tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-311811722011-11-06T08:07:10.952-05:00Notes on life as an artist, watercolor painting, drawing, teaching art classes for kids and adults, producing cards and prints of Maine watercolors, some cooking experiments, animals, creating coloring pages, watercolor lessons..Catinka Knothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10255563382856876445noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31181172.post-14996869440907966852007-06-13T12:29:00.000-04:002007-06-13T12:41:07.196-04:00

It isn't because of the technology that I was able to write a long letter. I can just as easily write all of this by hand, if not easier. True, I'd have to either recopy it by hand to have a copy, or go make photocopies. The reason I stopped writing the lengthy letters I used to write years ago is because of the phone. Long distance got cheap. And for more than 10 years I've been keeping a

Catinka Knothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10255563382856876445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31181172.post-1175199447722837872007-03-29T16:05:00.000-04:002007-03-29T17:41:39.583-04:00

One of my students has been hassling me that the work we're doing is 'too tight'. She's trying to loosen up. Why? "Because I think it's more creative" she says.She prefers, on the one hand, to work from photographs, whether her own or not, over trying to imitate a contempory watercolor, and, on the other hand, uses as an example of past lessons she's liked interpretations of old American Masters

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Larry, A StorytellerI've spent the last hour setting up this blog on blogspot because over at Tripod Lycos they recently went over to a new blog software which has wreaked havoc with existing blogs. This was several weeks ago but the changes for individual blogs have only taken effect gradually. I now have the new software and it doesn't seem to work with my browser. Now that I set everything up

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