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Background
Leaving Coshocton for the first time opened my eyes – truly opened them. My entire life up until my departure, I knew only small town America. Sitting on my porch and recognizing the person in every other car was common for me – to say I was nervous to leave is an understatement. What did the big city lights have in store for me? Who would I meet? Who would I become? These questions and more flooded my mind on my car ride to my new home. The college experience could be defined as comical if nothing else. Thousands of kids acting as adults acting as scholars. You’re supposed to…
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Introducing Myself.
Hello. Let me introduce myself. My name is Alex Hardesty. I’m a recent graduate from the Ohio State University, and like so many of my generational brethren, have found myself back home – not that there’s anything wrong with this, it’s just something that’s happened. And since my return I’ve noticed something about my surroundings: Coshocton has changed since I last left it. People have gone, buildings have evolved for better or worse, establishments have birthed, some have perished, sidewalks are thinning, people are sparse. The town in which I grew up seemed foreign, as if there were a Coshocton County in Kansas. I, myself, welcomed such a change…
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Figure Painting with Megan Lightell
FIGURE PAINTING with Megan Lightell Jan 5, 2013 | $100 9am to 4:30pm Presented by Artist Friends of the Pomerene Limit:10 adults. Registration required. Deadline for registration is Dec.31, 2012. Painting a live figure model is one of the most challenging and beneficial exercises to expand your skills as a painter. Deepen your understanding of anatomy, proportion, and color as we work in oil on a figurative painting from direct observation. We will have one pose for the day, and participants may choose to work on one canvas or to move throughout the room and work on various studies. Focus will be on building an image through massing, building…