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Struggle

As artists there are many skills and info we need to know and be able to do in order to paint a pleasing picture. When things don't turn ...

Creativity can be learned

I used to think that creativity was a natural gift that some people had and the rest of us wanted…..that it couldn’t be learned. Well, I...

Renew

It's Spring! Time for new growth (my tulips and other bulbs have been up for a few weeks) and new projects. As many of you may know, I ...

Creativity

creativity -The ability to use imagination to produce a novel idea or product. Wiktionary I think that creativity is the ability to pe...

Art Brings People Together!

I have heard this 'wisdom' so often, but.....really?! Does art really do this?! I am here to tell you that it does. Here is a story tha...

Picture This!

After traveling to many beautiful places in the world, I am more grateful than ever that I can interpret my experiences and feelings in a...

Sketching with Tibetans

As I sat outside the Sera Monastery in Lhasa, Tibet, waiting for my group to complete their tour, I had a fun experience with several Tib...

Travel & Sketch

Many of you know that I am preparing for a ‘trip of a lifetime’. In September I will be traveling with a group to Nepal and Tibet. It h...

A Different Kind of Window

window [win-doh] anything likened to a window in appearance or function, as a transparent section in an envelope. Taken from Dictionary.c...

Taking a Risk

So, after I finally got to the point of being able to call myself an artist…what was the next step? Have an art show! Yikes, what a frig...

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HARGARTEN, CWS

WHITE LOTUS ART STUDIO

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