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Jana Botkin's Blog

Posting 5 days a week about the realities of earning a living as an artist in Tulare County, California's fly-over country.

Because I Felt Like Drawing

In 1990, I drew the Exeter Woman’s Club. (Yes, that is the correct name—I just work here.) It

Layer by Layer

I spent a morning inside that open door, working on the unusual commissioned oil painting. Let’s do a

Just Photos of Three Rivers in the First Half of March

The first half of March was beautiful. Truly beautiful. Then, it rained and it snowed kind of low

Thinking About Water and Feeling Reckless

Because it is raining while I write this, I am thinking about water. A few years ago, we

A Little Help From My Friend

It is important that we are kind and complimentary to one another in drawing lessons. It is equally

The Emerging Drawing Continues

While I was waiting to hear if JM approved the house, I began one of the dogs. Just

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