I posted a story in April about my father witnessing Igor Sikorsky’s first helicopter flight. https://kelleytjansson.com/2013/04/18/non-fiction-writing-getting-the-details-right/ My father was only a kid when he witnessed the historic flight. The problem was that he did not remember the date correctly. Fortunately, history recorded the event and I was able to confirm the date via normal research. … Continue reading
Posted in June 2013 …
Painting a Pig
All the credit for this post goes to my friend Bobbi! In the watercolor instruction book “How to Make a Painting” by Irving Shapiro (1985), a respected water-colorist of the 1950’s-90’s, the author discusses his editing decisions to enhance the composition of his subject on a page titled “Translating the Poetry of Patterns.” The topic … Continue reading
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