[Woodcarver] Whatyadoing?

[Merrilee Johnson]

Hi Joe!

I took a look at D. Anne Jones' site and you are right she does beautiful 
work!  I but you will learn alot!  Hopefully you will share what you do with 
us?  Thanks for including the sites in your post!
Merrilee

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>I'm getting ready for a Pastel Portrait class here at my shop all day today 

>and tomorrow. D. Anne Jones is coming from Indiana to teach the class. 

>There are 11 of us, including my apprentices, who are taking the class.

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>I believe if one becomes good at seeing and good at drawing their 

>woodcarving potential in limitless. They will be able to create their own 

>patterns and better visualize the finished product before they begin. The 

>ability to see and draw in the foundation of all visual art. Anyone can 

>learn to draw.

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>Anne's work is awesome ( http://www.ufo-tech.com/anne ). Her technique is 

>that she doesn't do any measuring or mapping out the space. She begins with 

>one single feature, such as the left eye, completing it before she slowly 

>expands to the next small adjacent detail. She completes each detail before 

>she expands to the next adjacent detail.

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