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Ali Canary
@AliCanary (3062)
Joined myLot 8 years ago
I'm an artist, writer, and teacher, so communication is my thing! Some of you may know me from Yahoo, Bubblews and Persona Paper. Nice to be here!
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Finished the House Portrait
Ali Canary
@AliCanary
(3062)
12 May
When last we saw this picture, I was NOT working on it but doing everything else, instead, including writing about how I was not working on it. I thought you might like to see it finished! Don't worry, I finished it only a few...
portrait
artwork
side hustle
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I'm Procrastinating
Ali Canary
@AliCanary
(3062)
21 Apr
Nothing gets me doing things like needing to do something else! I have a house portrait I've been working on (that's the picture that you're seeing, above). It is very close to being done, and I figured I would be able to finish...
portrait
artwork
side hustle
procrastination
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9 people
Back to Taz! Defining Shapes
Ali Canary
@AliCanary
(3062)
17 Feb
Hey all, I am working on new commissions, but I wanted to touch base with another update on the portrait of Taz, because I am also working on him along and along, and I didn't want to leave you hanging! When last we saw the...
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Christmas Commissions - Here's #3!
Ali Canary
@AliCanary
(3062)
7 Jan
Okay, here's the one that came down to the wire (I delivered it two days before Christmas)! This is the other house portrait for the client who ordered Commission #2. As you can see, it is a very different kind of house, made of...
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Christmas Commissions - Commission #2
Ali Canary
@AliCanary
(3062)
30 Dec
The second commission was one of a set of two pen and ink portraits of houses that I did for another client. It was my first work for that client, whom I never actually met, as the commission was brought to me by the lady I did...
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side hustle
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Christmas Commissions - #1
Ali Canary
@AliCanary
(3062)
24 Dec
Hello friends! It's Christmas Eve here in the States (it's only 1:30 in the afternoon, so it doesn't feel very eve-ish, yet), and it's already Christmas Day in the Eastern hemisphere, so Merry Christmas to those who celebrate, and...
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Update on the Portrait of Taz
Ali Canary
@AliCanary
(3062)
12 Nov
It's time for another update about my portrait of Taz, the acrylic painting that I started ages and ages ago. In this update, there is a big change! If you might recall, in the last article I mentioned that I was starting the...
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Which Way Do You Face When Riding on a Train?
Ali Canary
@AliCanary
(3062)
28 Oct
Do you have a preference, or a need, to face a certain when riding a train? I read that there are some people who need to face forward or they will be very uncomfortable. I thought about it, because I used to ride the train a lot...
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Arranging Books by Color
Ali Canary
@AliCanary
(3062)
10 Oct
I was reading an article the other day that made a reference to "people who sort their books by color". The author was writing about dating and getting to know people, and mentioned this as a habit that might annoy some people,...
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Portrait of Aunt Myrtha
Ali Canary
@AliCanary
(3062)
25 Sep
My Aunt Myrtha was an army nurse in World War Two. Unfortunately, she died somewhat young, in here thirties (from cancer, not from the war), so I don't remember her, but she had two daughters, my cousins Carleen and Barbara, whom...
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Enjoying a Long Weekend
Ali Canary
@AliCanary
(3062)
25 Sep
Good morning, all, I am in the third day of a three-day weekend, and I am enjoying it a lot! I have been getting a lot of things done: on Friday, I got my updated COVID vaccination, and I haven't had any bad side effects at all. I...
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White Nectarines - New for Me. Are They Good?
Ali Canary
@AliCanary
(3062)
15 Jul
I'm not the biggest fan of grocery shopping, but I do like going to the store more in the summertime, as there are some wonderful seasonal fruits available. I always stock up on nectarines and plums, and I get particularly tickled...
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Sad News from Japan
Ali Canary
@AliCanary
(3062)
4 Jun
We got an email yesterday from my husband's younger brother, who lives in Japan (his whole side of the family lives there). He wrote to tell us that my husband's mom passed away last week. And further sad news, his younger sister...
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Working on a Portrait this Weekend
Ali Canary
@AliCanary
(3062)
29 Apr 23
I had to take a break from the painting of Taz because I have another portrait commission that slipped in. It's a graphite (pencil) portrait, and I can do those pretty quickly. The client gave me the reference photo a few weeks...
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The Sleeping Librocubicularist
Ali Canary
@AliCanary
(3062)
12 Mar 23
To explain the title, a "librocubicularist" is a person who likes to read in bed. Some of you might be librocubicularists and didn't even know there was a word for that! As for the picture, I was 1) reading in bed and 2) goofing...
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My Portrait of Taz: The Final Phase Starts
Ali Canary
@AliCanary
(3062)
5 Mar 23
Hi folks, some of you may have wondered if I gave up on my painting of Taz, since I broke my series to post on something else last time. I realized that I should really be posting on other things in case people aren't interested...
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A Bad Three-Day Weekend
Ali Canary
@AliCanary
(3062)
17 Feb 23
Ha, is there such a thing as a bad three-day weekend? Yes, unfortunately! This week, I am doing what I call my "3-3-3". That is, I took off Monday and I'm off today, so that I get a three-day weekend, a three-day workweek, and...
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My Portrait of Taz: Underpainting is Finished
Ali Canary
@AliCanary
(3062)
2 Jan 23
In my last post, I showed you a picture of the beginning of the underpainting and explained what that was (in short, it's a painting done in neutral tones done to establish shapes and shades, and it will eventually be overlain...
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My Portrait of Taz: Here's the Weird Part
Ali Canary
@AliCanary
(3062)
12 Nov 22
Hey, sorry it's been so long since my last installment! Thank you for being so patient. Last time, I had finished the background completely, and I had added some color here and there to start establishing various areas of lights...
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My Portrait of Taz: Background Finished!
Ali Canary
@AliCanary
(3062)
28 Aug 22
The portrait looks a lot different from the last time I showed it to you! At this point, the background has been fully developed, or at least as fully as it's going to be - I'm not planning to paint it in any greater detail, as I...
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taz
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