11:03:08.412-08:00Christmas Snow Angel Faerie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have loved bottle brush trees for such a long time.<br />
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They make little magical snow forests and villages..<br />
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I now found a way to make them into Doll ornaments.<br />
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Glitter, and netting, and sparkle, and faeire's and Angles and Christmas oh my...I have them for sale on my Etsy...<br />
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Happy Happy..Christmas crafting...it is the Nov. Craft sales month!!!Deirdra Doanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13432420824463446865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009485415063940239.post-83730408770832461382012-10-04T15:30:00.000-07:002012-10-04T15:39:30.954-07:00Painting againI have spent a couple weeks painting again. It is so fun. Worked on illustration for another Children's book.<br />
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It is not finished..I used photoshop to see what colors to make the girls dress. Now I am going to paint her. I cut out the item's so I could move them about. Fun!<br />
Come see me <a href="http://www.lifesourcenaturalfoods.com/">11-4 at Life Source Food Craft fair Oct. 6th Salem Oregon</a></td></tr>
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<br />Deirdra Doanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13432420824463446865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009485415063940239.post-2264374358371872252012-08-14T11:31:00.000-07:002012-08-14T11:31:12.938-07:00Fernando Sor & John Doan Graphics<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pOzG6escYDc/UCqO5qaHdTI/AAAAAAAAEqk/8w6Pjpp7hPc/s1600/Fernando+Sor+Russia+digital+art+Deirdra+Doan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="284" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pOzG6escYDc/UCqO5qaHdTI/AAAAAAAAEqk/8w6Pjpp7hPc/s320/Fernando+Sor+Russia+digital+art+Deirdra+Doan.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The sun is out and summer and is here but I am indoors making graphic art for my husbands new <a href="http://www.johndoan.com/discography/homage-to-sor/">CD Homagae to Fernando Sor</a> the father of Classical Guitar.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0igaNuCyeF8/UCqPWmW6MJI/AAAAAAAAErA/ugic2Mwe6Gg/s1600/300px-Fernando_Sor_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0igaNuCyeF8/UCqPWmW6MJI/AAAAAAAAErA/ugic2Mwe6Gg/s320/300px-Fernando_Sor_1.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="263" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have always wanted to see a colored painting of Fernando Sor. There was a litho print from the original painting of him that is now lost.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zRKh2gj05-A/UCqPIjA0IWI/AAAAAAAAEqw/vROKSu6nmXE/s1600/Unknown+(19th+century)+-+Portrait+of+Young+Man+With+Guitar,+The+State+Russian+Museum+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zRKh2gj05-A/UCqPIjA0IWI/AAAAAAAAEqw/vROKSu6nmXE/s320/Unknown+(19th+century)+-+Portrait+of+Young+Man+With+Guitar,+The+State+Russian+Museum+copy.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so I used this cool painting of a Russian Guitarist with a 7 string guitar and did my digital art magic creating a new painting of Fernando Sor. I used his grave stone photo I took in Paris for a cool layer to make it look old and hold together. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Having gone to Russia where Fernando Sor lived with his wife the Prima Ballerina of Paris who taught and danced at the <a href="http://www.bolshoi.ru/">Bolshoi Theater Moscow</a>. Sor wrote a ballet about Cinderella that opened the theater in the 1824. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This summer we got to walk the streets where he lived. You can go to my husband <a href="http://www.johndoan.com/">John Doan's blog</a> and sign up for emails when he puts up new blogs. He is posting a series of our time in Moscow. I took all the photo's there are some funny stuff there. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-joFvR17GBWs/UCqObljaaRI/AAAAAAAAEqU/xBS1zirZtY0/s1600/John+Doan+Homage+Fernando+Sor+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-joFvR17GBWs/UCqObljaaRI/AAAAAAAAEqU/xBS1zirZtY0/s320/John+Doan+Homage+Fernando+Sor+.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click to see this big...so cool.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div> Here is the poster I have been working on..John's photo was taken by an amazing photographer in Kiev Ukraine. <a href="http://www.photodom.com/member/Igor%20Voloshin">Igor Voloshin</a>. Check out his amazing work!<br />
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My friend <a href="http://www.carleejustis.com/Bio/Artist_Bio.html">Carlee Justis</a> put the guitar in the back. We didn't have the Panormal 1820's guitar with us in Ukraine. So we had to photo shop it in.<br />
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And THANK you Igor Voloshin..none of this would happened with out you and your friends and Victoria in Kiev who put us together with your beautiful work. The photo's and the this new poster is a new level for us!<br />
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In Keiv an amazing photographer took my husbands photo's. So powerful.<br />
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Back in Lviv the streets.<br />
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In the ancient town of Lviv there is a very ancient Byzantine church. The paintings I am showing are front the 1890's I think. I love this romantic style of painting…like the Pre Raphaelite painters. Meron one of our hosts took us on a personal tour of his city..</div>
