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		<title>Our Apologies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our apologies to Ann Pember and Carla O&#8217;Connor. Ann and Carla also had works accepted into the 2010 American Watercolor Society Show. We somehow overlooked them in last week&#8217;s announcement. Above is Ann Pember&#8217;s AWS piece, Museo Majestoso. You can view Carla O&#8217;Connor&#8217;s award winning submission here.
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		<link>http://blog.ccpvideos.com/2010/03/16/our-apologies/</link>
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		<title>Community Support Idea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past few years, several of the artists in my critique group have donated paintings to a local charity auction that supports art and art education in our community. It&#8217;s a noble cause, but several of my friends who participated have felt used and misunderstood. Their experience makes me wish more people outside the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ccpvideos.com/2010/03/16/community-support-idea/</link>
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		<title>2010-11 American Watercolor Society Show</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The early results are in from the 2010-11 American Watercolor Society  Show at the Salmagundi Club in New York. Creative Catalyst artist John  Salminen won the Gold Medal, the top award in this year&#8217;s show.  Congratulations John!
If you&#8217;ve seen John&#8217;s DVD workshop, Urban Landscapes in  Watercolor, you&#8217;ll recognize the techniques he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ccpvideos.com/2010/03/10/2010-11-american-watercolor-society-show/</link>
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		<title>Creative Reserve</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written in the past about the importance of creating a reserve of  materials and ideas. Nothing feels quite so good as a stockpile of great  reference materials and sketches. But it&#8217;s also important to build a  creative reserve. I&#8217;m learning that as artists, we cannot continually  make withdrawals from our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ccpvideos.com/2010/03/09/creative-reserve/</link>
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		<title>Sherri Haab Project PDF</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sherri Haab just sent along instructions on how to make an Alice in Wonderland pewter bezel charm bracelet. Other than the beads, everything you need to make the bracelet is available at her site, SherriHaab.com, including the Alice collage sheet!
Click here for the PDF instructions. (They will download immediately.)
Alice Bracelet PDF
Learn more about Sherri&#8217;s DVD [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ccpvideos.com/2010/03/05/sherri-haab-project-pdf/</link>
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		<title>Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch in Cloth, Paper, Scissors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t yet had the chance, pick up the March/April issue of Cloth, Paper, Scissors and check out a tutorial by Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch on burning wood glue for encaustic* textures. In &#8220;Burned Glue &#38; Paper: Playing with Fire,&#8221; Patricia writes that a student suggested she try burning wood glue after watching Patricia&#8217;s shellac [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ccpvideos.com/2010/03/04/patricia-baldwin-seggebruch-in-cloth-paper-scissors/</link>
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		<title>New Discoveries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently finished editing Ned Mueller&#8217;s DVD, Making a Painting Work: Figurescape in Oil, and the project couldn&#8217;t have come at a better time. Normally I&#8217;m not a fan of oils. I grew up in a family of watercolorists. My own interests turned early toward mixed media. Oils always seemed to lack a certain something. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ccpvideos.com/2010/03/03/new-discoveries/</link>
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		<title>Words of Caution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The words of caution are, don&#8217;t be. As usual, I&#8217;m writing this for myself. It&#8217;s something I need to hear.
Each of us has only so much time on this earth. Especially in art, any time we spend being afraid of our own inner voice is a waste of a limited resource. Oscar Wilde said it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ccpvideos.com/2010/03/02/words-of-caution/</link>
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		<title>A Change of Plumage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am rejoicing! The Goldfinchs are gold. That may not mean much to most of you but to me it&#8217;s an indication I&#8217;ve made it through my least favorite season of the year: winter. Like daffodils in the spring, gold Goldfinchs are harbingers of hope.
In winter the goldfinch are safely hidden by their drab plumage [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ccpvideos.com/2010/02/23/a-change-of-plumage/</link>
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		<title>As Long as it Takes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I mentioned that I was attending a workshop. I&#8217;ve returned with one more tip: remember that a painting cannot be rushed.
I rush painting for a couple of reasons; the first is my inclination to multitask. I can unload the dishwasher, cook, and talk at the same time, but art takes focus. It&#8217;s high [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ccpvideos.com/2010/02/16/as-long-as-it-takes/</link>
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