http://melissa-a-benson.artistwebsites.com/myblog.html Melissa A Benson - Fine Art Blog http://www.fineartamerica.com/artistlogos/melissa-a-benson-square.jpg http://melissa-a-benson.artistwebsites.com/myblog.html Sat, 09 Apr 2011 18:50:56 GMT http://melissa-a-benson.artistwebsites.com/blogs/finally-spring-is-here.html Well finally Spring is beginning to feel like its here. We have robins battling for space on the lawn and I can go get the mail without a jacket. Yup. Good times. I'll be working more closely with my local Artist Guild getting more of an online prese... Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:45:48 GMT http://melissa-a-benson.artistwebsites.com/blogs/february-already.html I can't believe it's February. Looking at my September entry, I would really love some of that heat right now I can tell you. We have 18" ice dams that are crystal clear and we can't seem to go four days without some kind of storm. My driveway is get... Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:58:58 GMT http://melissa-a-benson.artistwebsites.com/blogs/sometimes-you-really-do-get-the-bad-guys.html Sometimes, you really do get the bad guys. So the doorbell rings when you don't expect it to. You look in the driveway and there is an unfamiliar truck backed into it. Something tells you to take down the license plate number so you do. You c... Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:18:16 GMT http://melissa-a-benson.artistwebsites.com/blogs/new-fall-designs-and-earl.html I'm adding designs to my various PoD's now for my favorite time of year. Autumn, and especially Halloween. It doesn't feel very "autumn-y" at the moment. It's still really hot here in Connecticut and 90+ degrees for days at a time tends to make Ne... Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:06:13 GMT http://melissa-a-benson.artistwebsites.com/blogs/i-know-better-and-yet.html I know better, and yet I let my client take four illustrations without paying me. I've done work with him ( a mason) before with no problem. This time, his client, a homeowner building a new house, emailed me trying to get me to take more than 60% le... Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:31:45 GMT http://melissa-a-benson.artistwebsites.com/blogs/time-to-revamp.html When working on a tight deadline this blog is the first thing that suffers. Well, I'm halfway through a two part commission that's due in the middle of July. They are big pieces. Well, they are for me anyway. When I browse around the internet lat... Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:05:11 GMT http://melissa-a-benson.artistwebsites.com/blogs/photoshop-seminar-in-nyc.html I can't believe it's been a week and a half since the "Photoshop CS4 Down amp Dirty Tricks Tour" seminar I went to in NYC. So much great information.I've been to several of these seminars and have always come away better for having gone. I was never ... Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:39:50 GMT http://melissa-a-benson.artistwebsites.com/blogs/fat-boy-fossils-is-open.html Well, the lta href="http://www.zazzle.com/fatboyfossils'rf=238071773603652186"gtltbgtFat Boy Fossilslt/agtlt/bgt shop on Zazzle.com is now live. It is a small shop at the moment, but that will change as I get more trilobites and ammonites photographe... Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:13:49 GMT http://melissa-a-benson.artistwebsites.com/blogs/1-moving-onward.html So Easter is over and the next holiday is Mother's Day. It falls on May 9th this year and it's coming up fast! I have lta href="http://www.zazzle.com/nightmareartist/gifts'cg=196544564191193703"gtMother's Day cards availablelt/agt on my Zazzle.com sh... Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:13:20 GMT http://melissa-a-benson.artistwebsites.com/blogs/moving-onward.html So Easter is over and the next holiday is Mother's Day. It falls on May 9th this year and it's coming up fast! I have lta href="http://www.zazzle.com/nightmareartist/gifts'cg=196544564191193703"gtMother's Day cards availablelt/agt on my Zazzle.com sh... Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:37:45 GMT http://melissa-a-benson.artistwebsites.com/blogs/intrest-in-oils.html I've been getting alot of queries by people who want commissions done in oil rather than the dyes and color pencils I usually do. I don't know what spurred that, but it would be a nice change. I haven't done an oil in a while and I do love working wi... Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:12:33 GMT http://melissa-a-benson.artistwebsites.com/blogs/do-i-really-need-another-site.html Just found another web site to sell my originals on. ArtbyUs.com. Looks interesting. It's an auction site like ebay, but the fee structure is completely different. There are NO fees required unless you want special exposure or a bold type. We'll see....