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The Golden Gate...of Keiv.<br />
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The deck off Victoria's apt. in the Golden Gate district.<br />
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Lovely Victoria designed her apt...up 6 flights of stairs. No elevator. It was so wonderful to stay with her. She is the one not he right.<br />
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A party in the country. Jay Buckey in the Hawaiian shirt is from USA. He lives in Ukraine and he is <a href="http://www.yourharpguitar.com/">making harp guitars</a> with Trembeta.<br />
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It has been a long dream of John's for people to have a harp guitar they can afford. Up to now they were only antiques or you had to have it made for you. We are so happy now to be part of helping people all over the world get a harp guitar and helping the Ukrainian people have work!! They are so wonderful.<br />
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<br />Deirdra Doanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13432420824463446865noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009485415063940239.post-69084667366605491232012-06-07T13:51:00.001-07:002012-06-07T13:51:03.515-07:00A SUMMER MEDLEY<a href="http://www.healingwoman.blogspot.co.at/2012/06/summer-medley.html">A SUMMER MEDLEY</a><br />
Thank you so much for your comment..I can see you loving Lviv...it is so special..Love,<br />
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A magic coffee shop that comes alive at 9 pm..Lviv time..the drag spits fire..cracker that is...<br />
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In the Jewish quarter..most old..a new Jewish restaurant.<br />
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My husband at the sound check..<br />
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One of the owners of the Guitar factory that will be making my husbands harp guitar..<br />
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The food is so amazing and the friendship is so wonderful..<br />
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A mezuzah (from the <em>Hebrew</em> for "<em>doorpost</em>") is a small parchment <b>...</b> a sign upon your arm and they shall be an <em>ornament</em> between your eyes. A sad little reminder..on the door..a Mezusah no more...<br />
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In side the apt we stayed in...<br />
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<br />Deirdra Doanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13432420824463446865noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009485415063940239.post-41850401211205558132012-06-06T12:53:00.001-07:002012-06-06T12:56:20.899-07:00Ukriane with Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I can't just pick one photo..Ukraine was a dream...I loved it...<br />
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Such a old world town...<br />
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My husband and our new friends...<br />
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I beautiful new friend ..she was such a angle...she sings with such innocence.<br />
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My other friend Nadiya..in black..<br />
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Together in Nadiya's Aunts home..it use to be a Jewish family's before the war..you can feel all the sorrow, beauty and life of the Ukrainian people, Jewish people and Polish people all in one old world place...the hearts of the people are so wonderful.<br />
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This little kitchen makes so much sweet food...<br />
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He makes wine from berries in the woods...and his is his Grandson..<br />
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Old Poland mansions..now Ukraine...<br />
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Chocolate shop..<br />
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I have been in Europe for 6 weeks. 1 week in Moscow and 1 week in Ukraine...</div>
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I made this little painting for our hostess in Moscow...</div>
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It is so exotic...<br />
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This is near Red square where the Romanoff Czar's lived in the 15oo's<br />
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Our the window of the crafts women's studio who worked days sewing and sticking and making the beautiful clothing for the Czar and his Czarista wife..<br />
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The tour...<br />
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In concert..a lovely little library by a very artistic coffee shop.<br />
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Our host who looks like Lenin but is so not...<br />
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Dream car..<br />
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My husband with his comrades..ha..Deirdra Doanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13432420824463446865noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009485415063940239.post-18155298332375098372012-04-23T00:04:00.000-07:002012-04-23T00:06:05.728-07:00SCBWI WA 2012 Children's book Conference and Nikki Dolls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is last years and this years Nikki dolls.<br />
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It was so fun to have a little friend Nikki to go with me as we learned about how to get his book published.</div>
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I had a fun outfit for each day at the SCBWI conference.<br />
