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How I Used Procreate to Create a Stunning Pet Composition and Painting: A Unique Illustrator's Perspective
Creating art can often feel like an adventure filled with creativity and collaboration. I recently had the pleasure of using Procreate to...

Lindsey Chester
Feb 184 min read
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Summer Beach Painting
When it's hot outside, I am busy painting in the studio.

Lindsey Chester
Aug 2, 20242 min read
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Art Challenges to Kickstart Your New Year
We are well into the new year, and maybe those new year's resolutions have already been broken. I know I didn't stick to "Dry January and...

Lindsey Chester
Feb 28, 20243 min read
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New Year New Challenges
I look forward to the period after the holidays when I can create in my studio from about Dec 24 through the end of February. This...

Lindsey Chester
Feb 15, 20243 min read
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Stocking up for the Holidays
As the days turn to the cool mornings of fall, market vendors like myself, prepare for the holiday market season. I participate in a few...

Lindsey Chester
Oct 14, 20232 min read
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Getting Back to Work After a Pause
Here I am getting back to "When the Party's Over" after 2 months Sometimes I start a work, only to get busy in other aspects of my life,...

Lindsey Chester
Aug 25, 20233 min read
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Solo Show Opens Saturday, June 17!
I am excited to announce that my second solo exhibition of the year opens this Saturday, June 17, 2023 at Artmosphere Community Arts...

Lindsey Chester
Jun 12, 20233 min read
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Making Memories That Last
I started creating pet portraits when I drew and painted my own fur babies, a series of feline rescues that my family had over the years....

Lindsey Chester
May 19, 20233 min read
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Measuring Progress
At the beginning of our lockdown in 2020, I made a "Vision Board" of goals for my art business. I was in a business group and we were all...

Lindsey Chester
Jan 2, 20223 min read
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Being Strong, Seeing Strong
Thank you for following along on my journey to improve my art through practice. I took about a month or so off from this blog space to...

Lindsey Chester
Apr 19, 20212 min read
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Gaining Skills With iMovie
I have been a timid videographer. Somehow the whole process seems deep and dark and mysterious. All these clips and trying to cut out the...

Lindsey Chester
Feb 15, 20212 min read
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Making a Color Wheel And Why You Need One
I have been reading a lot about color theory and color palette options these days. It's been a tremendous help when deciding how I paint...

Lindsey Chester
Jan 31, 20212 min read
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How to Make Skin Tones Easily
For years I had been going about making skin tones all wrong. I would start with a cadmium red, add a little cadmium yellow and then try...

Lindsey Chester
Jan 24, 20213 min read
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Grateful Heart
Five Things I am grateful for this year Here we are in the 3rd week of 2021, and it's already been a crazy start to the year. But you...

Lindsey Chester
Jan 17, 20213 min read
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New Horizons for the New Year
While 2020 pretty much sucked on a social level, it actually rocked on a personal level. Deep down, I actually enjoyed the time I had to...

Lindsey Chester
Jan 3, 20213 min read
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Setting Up My Facebook Shop
I have been looking for an easy way to sell my art online. I have this website for instance. But it mostly functions as a portfolio for...

Lindsey Chester
Nov 27, 20203 min read
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Planning a Mural That Never Got Made
A few weeks back, fellow artist Tina Marcus contacted me about a mural project she had heard about in the nearby town of Holly Springs,...

Lindsey Chester
Nov 16, 20203 min read
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Stretching My Limits
This week was one for expanding my limits and learning new things. My art typically involves drawing or painting things I can see....

Lindsey Chester
Oct 18, 20202 min read
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