http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog Barbara Burns - Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Dateline: Art - Cooking - Life Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:16:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/does-clutter-equal-procrastination http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/does-clutter-equal-procrastination#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:16:28 +0000 Barbara http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/?p=1700 I have finally admitted it to myself … sigh … yes, clutter accumulating on my drawing table is my way of procrastinating. I never used to suffer from procrastination but somehow as I have gotten older, it appears to have crept into my life like a thief in the night … suddenly I recognize it […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

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]]> http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/sioux-falls-sd-sketchcrawl-4-21-2012/feed 0 http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/the-beginning-of-my-sioux-falls-sd-urban-sketcher-career http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/the-beginning-of-my-sioux-falls-sd-urban-sketcher-career#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:26:53 +0000 Barbara http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/?p=1631 I have several online artist friends who are Urban Sketchers though I am not sure how many are members of the website … to my knowledge … none of them live close to me in Sioux Falls South Dakota … so I do not have a friend to go out & about with to sketch […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

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]]> http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/taking-care-of-watercolor-paintings/feed 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...

]]> http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/museum-of-visual-materials-june-2012-ladies-craft-night-atc-art-trading-cards/feed 2 http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/purple-majesty-painting-products-available-now http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/purple-majesty-painting-products-available-now#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:10:05 +0000 Barbara http://barbaraburns.com/barbarablog/?p=1440 Today, I have been working on getting my “Purple Majesty” digital painting available on products in my Zazzle Shop. This digital painting was shown in the Sioux Falls, SD Avera McKennan Juried Show at the Prairie Center on their Digital Art Wall from June 1, 2011 to August 12th, 2011. [See my Career Timeline for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry...

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