http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog Barbara Burns - Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Dateline: Art - Cooking - Life Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:14:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/museum-of-visual-materials-june-2012-ladies-craft-night-atc-art-trading-cards http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/museum-of-visual-materials-june-2012-ladies-craft-night-atc-art-trading-cards#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:14:59 +0000 Barbara http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/?p=1452 June is a long way away from February but it gives me time to be excited and looking forward to lots of fun with current friends & new friends. The Museum of Visual Materials, Ladies Craft Night on June 6th, 2012 will be about a bit of art card history, lots of recycling creative fun […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

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]]> http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/purple-majesty-painting-products-available-now/feed 0 http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/palm-trees-visions-of-tropical-paradise-while-living-in-snowy-winter-country http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/palm-trees-visions-of-tropical-paradise-while-living-in-snowy-winter-country#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:34:38 +0000 Barbara http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/?p=1398 An Iowa native born & raised there who also raised my kids there, I lived in Texas for about 20 years before moving back to the Midwest, specifically to Sioux Falls, South Dakota in November 2010. Moving from Iowa to Texas was a culture shock due to real live palm trees among a variety of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

]]> http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/palm-trees-visions-of-tropical-paradise-while-living-in-snowy-winter-country/feed 0 http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/being-newsworthy-becoming-a-business http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/being-newsworthy-becoming-a-business#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:13:44 +0000 Barbara http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/?p=1385 This week has been busy … Monday afternoon I went to the Museum of Visual Materials for the Monday Afternoon Open Drawing Studio … I drew 2 shells and a wrapped wire basket Then I was interviewed [via telephone - gotta love cell phones some days!!!] by a Reporter for the Argus Leader for a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

]]> http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/being-newsworthy-becoming-a-business/feed 0 http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/interviewee-rebecca-fyfe-author-designer-photographer http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/interviewee-rebecca-fyfe-author-designer-photographer#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:03:37 +0000 Barbara http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/?p=1168 I met Becky several years ago in my quest to be a better POD (Print On Demand) Shopkeeper. She inspires me every day as well as people all over the world. She finds time to write, to create & to imagine … while sharing her thoughts & knowledge online & in her community, walking, exercising, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

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]]> http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/using-watercolor-pencils-for-drawing-or-sketching-before-during-painting/feed 0 http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/india-ink-history http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/india-ink-history#comments Sun, 18 Sep 2011 00:07:33 +0000 Barbara http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/?p=976 Wikipedia has a short article about India Ink. What I found the most interesting about this article was that it is now most commonly used for drawing instead of writing and printing, especially inking comic strips & comic books – much of comic book drawing is digital today though!!! [Inking a Comic Book Page in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

]]> http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/india-ink-history/feed 0 http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/interviewee-dan-mowry-mowry-media-artist-owner-pixel-pusher-head-popcorn-popper http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/interviewee-dan-mowry-mowry-media-artist-owner-pixel-pusher-head-popcorn-popper#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:00:49 +0000 Barbara http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/?p=840 I met Dan several years ago in my quest to be a better POD (Print On Demand) Shopkeeper. He was very active in several forums helping new Shopkeepers / Artists then and still is very active helping others today. He is an incredibly talented artist, extraordinarily nice person, wise businessman and over-the-top versatile creative person […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

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