The Latest
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Jules Arthur
Hearing Voices Instead Of Solid Critiques From Teachers
Shelli Alford | November 3, 2017I have a friend, Jules Arthur, who is a phenomenal painter. He critiques my work and gives me crazy...
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João Brandão
Actually Painting At The MET!!!
Shelli Alford | April 3, 2017The next day was my fourth class at the MET copying, Sir Thomas Lawrence. I love this class! It’s just...
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Georges Seurat
Sketching With The Masters At The Met
Shelli Alford | March 24, 2017I forgot to mention the best day of our non-painting days. It was to visit the MET’s Drawing and Prints...
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João Brandão
Still No Painting At The MET
Shelli Alford | February 13, 2017Soooo, none of the paintings I chose were approved by the curators. There is a curator for each department...
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David Kassan
Max Ginsburg’s Retrospective
Shelli Alford | November 10, 2016It’s Saturday and it is finally starting to feel like fall outside. I’m on a train headed for Max...
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Alex Haskel
Art Student League with Ricky, Alex, Max and Grace. A day of firsts.
Shelli Alford | July 9, 2016Grace (my daughter) and I caught the 7:15AM train to NYC last Saturday. We met my friends Ricky...
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Aaron Westerberg
Confessions
Shelli Alford | March 6, 2016So, what can I say? I have been more overwhelmed in the last 6+ months than at almost...
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Shelli Alford
WORKSHOPS
Shelli Alford | August 15, 2015SHELLI ALFORD’S WEEK OF GREAT MASTERS OCTOBER 19 – 23, 2015 Take your art to the next level. Spend...
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Shelli Alford
Max Ginsburg Workshop In His Beautiful Studio
Shelli Alford | July 16, 2015The first day of any workshop I follow a very consistent pattern: I mess up. I messed up so...
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Shelli Alford
Copying a Painting at The Philadelphia Museum of Art III
Shelli Alford | March 7, 2015Taking Breaks: My workshop with Alyssa Monk seemed to address my poor time management. She not only made us...