Category Archives: instruction

Some thoughts on inspiration

Posted on April 10, 2013 by quilligraphy

My guides for inspiration.   Keep your eyes wide open for inspiration! Look for a beautiful sunset.  Feast your eyes on the perfection of flowers – the perfection of their colors and of their conformation. Did you realize that none … Continue reading →

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Trying a new art technique

Posted on March 19, 2013 by quilligraphy

As an artist, it is always challenging and fun to try a new technique. So recently,  my friend, Sally, and I got together to try a new technique using pressed flowers.  This was a new process that we learned through … Continue reading →

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Volunteering for OLLI

Posted on February 13, 2013 by quilligraphy

There are many rewards to volunteering especially when you are retired.  I often wonder how I ever had time to work. One of my most rewarding volunteer stints has been being on the curriculum committee for OLLI (Osher Life Long … Continue reading →

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You can take good photographs in 2013

Posted on January 3, 2013 by quilligraphy

Good 2013! Allow yourself to be creative in 2013.  Grab a camera and see the world through the lens.  Soon you will realize that you are isolating segmented areas to take photographs. Then look at the background of that segmented area … Continue reading →

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Would you like to be adventuresome?

Posted on September 29, 2012 by quilligraphy

I love to be adventuresome and take a vacation where I do not know where I am going to go and I do not have a schedule.  This year the vacation was to New York State.  I knew I was … Continue reading →

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