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	<title>Ester Roi&#039;s Website and Blog &#187; 2010 &#187; January</title>
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		<title>Best of Show!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ester Roi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My artwork "Above and Below" (colored pencil and oil pastel on the Icarus Drawing Board) has been awarded the Expy Best of Show and Prismacolor Award in "Explore This! 6", the Colored Pencil Society of America's online exhibition. The juror, Dr. Barbara Grazul Hubbard, has selected the work of 55 artists for this annual prestigious [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Art Studio: Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ester Roi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My art studio has a high cathedral ceiling with a wooden beam running across the middle. Several months ago I had the brilliant idea to install a swing which has become one of the most useful features in my studio. I discovered that by taking 3 to 5 minute breaks on the swing every few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&quot;Above and Below&quot; Juried into &quot;Explore This! 6&quot;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ester Roi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm so thrilled that my artwork "Above and Below" (colored pencil and oil pastel) was accepted into "Explore This! 6", the Colored Pencil Society of America's online exhibition. This annual exhibition, which opens on February 1st and runs until January 31st, 2011, is for artwork where colored pencil is combined with other media.]]></description>
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		<title>Speckling Technique for a Starry Sky</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 05:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ester Roi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Artist Crayon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The starry sky of "The Butterfly Effect" could not have been accomplished in colored pencil without the Icarus Drawing Board. The choices would have been to painstakingly draw the blue sky around the white of the paper or to paint masking fluid over hundreds of stars. Instead I came up with the following technique: Step [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Butterfly Effect</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ester Roi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year, everybody! Buon Anno a tutti! My 2010 resolution? To pay attention to what is small, unassuming or overlooked. One never knows - sometimes the smallest action can have GIANT consequences. 21″ x 26″ – Wax-based Media (Colored Pencil and Artist Crayon) Created with the Icarus Drawing Board Look for a post next [...]]]></description>
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