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Adobe Photoshop Elements 2022

Sandra's Favorite photo editing program. (Choose Mac or PC)

  • ADOBE SENSEI AI TECHNOLOGY: Automated options do the heavy lifting so you can instantly turn photos into art, warp photos to fit any shape, reframe your video subjects, and more.
  • TAKE YOUR PHOTOS TO A NEW LEVEL: Add moving overlays or 3D camera motion to photos and save as MP4s for easy sharing on social.
  • 60 GUIDED EDITS: Create the perfect pet pic; extend, remove, or replace photo backgrounds; and more.
  • CRAFT PERSONALIZED CREATIONS: Dynamic photo slideshows with new styles, inspirational quote graphics, and animated social posts. Transform photos into wall and unique keepsakes with built-in prints and gifts service.
  • EASY NAVIGATION: Updated software makes editing, organizing, and exporting your photos effortless.
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Reference Books for Artists

Licensing Art & Legal Design

Reference book for artists.
The fourth edition of this book includes new forms for hiring and firing employees, agreements to arbitrate, promissory notes, and general releases. Also included are a contract for the sale of an artwork, contract for a commission, delivery-of-art confirmation form, artist-gallery contract, contract for an exhibition loan, model release, commercial lease, sublease, and lease assignment, and much more. Each form includes step-by-step instructions, advice, and unique negotiation checklists for making the best deal possible.

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Licensing Art & Design

Reference book for artists.
This text shows the designer, illustrator, photographer or fine artist how to increase income by licensing creative images. Coverage includes: copyright, patent and trademark law; licensing agreements; maximizing royalties; negotiation checklists; model agreements; finding manufacturers; and licensing in cyberspace.

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Sandra's Favorite Reads ... You become what you think about

Feed your brain like you feed your body, filling it with positive possibilities that engender creative thinking. Here are a few books Sandra read lately to inspire her step into even BIGGER dreams.

Get Out of Your Head

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

It's really tough to be creative when your mind is full of worry and toxic thoughts. 

This book is FABULOUS at pinpointing limiting beliefs and helping you replace them with healthy, truthful thoughts that elevate your mindset.

You can choose hope in the midst of chaos. This book challenges you to exercise your God-given power to shift negative thinking patterns and take back control of your thoughts and emotions.

 

Buy this to develop a healthy mindset

Higher is Waiting - by Tyler Perry

Perry writes of how he nurtured his dreams and discovered solace in nature, and of his resolute determination to reach ever higher.
 
Beginning with his earliest memories of growing up a shy boy in New Orleans, Perry recalls the moments of grace and beauty in a childhood marked by brutality, deprivation, and fear.

With tenderness he sketches portraits of the people who sustained him and taught him indelible lessons about integrity, trust in God, and the power of forgiveness: his aunt Mae, who cared for her grandfather, who was born a slave, and sewed quilts that told a story of generations; Mr. Butler, a blind man of remarkable dignity and elegance, who sold penny candies on a street corner; and his beloved mother, Maxine, who endured abuse, financial hardship, and the daily injustices of growing up in the Jim Crow South yet whose fierce love for her son burned bright and never dimmed. 
 
Perry vividly and movingly describes his growing awareness of God’s presence in his life, how he learned to tune in to His voice, to persevere through hard times, and to choose faith over fear. Here he is: the devoted son, the loving father, the steadfast friend, the naturalist, the philanthropist, the creative spirit—a man whose life lessons and insights into scripture are a gift offered with generosity, humility, and love.

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I Declare: 31 Promises to Speak Over Your Life 

I read this daily and speak favor over my life with scripture. It has 31 days so I repeat it, using this monthly. It keeps me in such a positive, faith-filled frame of mind.

 

 

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Think Better, Live Better

A Victorious Life Begins in Your Mind
By Joel Osteen
This book offers a simple yet life-changing strategy for erasing the thoughts that keep you down and reprogramming your mind with positive thinking to reach a new level of victory.

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The Power of Positive Thinking

In this phenomenal bestseller, “written with the sole objective of helping the reader achieve a happy, satisfying, and worthwhile life,” Dr. Peale demonstrates the power of faith in action. With the practical techniques outlined in this book, you can energize your life—and give yourself the initiative needed to carry out your ambitions and hopes. You’ll learn how to:
· Believe in yourself and in everything you do
· Build new power and determination
· Develop the power to reach your goals
· Break the worry habit and achieve a relaxed life
· Improve your personal and professional relationships
· Assume control over your circumstances
· Be kind to yourself

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Experiencing Loss?

The size of a sympathy card, I always include this book because grief can be grueling. It's good to know your feelings are normal & what to expect.

Good Grief - Short book that's perfect for those grieving

With more than three million copies in print, discover timeless wisdom for all who grieve the loss of a job, a friendship, a move, or a loved one.

For more than fifty years Good Grief has helped millions of readers, including NFL players and a former first lady, find comfort, understand their emotions and regain hope after loss.

This classic text identifies ten stages of grief -- shock, emotion, depression, physical distress, panic, guilt, anger, resistance, hope, and acceptance -- but recognizing that grief is complex and deeply personal, defines no "right" way to grieve.

Good Grief offers valuable insights on the emotional and physical responses persons may experience during the natural process of grieving something as small as a change in plans to something as traumatic and final as death. Reflection questions sprinkled throughout the book help readers explore their own experience with each stage of the grieving process.

Good Grief includes a foreword by Dr. Timothy Johnson, a leading communicator of medical health care information. An afterword by the author's daughters tells how the book came to be.

Whether mourning the death of a loved one, the end of a marriage, moving to a new home, or other difficult life changes, Good Grief is a proven steady companion in times of loss and transition.

Buy for someone who's grieving

I save you gobs of time and money by pretesting for you!

 

It takes years of expensive, agonizing experiments to find the right tools and techniques, but you don't have to do that.

As Executive Director of the International Colored Pencil Symposium for 11 years, I brought in 25-30 top colored pencil Masters to reveal their methods and materials, so I know all the Masters' secret tools.

As editor for Art Materials Today and Michael's Arts & Crafts Magazine, and it was my job to test supplies to find the best use of pencils, papers, and accessories.

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"I am so excited - I just received Sandra's suggested pencil sharpener and battery operated eraser. I am waiting for the drawing mat to arrive. I told my husband I want the electric light table for my birthday. Loving this... so much. Thank you, Sandra Angelo!"

Donna McGue
Colored Pencil College Apprentice

"Sandra's knowledge of colored pencil is extensive. She is a Master in colored pencil. In less than 6 months, I've learned more from her than I would have ever on my own or from books. She showed me more in the world of colored pencil than I would have thought possible! My drawings improved 100000% just by using her methods and materials and following her recipes for success."

Bruce MacDonald
Angelo Atelier MIT
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