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   2/26/09

   vulpine

   Actually, there could be. Give me a moment to visit your blog and we'll find out.

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   2/26/09

   vulpine

   The artwork reminds me very much of a young lady I knew about 5 years ago who painted a fox for me. Nicely done artwork and a clean page. Keep it going.

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   2/26/09

   libdrone

   I quite liked many of your paintings. I definitely think it's a blog worthy promoting.

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   2/26/09

   cooper

   Check out laketrees.blogspot.com
   
   she also runs "Top Artist Directory" topartistsdirectory.blogspot.
   She updates it monthly.
   
   You can look through the blogs of art and see what is out there and what others are doing.

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   2/26/09

   MelissaInTheSky

   Thank you, everyone, for the encouragement! Yay.
   
   I will definitely check out that link, too.

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   2/26/09

   radioflyer1980

   Interesting idea. I liked your artwork. The only suggestion I could think of would be to tag your entries by medium, size perhaps or subject. That way, when you get lots of art on there, it will be easier for someone to look up what interests them quickly. Good luck!

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   2/26/09

   Jules66

   Hi
   
   I just left you a couple of comments on your beautiful blog !

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   2/27/09

   MelissaInTheSky

   Thank you, Radio! That is a good idea. I love your blog, by the way.
   
   Thank you, Jules! I just commented on both of your blogs. Those birds are amazing!

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      2/27/09

      Jules66

      Thankyou Melissa for the lovely comments and for your compliment of my birds and Be still pics !
      
      I'll respond to them tomorrow. It's late here and my brain is going to sleep ;-)
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   2/27/09

   fruitcake

   Try leaving comments on other art blogs. They may decide to visit yours as well. Here's a good place to start:
   
   www.blogcatalog.com/directory/art

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    2/27/09

    StrawberryAnarchy

    im gonna have a look !

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    2/27/09

    lawrencevon

    your art is pretty and it gave me a light, happy feeling.
    
    go on. keep on blogging.
    
    

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    2/27/09

    MelissaInTheSky

    Thank you for your help! I will definitely follow your advice.

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    2/27/09

    aningeniousname

    I really like your art and think it would be brilliant as illustration in kids books. I like the naive simplicity.

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    2/27/09

    HalfCrazy

    I like the lightness, quirkiness and simpleness of your works, a blog worth promoting indeed. If you believe you have a beautiful blog, why not promote it as much as possible for others to see your works?

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       2/28/09

       Norski

       That's the word - quirkiness
       
       Good call.
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    2/27/09

    gamecherry

    "Money" & "Lighten Up" are my favorites. "you can't grow fish" is profound.

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    2/27/09

    melindaville

    Very nice art! There's definitely a niche out there for you.

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       2/28/09

       Norski

       Agreed.
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    2/27/09

    Stillthinking

    I could definitely see a future for you in children's illustrations.

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       2/27/09

       libdrone

       Definitely. I see so many illustrated children's books where the drawings are downright ugly. I definitely think Melissa's work is more than good enough for the children's book market.
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    2/27/09

    MelissaInTheSky

    Yay! Thank you all so much for the encouragement and suggestions! I really appreciate the support.

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    2/27/09

    annz

    Your work is amazing, and I love your writing that you include with it.

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    2/27/09

    prodigalson35

    im relatively new myself. regards

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21. 

    2/28/09

    Norski

    I don't know about suggestions for connecting with viewers - you did a pretty good job of reaching out, with this discussion thread.
    
    I'd say a lot depends on what you mean by "connecting with viewers" - if you're looking for numerous comments, asking questions might help. I'm definitely no expert on that sort of thing, though.
    
    Thanks for starting this thread, BTW - I did a micro-review of your blog on Apathetic Lemming of the North ( apatheticlemming.blogspot.com/ ). It's scheduled to publish in about eight hours. (One less thing for me to do tomorrow.
    
    Nice artwork! And - "Your inner weasel"?!

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    3/01/09

    MelissaInTheSky

    Yay! Thanks so much for all the help. Thank you, Norski for the write up, too! That was nice of you. You pose a good question, what do I mean connect? I guess what I mean is that I amuse myself in my head all day long and do not really need to do it online. With pictures. So if there was no audience for what I am doing, no one wanting to read it, then I would not bother, you know? But you guys have encouraged me to keep putting the word out and trying to connect with people. Yay.
    
    Thanks again!

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    3/01/09

    freckledwriter

    I love it. I would like to link it to my blog, if you don't mind. I wish I had your talent.

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    3/01/09

    MelissaInTheSky

    Thanks, Freckled! I love your blog. I will be back soon to read more. Yay!

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