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	<title>Wildlife Artist &#38; Painter Karen Latham&#039;s Studio Journal &#187; Commission</title>
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		<title>Finished!</title>
		<link>http://www.lathamstudios.com/karensblog/blog/2008/06/20/finished/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[An Artist's Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eastern Painted Turtles]]></category>
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Here is the final painting.&#160; All that is left to do is the signature  .
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		<title>Turtle Painting Progress&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.lathamstudios.com/karensblog/blog/2008/06/14/turtle-painting-progress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[An Artist's Life]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Portrait]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; 
Lots of changes made this time.&#160; Next will be the final details on each turtle and tweaks throughout the painting.
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		<title>News &#8230;&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.lathamstudios.com/karensblog/blog/2008/06/06/news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[African]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[An Artist's Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art Shows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bobcat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ducks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Floral]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grand Teton National Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kitten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Landscapes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larger Paintings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miniatures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paintings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pheasant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photoshoots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portrait]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ringneck]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Paintings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snow Leopard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trillium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turtles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wildflowers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wolves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yellowstone National Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fawn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[white-tailed deer]]></category>

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Latham Studios has been signed by Hadley House!&#160; Earlier this year we were approached by the company and now things have been finalized.&#160; We are excited to be able to share our images with an even larger audience!
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		<title>Next Phase</title>
		<link>http://www.lathamstudios.com/karensblog/blog/2008/05/26/next-phase/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lathamstudios.com/karensblog/blog/2008/05/26/next-phase/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 21:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[An Artist's Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; 
Now I have darkened overall and added a bit of warm tones and the beginnings of water detail.&#160; At this stage, the lights are muted but will be brought out again as the painting progresses and the detail is further developed.&#160; The little swimming turtle has been lost for the moment. (I promise to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adding the Grey tones</title>
		<link>http://www.lathamstudios.com/karensblog/blog/2008/05/14/adding-the-grey-tones/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lathamstudios.com/karensblog/blog/2008/05/14/adding-the-grey-tones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 20:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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Things really begin to take shape now.&#160; Staying only with a limited color palette, the painting takes on a more 3-dimensional quality.&#160; Many things still have to be addressed, but continued postings will show progress in that direction as well.
Hope you can stick with me on this one!
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		<title>Shading in sepia</title>
		<link>http://www.lathamstudios.com/karensblog/blog/2008/05/14/shading-in-sepia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lathamstudios.com/karensblog/blog/2008/05/14/shading-in-sepia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 20:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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The beginnings of some dark sepia tones being brought out to show dimension.&#160;
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		<title>Sepia sketch transfer on toned board</title>
		<link>http://www.lathamstudios.com/karensblog/blog/2008/05/14/sepia-sketch-transfer-on-toned-board/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lathamstudios.com/karensblog/blog/2008/05/14/sepia-sketch-transfer-on-toned-board/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 20:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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Here is the turtle sketch transferred in sepia on a toned board.
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		<title>Sketch of Eastern Painted Turtles for new painting</title>
		<link>http://www.lathamstudios.com/karensblog/blog/2008/04/20/sketch-of-eastern-painted-turtles-for-new-painting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lathamstudios.com/karensblog/blog/2008/04/20/sketch-of-eastern-painted-turtles-for-new-painting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eastern Painted Turtles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Miniatures]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the beginning of a new turtle painting, approximately 8 x 3 1/2 inches.&#160; It is designed using one of our photo references that Rebecca used for her very well received &#34;Turtle Jam&#34; painting.&#160; This one will require 20 turtles though.&#160; (Can you find them all?)

The foreground water will be much more developed in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finished commission &#8211; Ruffed Grouse</title>
		<link>http://www.lathamstudios.com/karensblog/blog/2007/01/17/finished-commission-ruffed-grouse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lathamstudios.com/karensblog/blog/2007/01/17/finished-commission-ruffed-grouse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[An Artist's Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
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Here is the finished Ruffed Grouse commission.  I have painted quite a few of these in the last 2 years.  This one went to Decoys and Wildlife Gallery in Frenchtown, New Jersey (near New York City).  It is the last of 4 paintings for the office of a client.  It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ringneck Pheasant</title>
		<link>http://www.lathamstudios.com/karensblog/blog/2006/11/01/a-ringneck-pheasant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lathamstudios.com/karensblog/blog/2006/11/01/a-ringneck-pheasant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ One of my larger commissions, this ringneck pheasant was completed as a 24&#34; x 36&#34; painting.&#160; It was a challenge, both with a complexly patterned bird and a detailed background.&#160; I enjoyed painting it, but was happy to be finished!!   
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