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And then there is the reality of getting your book past all these people to finally end up in a childs hands and dreams. There were so many great lecturers. I loved two agents. One was <a href="http://kathytemean.wordpress.com/2010/08/08/rubin-pfeffer-urges-scbwi-to-become-e-publisher/">Rubin Pfeffer</a>. This was his slide at his great lecture about Picture Books being alive and well in this economy. He read my first page of my book in one of the lectures. Too long for this picture book market. Now a picture book needs to be 800 words or less!!! But they like what they read..just needs to be shortened and voice younger. </div>
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Mellisa Sweet is a wonderful artists and children's book author illustrator. Please check out here <a href="http://chinookupdate.blogspot.com/2010/06/scbwi-la-conference-faculty-interview_17.html">links</a> and <a href="http://melissasweet.net/">web</a>. Also an <a href="http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=1873">interview with her link. </a><br />
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<a href="http://scbwi.blogspot.com/2012/03/2012-golden-kite-award-interviews.html">Mellisa Sweet's </a>wonderful lecture on illustrating and writing a children's book. Her art is beautiful and her work ethic is inspiring.<br />
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I loved Andrea Welch lecture; Making Your Picture Book a Perfect 10.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">This is the <a href="http://chinookupdate.blogspot.com/2012/04/andrea-welch-making-your-picture-book.html">review of her lecture from SCBWI</a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/00921299935406060841" itemprop="author" rel="author" style="color: #32aaff; text-decoration: underline;" title="author profile">Martha Brockenbrough</a>,</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">The first impression is key: Does she laugh? Does it have fun with the language? Does her heart ache for the character? Does she want to read it aloud? "I will never get used to that feeling I get when I open something up and say, 'Oh my God, this could be amazing!'"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><b>Does it have certain crucial elements? She asks 10 questions (we're sharing five) </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">"Emotionally engaging doesn't mean sappy," she sais. "It means it speakers to a reader's heart somehow." The Mo Willems pigeon books speak to a child's desire to want to do something, for example.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">"If a manuscript is funny, it will get my attention," she says. "If it's funny and full of heart, I probably won't be able to resist it."</span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; line-height: 20px;">I learned the most I have ever learned this year. This is the 4 SCBWI conference I have been too. And this time I woke up and really understood what they were saying. I now have a plan on how make the changes I need to make to allow my book a chance to be published. It seemed like I was on a cloud with all the tips and personal help I got! I am excited to get to it. I would really recommend the SCBWI conferences. I could only go to one conference this spring and I picked SCBWI. I was sad I missed Art Fest this year but now I know the sacrifice was worth it!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I haven't had much time to work on my most favorite new art project. But once in a while I get to when I do arting with my art friends.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div> I spent some time buying her my favorite fabric for a dress..You can see a little peek of it on the left. It is <a href="http://www.liberty.co.uk/fcp/content/emporium/emporium">Liberty of London's</a>.<br />
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</div>When ever I go to London I try to stop by my favorite store..it is so magical. And the wall paper, jewerly, fabric, furnishings are faboulous!! I you feel a little like Twiggy goes to the Tudors while in this store.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hi I am getting ready for going to the <a href="http://www.scbwi-washington.org/20/annual-conference.html">SCBWI 2012 Children's Book</a> conference in Seattle. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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I am slowly getting my art dolls made..had a g<span id="goog_1331707538"></span><span id="goog_1331707539"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a>reat day with my Arting<br />
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Beautiful Janne from Norway in her new silver leather rock star jacket..I gave it to her because is looked better on her and she is a sweetie!!..she is a fashion designer as well as other arty things! <a href="http://www.spindelmaker.com/">Janne</a> is from Norway and her blog is so interesting with all kinds of Norway and art idea's. She blogs daily!<br />
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Karla's work for sale on her etsy.<br />
<a href="http://www.karladornacher.typepad.com/">Karla</a> my new dear friend is a wonderful inspirational artist, author and working artist. She blogs 4 times a week with wonderful things to share.<br />
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She is a dollie artist to and we push each other on!<br />
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Also check out this little girlie..I just posted her on my etsy for sale.<br />
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</div>By the way the Rose colored glasses are working!!Deirdra Doanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13432420824463446865noreply@blogger.com6