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A Portrait of Muriel Higgins

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October 23, 2019: here's a view of a fanciful figure study, A Portrait of Muriel Higgins : Pardon! In this scan Muriel looks a bit faded out which is an unfortunate feature of my scanner now placed on a belly-up watch. Any day now it will go belly up and I'll return to an HP printer-scanner, the brand I never should have left! Available for browsing 24/7: Jude Cowell Art Portfolio . Favorites around here are Derwent Watercolour Pencils and Prismacolor Oil Pencils on black paper. Note that one or both videos may include an #ad .

Linger at the Mystic Biscuit Tea Room!

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The Mystic Biscuit Tea Room! a pencil drawing by Jude Cowell .

Review: Marilyn Hagar's 'Finding the Wild Inside'

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Predator at Dusk ; pencil on black paper by Jude Cowell Having received a graciously provided advance copy of Marilyn Kay Hagar's new book Finding the Wild Inside a book review seems in order and what better spot for such a review than Secret Moon Art where I plop many of my drawings, most of which are done on black paper since the mysterious darkness of the paper makes finding and releasing artful wildness more possible! In fact, many scenes depicted in my drawings are actually images from my dreams, images that drift up from the subconscious mind, and so naturally Marilyn's Finding the Wild Inside spoke to me on that and on several other levels. #ad For you see, author Marilyn Hagar is a registered expressive arts therapist with years of training and experience and she has written a book that leads readers on a journey to wholeness and healing through honoring the feminine within and listening to our intuition and deepest instincts for these are the valuable things ...