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Winter Beginnings: Family Moments and Fitness Plans
Life is good, we had a great Thanksgiving, went down to my Mom’s house and saw my brother and had our son down from Jersey for the day as well, so it was pretty nice. The wife and I went out on Black Friday to do shopping, again it wasn’t like it has been in
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Navigating Life’s Ups and Downs: A Personal Update
OMG, well things have been going rather crazy in life the last few months, really it didn’t go crazy till the beginning of October, and stayed that way till the middle of November for the most part. My wife works for the fed gov’t and I support as a contractor, so Oct 1 she got
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The Impact of Nicolaides’ Art Education Techniques
The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study An Expert Review of Kimon Nicolaides’ Foundational Text Rating: ★★★★★ (5/5) In the crowded landscape of art instruction books, few works have achieved the enduring influence and pedagogical significance of Kimon Nicolaides’ “The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study.” Originally
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Juggling Creativity and Sobriety: My Artistic Journey
Well I am going to write something twice in one week, who would have thought. This one will just be a general life update though. Thanks to my full time gig I have been as busy as all get out, so I haven’t been able to get any actual artwork done or started getting into
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A Brief History of Erotic Art: From Prehistoric to Renaissance
Section 1: The Origins of Erotic Art in Ancient Civilizations Erotic art has been a part of human expression since the dawn of civilization, serving as a means to explore sexuality, fertility, and the human body. The earliest known examples of erotic art date back to prehistoric times, with artifacts and cave paintings depicting sexual
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Relearning the Art of the Nude: From Pencil to Canvas
Why Erotic Art? Why not Erotic Art? Isn’t all art erotic in some way, especially when it stirs a feeling in us, I know for me that is how it feels. But in this case what I am really talking about is how gorgeous the human form is when captured naked, its arousing, to most,
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Navigating Life Changes: Adapting to a Pay Cut
So I started the week off strong, with a birthday, but the same day I started work with the new company that cut my pay by 10%, so that was fun as well. I am now in the process of working things out so that we can continue to survive and thrive on 10% less
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Transforming My Art Studio: A Productive Space
I have been talking about getting my art studio/home office moved to the lower level of my house for like the last two weeks and this past weekend it finally got done. Took two days but that is all good. It helped that during the course of the week I got rid of the two
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Life Updates: My Journey of Art and Work Challenges
So I have been a little lax in posting the last couple of weeks but life has been extremely busy and other things I needed to have happen got in the way. One of those things was two trips to Philly to see Metallica a couple of weeks ago. That was a rockin’ show for
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Epic Weekend Plans: Metallica Shows & Home Office Move
This weekend should be epic, have not just one but two Metallica shows to go to, Friday night and Sunday night, each day a totally different set and two different opening bands (Pantera, Ice Nine Kills, Limp Bizkit and Suicidal Tendencies). It should definitely be a rocking weekend. Because we have been so busy as