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    Shelli Alford | April 19, 2014

    Loved TRAC 2014

    Coming to the TRAC conference I was expecting something quaint, small, and struggling to get established.  This is...

  • Alex Tyng

    Shelli Alford | March 2, 2014

    Why I am fast forwarding my posts

    Hey everyone, I finally finished the Ryan Brown posts. It only took me more than 6 months.. Haha!...

  • Aaron Westerberg

    Shelli Alford | January 13, 2014

    Ricky Majica comments on Palette layout, Asphaltum and Lead Paint

    Ricky Mujica is a friend and mentor of mine.  He critiques my work, gives me assignments and provides...

  • Ryan Brown

    Shelli Alford | January 9, 2014

    Ryan Brown’s Premixing Theory and a Visit With His Family

    A few years after the Florence Academy Ryan Brown received the very prestigious Hudson River Fellowship. That fellowship...

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    Shelli Alford | January 6, 2014

    Paint Effects & An Art School in Paris

    Ryan gave a lot of great information about colors and painting mediums at his workshop: which ones to...

  • Shelli Alford

    Shelli Alford | January 2, 2014

    Ryan’s Advice on How to Make Your Work Less Sucky

    One thing I have learned about workshops in general is that I am not there to impress anyone. ...

  • Shelli Alford

    Shelli Alford | July 28, 2013

    No Frankenstein Boots Needed

    Today we started at 10:30.  Ryan had me working on copying a Charles Bargue sketch.  Only he had...

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    Shelli Alford | July 15, 2013

    What Not To Do In Ryan Brown’s Plein Air Workshop

    Ryan’s philosophy centers around a deep understanding of the subject.  He often said, “It’s not about finishing the...

  • Ryan Brown

    Shelli Alford | July 10, 2013

    I’m An Impressive Hiker

      After lunch we went back to the studio and picked up the other three guys.  No other...

  • Ryan Brown

    Shelli Alford | June 26, 2013

    Purple Mercedes and Pizza Gas Stations

    Philly to Utah is a long trip, but completely worth it. The first day with Ryan Brown, I...

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I have always wanted to learn how to paint in oils, but I felt too intimidated in college to learn. Then I did the whole go to college, transfer colleges, transfer back to original college, graduate from college, get a job, get transferred to yankeeville, fall in love, get married, buy a dog, buy a house, renovate a house, have a child, buy another dog, have another child, buy a REALLY old house, (for which I was so unprepared), renovate that house, raise a family and then my kids abruptly left me at the same time last year.

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  • Shelli Alford | November 3, 2017

    Hearing Voices Instead Of Solid Critiques From Teachers

    I have a friend, Jules Arthur, who is a phenomenal painter. He critiques my work and gives me...

  • Shelli Alford | April 3, 2017

    Actually Painting At The MET!!!

    The next day was my fourth class at the MET copying, Sir Thomas Lawrence.  I love this class!  It’s...

  • Shelli Alford | March 24, 2017

    Sketching 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...

  • Still No Painting At The Met
    Shelli Alford | February 13, 2017

    Still No Painting At The MET

    Soooo, none of the paintings I chose were approved by the curators. There is a curator for each...

  • Shelli Alford | December 2, 2016

    Master 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...

  • Shelli Alford | November 10, 2016

    Max Ginsburg’s Retrospective

    It’s Saturday and it is finally starting to feel like fall outside. I’m on a train headed for...

  • Shelli Alford | July 9, 2016

    Art 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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