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Category Archives: Art

Soil and Art

February 10, 2016by dirtartful Leave a comment

Well, it has been awhile since I updated the Soils4Teachers website, since I have been really busy with this whole farm loan, and planning out the Post Dissertation Plans. However, […]

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Art, Soil

The Birch

January 7, 2016by dirtartful Leave a comment

More black and white pastels. I really miss the north woods… And we used to start our fires with birch bark. This nostalgia gave me the motivation to paint a […]

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Art, Landscapes, Pastel

Cemetery in the Moonlight

January 6, 2016by dirtartful Leave a comment
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Art

Sunrise in New Zealand

December 31, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Finally got my color palate back! A few years back, I gave my heart to a country with phenomenal beauty, amazing people, and a whole bunch of sheep. Yea, New […]

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Art, Landscapes, Pastel

The Incoming Storm (Art, not Farm)

December 30, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

Man, my color skills are so rusty! After I cleaned out the rabbit shed and all of the cages, and continued to scrub out my bedroom, and clean my craft […]

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Art, Landscapes, Pastel

The Lifeboat

December 29, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

It has been awhile since the art part of Dirtartful came into the picture. However, I am on vacation, and it is pretty much saturated outside, so aside from basic […]

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Art, Pastel

The Soils Dress: Part 3

March 28, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

One layer looked really good, but we decided to add more volume. For the batchelorette party, Sam, Courtney, Kristin, and I got together and went to Durham scrap exchange to […]

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Art, Culture, Soil

The Soils Dress: Part 2

March 27, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

I visited the Durham Scrap exchange and got some fabrics that would match and compliment with the soil dyed colors. Since the panels are white, I used a maroon color […]

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Art, Culture, Soil

The Soils Dress: Part 1

March 26, 2015by dirtartful Leave a comment

I wanted to totally customise my pi day wedding dress and make it myself. So I decided on a tattered skirt style, which would keep the cost low, and allow […]

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Art, Culture, Soil

Finally… A craft studio in the making.

August 3, 2014by dirtartful 1 Comment

Our last rental house was 1200 square feet with a LOT of wasted space… The new house we bought has a TON of room for me to actually have a […]

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Art, Business, Construction, Jewelry, Pastel, sewing, Storage

Winter Shimmers

July 1, 2014by dirtartful 1 Comment

It is 90 kajillion degrees outside, so I was tempted to create something cool. I got a set of $5 oil pastels, and wanted to do some experimenting with colors […]

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Art, Landscapes, Pastel

African Mud Cloth: Soil and Art at it’s Best!

May 26, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

African Mud Cloth: Soil and Art at it’s Best! So, I love combining art and soils, and this is by FAR my favorite activity! I have done several variations of […]

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Art, Girl Scouts, Programs, Soil

Citizen Soil Science Rain Garden Day

April 26, 2014by dirtartful 2 Comments

I realize that I am skipping ahead like seven blog posts… but my girl scouts are doing amazing job teaching younger girls about rain gardens before we plant our final […]

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Art, Citizen Science, Girl Scouts, Programs, Rain Garden, Soil

Fall in Western Wisconsin: An artistic process

March 31, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

As spring dawns on the Southeast (FINALLY?!?), I find myself homesick for Wisconsin again. Today it was the region that I went to college (River Falls, GO FALCONS). The hills […]

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Agronomy, Art, Landscapes, Pastel

Purple Mountains Majesty: An Artistic Process

March 26, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

When I was in middle school, we took a trip out west, into the mountains of Colorado. Being from the flat-lands of Wisconsin, I had a lot of love for […]

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Art, Landscapes, Pastel, Soil

Portrait of a Sheltie

March 25, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

I will fully admit, I was sort of scared to take on a custom piece of a friends dog. Up until this point, I was practicing on stock photos, or […]

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Art, Business, Pastel, portrait

Launching My Art Business

March 25, 2014by dirtartful Leave a comment

So, in the last few months, I have gotten in a lot of practice in the pastel art medium. Landscapes, pet portraits, and other various commissions. All of these things […]

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