Video Tutorial: English Robin (part 3) - Beginning to Fill
Part 3 of a tutorial for filling in an English Robin with colored pencils. We discuss color temperature and choice, layering, details,...
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Gracie Hogue
- Dec 10, 2022
- 11 min
2022 Year in Review
I'm sitting by the Christmas tree listening to some beautiful music and listening to Hawkeye snore, and Matthew has just went to his...
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Gracie Hogue
- Dec 3, 2022
- 1 min
Video Tutorial: English Robin (part 2) - The Base Sketch
Part 2 of a tutorial for sketching and completing an English Robin. This video covers the sketch in real time from start to finish and we...
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Gracie Hogue
- Dec 3, 2022
- 1 min
Video Tutorial: English Robin (part 1) - Tools of the Trade
Part 1 of a tutorial for sketching and completing a drawing of an English robin. This video covers the tools and surfaces I use and their...
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Gracie Hogue
- Oct 23, 2022
- 4 min
The High Lonesome
There's a song recorded by Eva Cassidy called Tall Trees in Georgia, and it's relatively simple musically. The lyrics are in the old...
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Gracie Hogue
- Oct 17, 2022
- 5 min
Left Turns, Mozarts, and Benjamin Franklins
Earlier this summer I wrote about this year being a season of rest, and I'm so thankful for 2022 having been a safe haven of settling...
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Gracie Hogue
- Aug 23, 2022
- 2 min
A Wildlife Artist's Prayer
Great Creator, as I approach my desk, may the work that comes from it glorify You so much that it is no longer a desk, but an altar of...
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Gracie Hogue
- Jul 26, 2022
- 5 min
The Importance of Beauty In Our Lives
Paying Attention There is so much given to us that goes unnoticed. I think the eye of the beholder is distracted because we are used to...
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Gracie Hogue
- Jun 11, 2022
- 5 min
Leaning Into the Rest of Trust
Seasons of life can look so very different from each other; just as different as June looks from January. As I write, I can look out my...
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Gracie Hogue
- Aug 30, 2021
- 2 min
What I Would Tell Her
Hold on and don’t be afraid Even when you’re old. You’ll have so many dreams Come true that the ones That don’t won’t seem so scary....
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Gracie Hogue
- Feb 28, 2021
- 5 min
From the Journal: Thoughts on Hopes and Resentment
Once upon a time (about 16 years ago), there was an awkward high school-aged girl with really long, frizzy hair and curly 90s bangs who...
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Gracie Hogue
- Dec 14, 2020
- 9 min
2020: Year in Review
This morning over breakfast, we reviewed this past year. It feels as if conversations have made their way over to that topic more...
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Gracie Hogue
- Sep 23, 2020
- 6 min
Album Review: Ray LaMontagne's 'Monovision'
I'm about 3 months behind in hearing this album from its release date, but it's just so good, here I am writing a review the day after I...
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Gracie Hogue
- Mar 26, 2020
- 4 min
Ripples that Truly Matter (Learning from COVID-19)
It's funny how in such a short a time, the saying "we are living in strange times" can sound so cliche. But we are, and it is, and I can...
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Gracie Hogue
- Mar 12, 2020
- 3 min
The Work that Broke Me, Then Held Me Together
This is the story of an unfulfilled dream that ended up saving my life; even though the dream still didn't come true. When I was 13, I...
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Gracie Hogue
- Jan 24, 2020
- 2 min
January 2020 Book Reviews!
Miniature book reviews! This month I have not spent much time on social media because I’m trying to get into the habit of using my free...
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Gracie Hogue
- Dec 20, 2019
- 7 min
2019 in Review
As the sun sets on this year and we begin a new decade, I wanted to take some inventory of the experiences of this year and what I've...
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Gracie Hogue
- Dec 7, 2019
- 3 min
The Reason Why the Fear of Failure Can Lead You to Fail
This morning I was trying to convince myself to do something I love to do (isn't it funny how that works?), and I thought, why do I even...
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Gracie Hogue
- Nov 29, 2019
- 3 min
Why Meekness Isn't What it Appears to Be
As 2019 comes to a close, I can look back and say that there are a lot of things that I've learned, and if I had to choose one thing that...
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Gracie Hogue
- Nov 20, 2019
- 2 min
RECIPE: Harvest Sausage & Vegetable Soup
If you are in need of a soup that warms you up all the way to your toes after a bone-chillingly cold day, then look no further. This soup...
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