Thursday, October 19, 2023

How to Draw Birds with Confidence!

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 Love birds?   I do! And I love to draw them!  My 11 minute video will show you, step by step, how to draw birds using a reference photo a...
Friday, September 15, 2023

Abstract Fun

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 Abstract art is intriguing...  I  like it's playfulness.  I like the way colors and shapes can dance across a canvas.  But...  it is al...
Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Milkweed in Bloom

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 Who doesn't love FREE?  Especially Free Art!   If you love free and love art, you'll love this!  Every month I send out one colorfu...

Radiant! Sunflowers

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 Radiant,    7x5" oil on panel ©Helen Read   Sunflowers are one of my favorites!  And at the end of the summer, they always make an app...
Thursday, August 3, 2023

Dancing in the Wind ~ abstract

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  Dancing in the Wind (A garden inspired abstract painting) 12x9" oil on canvas ©Helen C Read  This is the time of year when I find a l...
Tuesday, August 1, 2023

What's This? $100 off regular pricing?

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  Yes!  - just until August 7th!  Take $100 off the usual price ($197)  on my full length drawing course, The Incredible Pencil.   ALSO, t...
Thursday, July 20, 2023

It's Finally Ready!! Helen C Read on Patreon!

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 This is something I've been considering for a while...and now HERE IT IS!   :)  The Art Adventure Why have I created this on Patreon?  ...
Sunday, July 2, 2023

July is Give-Away month!

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  This lovely little original oil painting is going to one of my friends in July!  It could be you!  Just check my July newsnote (sending on...

A Landscape Painting Exhibit - July 2023

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  Preparing an exhibit has taking up a good deal of my month of June!  But this 10 piece landscape exhibit is now up and ready to be viewed!...
Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Tranquility

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 Tranquility, 11x14" oil on canvas Shown framed in a floating frame.  There's something about being in nature - about the beauty, t...
Friday, May 12, 2023

Cantigny Tulips

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  Not far from where I live - these beautiful tulips are in full bloom.  This only gives a glimpse of the acres of flowers tucked into a woo...
Friday, May 5, 2023

Drying - not yet finished.

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  This is what has been on my easel this last week or so.  It's not quite finished.  Still drying - not yet titled. This is, I suppose, ...
Thursday, April 27, 2023

Finally Finished!

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 Sometimes, I find something stuck away ... something I started a long while ago and never finished.    Flowering Crabapple That was the cas...

Pen and Ink, Floral Bouquet

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Pen and ink is such a wonderful medium.  I did this small drawing a few months ago preparing for a larger painting.  But - it had such a lov...