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And the Winners Are...

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And the Winners Are...

We had our giveaway this week for those who helped get the word out about The Relaxed Artist launch!                   Thank you to all of you who shared our Facebook page and tagged friends on Instagram and Facebook to share our coloring book and other products with those you love! Do you want to know who the winners are...? We had a Facebook  winner and an Instagram  winner!    Our Facebook winner was Tracey Gee! And our Instagram winner was Mya Archibald! To watch the video of my daughter drawing the name and...

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Tips and Suggestions

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Tips and Suggestions

Over my years of practicing different art techniques, I have learned some tricks along the way. I’m excited to share some of the things I have learned with you so that you can now enhance and improve your coloring and artistic skills!  1. Don’t always use just one color for an object. For instance, if you are coloring the home in blue, mix different shades of blue, or use some grey so that it appears natural. Remember, with these homes, there would be different amounts of sunlight on various parts of the object that you are coloring. 2. Try blending...

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The Color Club

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The Color Club

Have you gotten your coloring book yet?  Do you have your colored pencils, pastels, or choice of medium ready to go? Have you finished a page or two from your coloring book?  Because if you have... we'd love to see it!  Post it to Instagram with the hashtag: #therelaxedartists  Or, you can also go to my Facebook page, The Relaxed Artist, and share your pictures there with us!  Go to my Facebook Page. Then we will share your beautiful art in our Pinterest Color Club board, our Facebook album, and right here on this website! You'll be famous!  This video is...

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Welcome to My Website!

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Welcome to My Website!

Happy Black Friday! Hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful and that you were able to spend quality time with friends and family. We are so excited to show you our newly launched website!  We know many of you will be spending time this weekend shopping for the holidays and we hope you will spend a little time on Cyber Monday checking out our new site. We have our Welcome Home: A Coloring Book of Beautiful Homes coloring books available and we also have greeting cards made with my personal art available as well. Also, if you are a Pinterest lover like...

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About The Relaxed Artist

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About The Relaxed Artist

I was born and raised in Southern California. I am the third of four children – two older brothers and one younger sister.       (That's me in the red sweater in the picture on the left. And I am the bride in the picture on the right.) My parents always encouraged us to be involved in a variety of activities so we were always busy and learning new things. One of my favorite activities was drawing and painting. I can’t say that I was a natural born artist. I just have always enjoyed it. I was always fascinated by...

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