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Monet and Venice at Brooklyn Museum

Lauren Panepinto

Happy Christmas, Solstice, Hanukah, Kwanza, or whatever other holiday you may celebrate. In my family, there's a run of family birthdays between the first week of November straight through Nov & Dec until my mother's birthday on December 18th. And most years I take the day off work and we go to a museum together. This year, we went to see the Monet and Venice show currently at the Brooklyn Museum. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1JNQTZCx30[/embed] Now, I respect…

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10 Things… I Remember About Planning Paintings

Gregory Manchess

November 26, 2025 - -Gregory Manchess Since it's all about me...You may notice that I changed the title to 'Things I Remember", realizing that these things come from my own notes about my painting career. I'd rather avoid the preaching when possible. So the rest of these post topics will focus on my selfish perspective, and hopefully you'll be able to take something away from it to use. 1. Start small One word: thumbnails. I remember the day I realized that tiny little drawings, if designed well, will blow up into the same exact proportions. In other words, what works small, works large. Not the other way around. One problem: I hated my thumbnails. So, I spent years going through the agony of learning to draw shapes fast, and as accurately as possible. This saved tremendous grief down the…

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