robertsloan2

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Location: Lawrence, KS
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Robert Sloan is a 53 year old disabled writer and artist, who lives with his daughter, son in law, grandchildren, their Siberian Husky and his faithful Siamese companion Ari Cat. Author of SF novel Raven Dance, available at Amazon, he is currently working on Street Sketching I: Portraits and selling prints at DeviantART, while editing The Hunt, a fantasy novel set in the magical Pleistocene. He is a well known expert on art supplies, especially colored pencils at DeviantART.

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How to Quick Draw Animals

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How to Draw a Cat's Nose

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How to Draw a Newborn Kitten

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How to Prepare for Technical Writing Tests and Interviews

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How to Draw Realistic Flower Petals in Watercolor Pencil and Pen

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How to Collect Unusual Art Supplies on 10/03/07

Be sure to warn the buyer on ATC or ACEO or OSWOA artwork that has been created with non-archival materials like brown paper bags, children's art supplies or recycled cardboard. Because collectors keep these in albums, lightfastness may not be as big a problem as when the art is displayed framed. There is also a spray you can get at Dick Blick called "Make It Acid Free" that can be used to render recycled or homemade papers Ph Neutral, which will make them last a lot better in collections. When using non lightfast and non acid free materials, be sure to make a digital record of the piece and burn it to CD. If it's not intended as permanent, it's not a big deal, but when selling art I use archival materials.
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How to Sketch a Face with the Proper Dimensions on 10/03/07

Excellent demo for facial proportions.
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by IcyCucky on 04/13/08 : Fantastic advises.. ...
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by robertsloan2 on 03/30/08 : LOL -- tolerant? I'm hoping to meet a lady who is, or another smoker. I wrote this because I am a smoker and recalled all the most memorable dates in my life. Of course there's no conflict if you're both smokers -- but these little niceties can make a great impression anyway, because no one really expects consideration in life. And that will win a lady's interest every time, real consideration. ...
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