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Hearing Voices Instead Of Solid Critiques From Teachers
Shelli Alford | November 3, 2017Jules Arthur
I have a friend, Jules Arthur, who is a phenomenal painter. He critiques my work and gives me crazy good advice. The problem is my response. I say things like, “Well, I was going to do that, but then the paint exploded, and went all over my canvas, and this guy fell, and then my shoe […]
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João Brandão
Shelli Alford | April 3, 2017Actually Painting At The MET!!!
The next day was my fourth class at the MET copying, Sir Thomas Lawrence. I love this class! It’s...
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Georges Seurat
Shelli Alford | March 24, 2017Sketching With The Masters At The Met
I forgot to mention the best day of our non-painting days. It was to visit the MET’s Drawing and...
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João Brandão
Shelli Alford | February 13, 2017Still No Painting At The MET
Soooo, none of the paintings I chose were approved by the curators. There is a curator for each...
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Art Students League
Shelli Alford | December 2, 2016Master Copy Class at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
I’m taking a class from the New York Academy of Art called Master Copying Class at the Metropolitan...
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David Kassan
Shelli Alford | November 10, 2016Max Ginsburg’s Retrospective
It’s Saturday and it is finally starting to feel like fall outside. I’m on a train headed for...
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Alex Haskel
Shelli Alford | July 9, 2016Art Student League with Ricky, Alex, Max and Grace. A day of firsts.
Grace (my daughter) and I caught the 7:15AM train to NYC last Saturday. We met my friends...
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Aaron Westerberg
Shelli Alford | March 6, 2016Confessions
So, what can I say? I have been more overwhelmed in the last 6+ months than at...
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Shelli Alford
Shelli Alford | August 15, 2015WORKSHOPS
SHELLI ALFORD’S WEEK OF GREAT MASTERS OCTOBER 19 – 23, 2015 Take your art to the next level....
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Shelli Alford
Shelli Alford | July 16, 2015Max Ginsburg Workshop In His Beautiful Studio
The first day of any workshop I follow a very consistent pattern: I mess up. I messed up...