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A bookmark from the art of Kathy Shell
In this age of electronic text messaging and emails, we tend to spend less time Writing Letters with Pen & Ink.

I have never had good handwriting, so I have tended to use email in preference myself yet I know that treasure receiving personalized letters and I strive when I travel to send hand written postcards to my grandchildren who have been a little young to email.

These are some good books that assist those wanting to improve their writing style.  Write Now is one I have just borrowed from my library.

Is there someone special you could pen a letter to, today J?

This post is illustrated with one of the bookmarks and one of the pens, I will have for sale, ‘direct from the artist;, available at our caravan awning studio, during our tour. These pens and bookmarks feature my own artwork images and are nor available for mail order.

 
 
 
-The Giveaway:

In conjunction with Mummified Times Five, I am giving away up to $1000 worth of Maimeri Classico oil paints!

Each prize pack includes 10 tubes of Maimeri Classico paints valued at $9.55 each…so with free postage, that’s a prize pack valued at over $100!! And we have 10 packs to give away!!

To enter, all you need to do is:

-comment on any post ON EACH of Kathy Shell’s blogs (listed in my blog side bar and below):

http://www.artslim.org/
http://www.cards-art.com/
http://www.kathy-shell.net/
http://www.doggiesblog.com/
http://www.gray-nomad.com/
http://www.bloggermuse.com/
http://www.functional-art.net/
http://www.postcards-art.com/
http://www.campfire-yarns.com/
http://www.fridgemagnetart.com/
- then go to the competition post at

http://mummifiedtimesfive.net/2010/02/01/spotlight-on-kathy-shell-giveaway/

and say why you would like to win a 10 pack of Maimeri Classico paints.

(Both steps are mandatory to be in the running to win this prize)

Giveaway finishes 15 Feb 2010

 This blog post has been illustrated by postcards from the art of Kathy Shell. These can be orderd through the artist's postcards-art web site or purchased 'direct from the artist', in her caravan awning studio
 
 
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Advance Notice.

$1,000 . value of Oil Paint to be given away FREE to my blog readers during

February 2010.

Not just any oil paint but,

 quality Italian Maimeri Classico 60ml tubes.

These paints are the artist’s daily bread and butter. Anyone – professional or amateur – who picks up a tube of Classico oil paints will find in it just what they need. They contain no waxes or thickeners, and pigment concentration is very high. Bright, lively colours with overall harmony in the palette, these paints from Italy are made with non-toxic, non-polluting pigments that improve light-fastness.

They are versatile paints, offering exceptional value for money, but you could own a set plus postage FREE.  Watch this blog and http://mummifiedtimesfive.net for further details and be the first to enter this FREE competition.
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I made a stay wet pallet  for painting the landscape, when I travel, by putting the grids from two smaller containers in the bottom of a shallow square container.  I cut wettex sponges to fit over this grid, and then I covered these sponges with wet strength paper towels with part of the paper towel going under the grid to the base of the container.  When in use I will have a shallow layer of water under the grid, I will have the wettex sponges damp, the paper towel will remain damp and the paint goes on top of the wet strength paper towel. The air tight lid will then hold the moisture in and any unused acrylic paint left over from a day’s painting session should stay wet until the next painting occasion.