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Day 3-Naturel Journaling
I'm not really sure if I am actually on day 3. The Fourth of July was thrown in there as a surprise graduation party for me. :) Anyway,...

Lisa Wiertel
Jul 8, 20211 min read
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Day 2-Nature Journaling
I am visiting my parents in Western New York. My mother has a beautiful garden as does her neighbor. Her neighbor's garden is a...

Lisa Wiertel
Jul 6, 20211 min read
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Day 1-Nature Journaling
I'm about to embark to see how many days in a row I can nature journal. School is out. This is my first summer as a teacher. Although...

Lisa Wiertel
Jul 3, 20211 min read
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Book Review: How Artists Work
I don't know how Overdrive the eBook service that my library uses knows that I'm an artist, but it came up with an interesting...

Lisa Wiertel
Jan 1, 20212 min read
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Social Distancing at Longwood Gardens
I had the opportunity to spend Thanksgiving week with my sister who lives a stone's throw away from Longwood Gardens. I honestly cannot...

Lisa Wiertel
Nov 30, 20201 min read
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New Idea for a Painting
I have been on a real creative bent lately. I have a lot of ideas in my head that I want to get into motion. I have a few goals that I...

Lisa Wiertel
Aug 4, 20201 min read
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Trying my hand at painting zinnias
I planted a garden of zinnias at the library where I worked last year. I also planned a program around sunflowers and we got much patron...

Lisa Wiertel
Aug 4, 20202 min read
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Social Distancing Practicing
I had been watching a lot of art videos during social distancing. Since going back to work plus finishing up school I've had little time...

Lisa Wiertel
Jul 4, 20201 min read
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Social Distancing Maymont Park Edition
I should have posted this last week and I shouldn't make excuses on why I didn't! The only excuse that I have is that I have been...

Lisa Wiertel
May 28, 20201 min read
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Done! "Lance", Acrylic on gessobord, 11"x14"
I finally finished this commission piece of a dog that crossed over the rainbow bridge late last year. This one was tough because the...

Lisa Wiertel
May 12, 20201 min read
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"April into May", Acrylic on Gallery Wrap Canvas, 24"x30"
I know we have all been in "a funk" the past couple of months. The past week has been a struggle for me as it has been for many. A...

Lisa Wiertel
May 8, 20201 min read
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Social Distancing Continues
I wasn't planning to go out yesterday at all to sketch. I think the quarantine is making me feel a little down the last couple of days. ...

Lisa Wiertel
May 3, 20202 min read
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My entry for the Kula Cloth Design Contest
I found out about this cool product recently for backpacking called the Kula Cloth. I was on their website last week looking around when...

Lisa Wiertel
Apr 30, 20201 min read
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Social Distancing while Hiking & Inktense
This weekend was a little crazy because I had to finish a big assignment for school. I really wanted to get a hike in so I promised...

Lisa Wiertel
Apr 22, 20201 min read
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Social Distancing Weekend Edition
All of the social distancing is giving me the opportunity to do things on my list that I normally do not have the time do when I'm not...

Lisa Wiertel
Apr 20, 20201 min read
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Social Distancing Easter Edition
Well, this wasn't the Easter weekend that I had planned for. My original plans were to go off to the AT and do a solo hike. I had been...

Lisa Wiertel
Apr 13, 20201 min read
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Social Distancing last weekend
I'm enjoying the opportunity to sketch. Just wish I could go out and draw and sketch. The weather has been wonderful here. Above is a...

Lisa Wiertel
Apr 8, 20201 min read
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Social Distancing-Trying to draw hands.
I'm on week 3 of social distancing and I am trying to make an effort to work on my personal artwork. It has been very hard for me to...

Lisa Wiertel
Apr 1, 20201 min read
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Continuous Line Drawing Video
As I have mentioned before, I am currently in the Career Switcher Program at Regent University. I am going to be endorsed in Visual...

Lisa Wiertel
Mar 31, 20201 min read
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Social Distancing 3/29/2020
I have been wanting to urban sketch since this quarantine began but I did not think I would be able to social distance myself in downtown...

Lisa Wiertel
Mar 30, 20201 min read
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