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		<title>I Got Class</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, it&#8217;s official, I have class.  Oh, I&#8217;m not bragging about my style or lack there of.   I&#8217;m talking about school!  Last week I started a French Wash extension class at Pasadena City College.   Let me tell you it&#8217;s a lot of fun!
Today we brought in the work that we started in the first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ricksartanddesign.com/blog/?p=109</link>
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		<title>Happy Easter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Easter has come again and I am just a bit blue.  Oh not that it&#8217;s Easter or that I have just turned another year older (yes I feel there are more birthdays behind me than there are left ahead) but the Easter e-card that I was working on just didn&#8217;t work out.  I guess the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ricksartanddesign.com/blog/?p=106</link>
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		<title>Three Down, One to Go</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have finished the third piece of my Rodeo Series.  I must admit that I am very pleased with the way that this one turned out.  It has more depth and feeling than the first two and a lot more detail.
I have started the fourth and final piece of the series and hope to have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ricksartanddesign.com/blog/?p=101</link>
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		<title>The Second in a Series</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of days ago I finished the second illustration in my &#8220;Rodeo&#8221; series.  I&#8217;m rather happy with the way that it turned out especially since it was the first time that I had illustrated a bull.  I am now playing with the third illustration and hope to have that done soon.
I hope you enjoy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ricksartanddesign.com/blog/?p=97</link>
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		<title>And now, a message from the Artguy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here it is nearly the end of January and all I have to show for it is one lousy blog entry.  What am I a slacker?  No, not really.  Actually I have dusted off Adobe Illustrator and have been creative.    The illustration of the Saddle Bronc is the first in a series of rodeo [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ricksartanddesign.com/blog/?p=92</link>
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		<title>Back to Normal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The holidays are over and the new year has begun.  I have never been big on the whole &#8220;resolution&#8221; thing but I have made some personal plans for this year.  What are they you ask?  Well they&#8217;re mine and I&#8217;m going to hold onto them for a while.  It&#8217;s kind of like that birthday wish [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ricksartanddesign.com/blog/?p=90</link>
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		<title>Aaaaand I&#8217;m Back</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, I haven&#8217;t been anywhere, just haven&#8217;t posted anything in quite some time.  Why?  Hell, I just didn&#8217;t have anything to say really.  So do I have something to say now?  Yes I do as a matter of fact.    I would like to take my hat off to Facebook.  Not only did it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ricksartanddesign.com/blog/?p=87</link>
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		<title>A Frighteningly Fun Weekend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday I went over to my buddy Kirk&#8217;s haunted house to help them scare the crap out of their &#8220;guests&#8221;.  This was a bunch of fun.  It&#8217;s much better being the scare-er than the scare-ee.  The only drawback was that I had a very scratchy voice on Saturday.  This wasn&#8217;t all that bad as I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ricksartanddesign.com/blog/?p=84</link>
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		<title>Peddlin&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since it was a nice warm Sunday afternoon I decided to throw my bike in the truck and go for a bike ride.   So I headed out to the San Gabriel River trail and as my Dad used to say &#8220;peddle my ass off.&#8221;   I guess in the end that is exactly what I am [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ricksartanddesign.com/blog/?p=82</link>
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		<title>A Day at the Arboretum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, it wasn&#8217;t a day&#8230;just the morning.  I had meant to get out to the Arboretum ever since I moved back to Sierra Madre and when my friend Patty told me about free admission on the third Tuesday of the month my path was clear.  With my camera in hand I headed out to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ricksartanddesign.com/blog/?p=79</link>
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