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      <image:title>Blog - Plein Air Painting with the Daybreak Easel – A Full Review - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Close-up of the Daybreak Easel’s top clamp holding a blank canvas panel, featuring the wood burned logo etched into the clamp.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Daybreak Easel and its components neatly arranged by the fountain at Cincinnati’s Union Terminal and Museum Center</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Still from my Daybreak easel review video showing me working with the Daybreak Easel alongside other urban sketchers at the Cincinnati Museum Center as part of the Ohio Regional Urban Sketchers Summit. Read on for link to the video</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Still from the review video showing me holding my finished plein air painting of Union Terminal with the Daybreak Easel and the iconic building visible in the background</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Close-up of my finished plein air painting of Cincinnati’s Union Terminal and Museum Center displayed on the Daybreak Easel.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Blog - The KraftGeek Inspire Easel: An Essential Tool for Artists? - Make it stand out</image:title>
      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Still shot from my video review on my YouTube Channel. Read on for link to video</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My finished drawing of Fountain Square</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Cincinnati Museum Center, Union Terminal - “Nature’s Trading Post”</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>2x2” Sea Shell paintings collection I did for Art Academy of Cincinnati’s Annual “Minumentals” Exhibit, Acrylic on Canvas (2017)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Stills taken from a video I filmed of my first trilobite on the day of the discovery</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Signpost of information about fossils at Trammel Fossil Park, Sharonville, OH</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Selection of pen &amp; ink drawings by John McCoy created for Inktober 2023 and 2024.</image:caption>
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