M.C. Allison

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  • Website Meltdown and Creating an Etsy Shop

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    https://www.etsy.com/shop/MCAllisonArt?ref=dashboard-header On Friday, July 24th, at the end of a two-week vacation, I decided to add a shop page to my website. I had a shop when I first started my blog in early 2023. I deleted that one, which created treacherous pitfalls in creating a new shop page. I use Bluehost, and I’m stuck…

  • Redid 3 Paintings With an Easel

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    So my big sister got me a good-quality used easel. It’s been great. In the past week, I redid three paintings. The top one is a large 30×40, and took me 3 or so sessions. The bottom two are 16x20s, and I redid them more quickly. I think the easel will be a game-changer for…

  • The Best Things About Each Decade of My Life

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    I decided to Instagram vlog a summary of my last blog post, ‘What Art is Teaching Me About Writing.’ I spontaneously said, “Art is the best thing that has happened to me in my 40s.” I did not plan to say it, but it got me thinking. Here is a short post about the best…

  • What Art is Teaching Me About Writing

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    For the past few years, I’ve done more art than writing. It’s been great, and I really think it’s therapeutic. After I create something, I feel better. So much so that the feeling is greater than if it were good art. Yes, I try to make each one unique and interesting, but I’m not evaluating…

  • I Want the BMI Bruce Lee Had

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    Body Max Index (BMI) is a measure of healthiness based on one’s height and weight. Calculators are easy to find online. The main categories are underweight, healthy weight, overweight, and obese. At around 6 feet tall and weighing 190, my BMI is 25.8, a little bit into the overweight category. If I lost 7 pounds…

  • My art for sale

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    I’ve been researching trying to sell my artwork online. The main sites are Etsy, Saatchi, and ArtFinder. I’ve sold some art online through social media and at my 48 8×10’s art show at Order Vision in Rockaway Beach last fall. The art in my apartment is piling up, so I’d like to sell some, and…

  • On To Rewriting

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    Enjoy the AI-enhanced photos of Fred and me. Don’t worry, I don’t plan to write with AI, but enhanced images could step up my meme game and be fun. And the layout of photos on my website posts will work better. This post is not about Fred, though. In Word, I turned off Microsoft’s Co-Pilot…

  • 12 16×20’s

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    Yesterday I posted 6 16×20’s. I saw the date on the back of a painting, and it stated November, which feels like a while ago. My instinct was right, I did 12 paintings of this size. They were in two batches of 6, and other sizes were also done. I searched my blog, and I…

  • Fred’s Birthday is January 1st 1989

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    Sitting at home alone, watching the rain out of my window on my birthday. I realized we’re not sure when Fred’s birthday is. Fred, our beloved parrot, came into the family in the summer of 1989. They did not give an age. Last summer, as we looked through family photos, we noticed that in the…

  • No Longer a Monogamous Reader

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    I used to tell a lame joke that I was a monogamous reader, in that I only read one book at a time. There are advantages to doing this. Mainly, a reader might read more books that way, rather than starting many without finishing them. Recently, I changed my reading plan to read two books…

  • 3 24×24’s

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    Words below paintings. Enjoy. I’m trying different canvas sizes. 30×40 inches seems a little big, and 17×24 seems small. And 8×10 is definitely small. So, I decided on 24×24. After the purchase, I googled that size and learned that square artworks are handled differently from rectangular works. If I had known, I might not have…

  • 2 30×40’s

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    30×40 is large. Next up I’ll try 24×24, which is square, and apparently different than painting rectangular canvases. I’m also sketching with pen in a 2026 diary book. Art, getting in shape, and living a healthier life are my priorities this year. Writing will take a back seat, but I may write short stories or…