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A Month of Figure Drawings
This year, I didn’t make New Year’s Resolutions. I made January resolutions instead, and one of them was to FIGURE DRAW every day. Since...
Tina Ritchie
Jan 313 min read
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2024 Year-End Review
The New Year is one of my favorite holidays; it is a time ripe with opportunity and change. It’s a chance to start fresh, to discard the...
Tina Ritchie
Jan 152 min read
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Painting the Smoky Mountains
The mountains were calling, so I went. But to be honest, the mountains are always  calling. A trip to the mountains doesn’t happen every...
Tina Ritchie
Aug 9, 20242 min read
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Self Portraits Through the Years
Over the years, we all change…right? I’m not sure about you, but I feel like a much different person today than the Tina of last year, or...
Tina Ritchie
Apr 12, 20243 min read
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Drawing Dragons in a World Gone Mad
Nothing blots out the dark, bleak present like a white-hot dragon’s breath. (Paintings from memory after sketching) I have often used...
Tina Ritchie
Mar 1, 20242 min read
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To Post or Not to Post? Some Thoughts on Leaving Instagram
Last month I decided to leave instagram. I didn’t deactivate my account or anything, and I’ll still be posting periodically. But my...
Tina Ritchie
Feb 9, 20243 min read
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Why Be an Illustrator AND Have a Blog?
Like, who cares about what I have to say, really? I just draw pretty pictures, right? Yes, I do draw pretty pictures. AND I have things...
Tina Ritchie
Feb 9, 20241 min read
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