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Michael Wurm Jr's avatar

Omg! That first painting with the table! LOVE!!

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Sandi Hester's avatar

thank you Michael!

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Lily's avatar

I have also been drawing from family photos! I'm so excited to see how you interpret yours!

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Sandi Hester's avatar

ohhh fun! I think you might be surprised how I'm using mine.

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Janine Broscious's avatar

I love the water in the one that you called a duck party. Such depth and amazing color in that water! In preparation for Friday's video, I went through photos of my mom when she was a young woman. I painted one and it turned out so good!! I'm really psyched about painting more family photos.

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Sandi Hester's avatar

Ohhh that's so awesome Janine!

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Michelle's avatar

Awesome Sandi! I so love your landscapes and well everything else. The looseness of the ducks and still-lifes...so wonderful.

I look forward to the coming family pictures video. I have a large crate of them and I would like to temper some of the feelings they inspire. I think painting and sketching from them as well as combining elements from different photos would be really helpful to me in my recovery.

Thank you so very much Sandi for your openness and free spirited sharing.

Sending love and light from here. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎🤍

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Sandi Hester's avatar

I hope you find the way I use them helpful and inspiring!

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Lue Schmidt's avatar

I love these!!! When you mentioned family photo sketching earlier I had just received a couple oldies of my grandparents at their tavern with my newlywed mom n dad. I plan to do some studies with it. Deja vous when you were on the same path!!! I'll try to start before I see yours but I know you'll be so inspiring-- like w your grandma's house

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Sandi Hester's avatar

Ohhh yes - forgot about my grandma's house. I guess I've been revisiting old family stuff for a while

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Sandra's avatar

So fun to see them all together. Lots of great work. My favorite was the last one with the ducks and I really liked the sky. Can't wait for this Friday's video.

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Sandi Hester's avatar

thank you Sandra! I'm just dying for Friday's video to go out!

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Lue Schmidt's avatar

Ps-- I just sold my first 2 paintings -- both inspired by your taking notes in the landscape class

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Sandi Hester's avatar

that's awesome Lue! congrats!!!!

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Caroline's avatar

So inspirational, thank you so much for sharing, Sandi!

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Sandi Hester's avatar

so glad it was inspirational Caroline!

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Jennifer's avatar

Excited for more on Friday! 😍😍

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Sandi Hester's avatar

🙌

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Melanie Serenity Art's avatar

Beautiful work, Sandi. I love how much texture and movement you seem to capture in your art, a real feast for the eyes.

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Sandi Hester's avatar

awe - thank you Melanie!

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Michelle Nichols's avatar

Gosh Sandi, all of these are just so inspiring! I particularly LOVE the table scene with that gorgeous green background. The colours just pop!

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Sandi Hester's avatar

thank you so much Michelle!

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Cantella's avatar

Nice work.

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Sandi Hester's avatar

thank you!

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Terri Light's avatar

I love to see how you are working on themes. Those monochromatic blue ducks are just lovely! I can just imagine a full line of pottery with those on. And of course, the last two live model faces are just striking. I mean I love all your work, but these were my joy-filled faves.

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Sandi Hester's avatar

ohhh that would be amazing to have my work on some pottery!

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Jessica Corkran's avatar

These are wonderful always so inspiring, thanks for sharing, especially love the ducks! They certainly look like fun and put a smile on my face! 😁

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Sandi Hester's avatar

thank you Jessica!

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Danielle Frost's avatar

I love the coffee shop composition that has the "jackalope". Also the blue ducks. Just lovely.

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Sandi Hester's avatar

thank you!

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Teresa Barroso's avatar

They are all great and made me want to sketch ducks!!! 🤩

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