End Strong and Start Wild

The lovely Effie Wild has generously offered a giveaway on her site that you should check out!

A gift from an artist Effie, to another artist, Flora Bowley, who I also adore...

Effie is giving away two seats in an e-course painting class called Bloom True taught by Flora beginning on January 26th.

So get over there before Jan 12th (do this now before you get all partied out) and let's make more art in 2015!

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