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	<description>by artist and graphic designer Kendra Dixson</description>
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		<title>How to Avoid Painter&#8217;s Block with a Commission</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kendra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently commissioned to paint a picture of Mount Hosmer and naturally the Fernie Ghostrider. Here is my original painting the lady saw which she liked: Often times when I get a commission I tend to freeze up. It&#8217;s a lot of pressure to paint a commission and it can give you &#8220;painter&#8217;s block&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Snowy Watercolour Winter Stream in 10 Steps</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:18:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kendra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend I painted this Winter Stream watercolour painting. Here are the steps I took to create it&#8230; 1. Underpainting First I wet the entire paper and did a wet-in-wet wash (the brush is full of wet paint which flows into the wet surface of the pre-wetted paper) using cobalt blue, raw sienna and permanent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEO Must Haves</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 05:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kendra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight I attended a &#8220;Search Engine Optimization For Entrepreneurs&#8221; seminar put on by the Okanagan Valley Entrepreneur Society (OVES). It was a great talk and the discussion exceeded my expectations. There was a packed house and the discussion format was a moderated Q&#38;A with 3 expert panellists: Chris Pinkerton &#8211; Digital Marketing Strategies Muriel Archibald [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pros and Cons of Facebook Groups vs Pages</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kendra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my previous post I mentioned that the Artists for Japan fundraising initiative switched from a facebook group to a fan page. Now you may be asking yourself what the difference is between a group and a page and why we would risk losing our following by moving. At the time of the move the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The difference a paper can make</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 16:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kendra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was inspired by Dora Themelis to write this post. (You can find her on twitter at http://twitter.com/DorasPaintDrips.) I commented on her post about painting with watercolours where she compares two wonderful portraits she has done. Thinking about the importance of the materials behind every artist prompted me to write more of my own experience [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unveiling the Magic of Watercolour</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kendra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In January I was a guest artist at the Sun Peaks Winter Wine Festival. To attract people to my table I demonstrated intriguing watercolour techniques using ordinary household items. I can&#8217;t say I ever had a massive crowd lined up at my table; however, one man did wait 15 minutes to find out how to [...]]]></description>
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