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Prepping Wood Panels

It's time to prepare more wood panels for art. To prepare wood panels, first they are cut to size; second, a notch in put in one side for hanging; third, they are sanded on all sides.  Finally, each panel is gessoed and sanded three or four times with a 24-hour dry time between each layer of gesso drying.  Then they are ready for the first layer of paint.  :D

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Painting Demo at Earth Angels Studios

Over the weekend I did a painting demo at Earth Angels Studios in Florida, NY. People really liked the chickadees.  But I feel like more people were impressed that I could paint sideways. :D Almost finished! What a great audience!  Including online friends via Facebook live for @jensearthangels and other pages. More of my art at her gallery, which is in an old ice house.

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