MANY LETTERS AND COMMENTS HAVE come in from folks wanting to know about how I make the slide shows I’ve post here and my other sites. You can view this one (the first I made 3 years ago) , then I’ll tell you how it was created: L Diane Johnson Landscape Painting Sampler View more webinars from L Diane Johnson HOW TO: • This slide show using Slideshare.net a great little free tool. • First make an account for yourself. • To make your first slideshow, create still images as individual pictures, or as I did, by making a PowerPoint or Keynote presentation. • Once you have all you images or presentation file, upload all to your Slideshare account. You can move slides around to reorder them and even add music if you like (be sure the music is used by permission.) If you have prepared individual photos, you...
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Landscape Painting Demonstration by L Diane Johnson View more webinars from L Diane Johnson I AM BACK. Many of you know I broke my wrist last August, so I have been mending and not here on the blog much, nor painted either. Here is a little slide show of my “coming out” to give a demonstration in Acrylic to a group of nearly 50 people on Monday. It is about how I start a painting. I have lots of news and views for you, but will start with this little demo. Enjoy!
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HAPPY 2011 TO YOU ALL! Yet another decade has passed and we launch into a new one. “Do you make New Year’s Resolutions?” I used to but between all the holidays and resolutions it tended to give me what they call the “holiday blues.” For several years now, I have tried another approach. While Christmas and Easter are the most important holidays for me personally and spiritually, I had to find a way to overcome the hubbub of all the visiting and other activities related to celebrations. What is it? I treat every day as any other day. Doing this keeps me from the ups and downs that can come and scuttle my ship. It has worked great for me and has relieved me of so much self-imposed pressure. And when I resolve to do something, I just do it. As of December 1, I had nothing on my...
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THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THE SALE the following pieces to long-time collectors as well as new during November!
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THOSE WHO KNOW ME know that I am not one to meddle nor engage in rumors; but am getting hints here and there that PAM may be making a come back! I surely hope so! And if it does I’ll be as happy as a pig in mud, or is that “an artist in paint?” Either way, if you get a sense of something happening don’t hesitate to post here.
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