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Thoughts Behind the Finishing Touches of a Painting
'Summer Profusion' 12x16 pastel ©Karen Margulisavailable $195I used to stop too soon. Only I didn't know it. I thought I was finished. Or at least as finished as I...
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New Video Demo Release on YouTube: Painting a Winter Landscape
'The Road Home' 6x8 pastel ©Karen Margulisavailable. $95I know that I have spring fever. I am sure many of you do as well. But I couldn't help sharing one last...
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Important Advice for Finishing a Painting
'A Moment of Silence' 16x20 pastel ©Karen Margulisavailable $250 It was a great question. I had a discussion with an artist last evening about finishing a...
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How to Paint a Bumblebee
'Just Add Bees' 16x20 pastel ©Karen Margulisavailable $250I love putting bumblebees into my wildflower paintings. It gives them life and helps to tell a story. I...
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Do You Struggle With Painting Shadows?
'Simple Pleasures' 8x10 pastel ©Karen MargulisThis will be the March Patreon Painting GiveawayShadows were the thing that challenged me the most....right after...
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Back to the Beach....My First Landscape Love
'Summer Magic' 8x10 pastel ©Karen Margulisavailable $175This painting has been up on the easel in an unfinished state for weeks. Life got in the way but I was anxious...
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Making Use of Implied Detail
'Back to the Marsh' 14x18 pastel ©Karen Margulis available $195I decided to put them in at the very end of the painting. I didn't stress over how I would paint something...
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New Pastel Demo Video: Queen Anne's Lace
'A Few of My Favorite Things' 8x10 pastel ©Karen Margulis"Are you painting the weeds again?" my husband likes to say when I am working on a Queen Anne's Lace painting. Weeds?...
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The Trick to Painting Beautiful Shadows
'Path to Peace' 8x10 pastel ©Karen Margulisavailable in my Etsy shop $155The photo was dull. It just didn't capture that warm sunny feeling that I felt when I stood at the end...
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Get Ready for Green!
'Into the Land of Green' 8x10 pastel ©Karen Margulis Green. I used to avoid it. Dare I say I didn't even like it! Painting with it that is. But since I live in the Southeast...
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Revisiting a BAD Painting after 10 Years!
'A Wonderful World' 19x25 pastel ©Karen Margulisavailable $350Do you save your old paintings? I mean the really old ones? I probably wouldn't have saved so...
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NEW Workshop Opportunity this May in Blue Ridge Georgia!
Many of you have asked if I was going to add another workshop to my 2019 schedule so I want to share an opportunity that just came up! I will be doing another team workshop with my good friend and...
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What 10 years of Daily Painting Can Do
'Down Memory Lane' 14x11 pastel ©Karen Margulisavailable $175I looked at the old painting hidden in my studio annex. The room has become my husband's tool room. I still...
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An Amazing Trick with Workable Fixative
'Summer Magic ll' 9x12 pastel ©Karen Margulisavailable $175It is one of my most asked questions. Do I use fixative and what kind? The quick answer is that I...
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New Video Demo Release: Explore Mark Making with a Nest Painting
'For Every Bird a Nest' 11x14 pastel ©Karen MargulisI love painting nests! Every year when spring rolls around I get the itch to paint a nest! We were lucky last year to...
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Would You Like to Paint Along with Me?
'A Path to the Sea' 9x12 pastel ©Karen Margulisavailable $165Paint Along videos are now available! I am grateful for the Patreon platform because it has allowed me the...
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Why Taking Art Workshops are Good for You
'Blue Ridge Mountain Magic' 8x10 pastel ©Karen MarguisI guess I am just a perpetual student. I love to learn new things. I am happiest with my nose in a book or listening...
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New Sunday Studio Pastel Demo on YouTube!
'Along the Way' 9x12 pastel ©Karen Margulisavailable $150It has been awhile since I did a Sunday Studio video! It was a chilly day so instead of going outside to do some...
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A Surprising Painting Result
'Wildflower Surprise' 9x12 pastel ©Karen Margulis available $165 What happens when you take an old and unwanted demo painting and paint over it with clear gesso? You get a...
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Working on a Piece of Mystery Paper
'Imperfect Beauty' 12x9 pastel ©Karen Margulisavailable $165It seems as though my daily painting time has moved to the early evening. Baby duty has changed my schedule...
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