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How would you categorize your painting style?: Beginner

Which medium do you prefer? eg. oils, acrylics, etc.: Oil on Canvas or Canvas board

Are you a full time artist?: Part Time

Who are your favourite 2 artists?: Richard Schmid, Tibor Nagy, Peter Wileman

What's your website address? (If any): http://lauraxu.net

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At 3:24 on August 9, 2015, Pauline Le Merle said…: Laura, I have just visited your website, your paintings look sensational!! :-}

At 3:56 on July 14, 2015, Stuart J. Gourlay said…: Sounds good Laura; see you tomorrow!

At 2:35 on July 14, 2015, Stuart J. Gourlay said…: Hi Laura. I will meet you at Thomas Fogarty Winery tomorrow AM. I will get there about 9:30 and bring your painting.

At 21:32 on June 23, 2015, Stuart J. Gourlay said…: Thanks Laura!! I'm having a real fun time here in Cedarburg! They asked me to do the TV interview to help promote the event and it was really fun. I have painted a lot of paintings and met some more fabulous artists that I had not met before. I'm going to finish the painting that I started during the TV interview yesterday, go paint a Farmers' Market in a little town called Theinsville, finish up a couple of afternoon paintings from the other day and then go do a nocturne of a really funky restaurant here in Cedarburg. This is just plain fun!!!

At 5:21 on March 28, 2015, Roena King said…: Perfect...........I have the DVD on the sunsets. I will go review. I want to mix and tube up some premixed grays to use often. I am going to do a en plein air where we are now due to the amazing colorful scenes. So inspired! smile I saw where you and Stu did a painting of a cliff and ocean together. How fun is that! Your painting was pretty. I enjoyed reading Michael's comment about leading the eye into the pic. HUM going to have to do some creative moving around for my place to work. Glad I read that. Thanks again for the quick reply.

At 2:31 on March 28, 2015, Roena King said…: I know, I thought we were already on each other's friends list. LOL What I wanted to ask you, since I think you have taken more of RR workshops than I have. Do you remember which one it was where he mixed 2 piles of gray to use in his mixes for the painting? I think he mixed one cool gray and one warm gray. Hugs, Roena

At 14:22 on February 15, 2015, Alia Outrey said…: Thank you for liking my Painting on the Edge, Laura! My husband doesn't like it and it makes me feel happier that you do : ) Happy Valentine's Day!!!

At 12:47 on February 9, 2015, Judith Diskin said…: Hi So glad you like my Paintings. I hope to see more of your work, J

At 16:17 on January 28, 2015, Alia Outrey said…: Thank you for friending me, Laura! I appreciate your kind comments about my paintings and hope to get more on here soon!

At 18:45 on January 3, 2015, Steinunn Einarsdottir said…: Hi Laura, I thought we were friends too but I could not find you when I wanted to tell you about the painting. Thank you for being a friend.:)

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Superimposing a Grid onto an Image using Free Tools

Posted on March 10, 2014 at 18:50 1 Comment 0 Likes

For the group exercise, I wanted to superimpose a grid over my painting piece to make it easier to get the position of elements correct in my painting. You can do this using Photoshop, but for those of us who don't have it, there is an alternative. My husband found a free tool online that you can use to do this very easily.

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