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MI</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/10copperharbor01.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Snowfall</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/9quincymine14.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Quincy Mine, Hancock, MI</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/9quincymine13.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Quincy Mine, Hancock, MI</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2017-08-05T20:27:14+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://erinbartels.com/2017/06/23/the-unsurpassed-beauty-of-pictured-rocks-national-lakeshore/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/0greatlakes5.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/6picturedrocks21.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/6picturedrocks20.jpg</image:loc><image:title>East Channel Lighthouse, Grand Island</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/6picturedrocks19.jpg</image:loc><image:title>East Channel Lighthouse, Grand Island</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/6picturedrocks18.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Bridal Veil Falls, Pictured Rocks National 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Moth</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/moth3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Snow-white Linden Moth</image:title><image:caption>Snow-white Linden Moth</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/moth2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Walnut Sphinx</image:title><image:caption>Walnut Sphinx</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/moth1.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Polyphemus Moth</image:title><image:caption>Polyphemus Moth</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/moth8.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/eveningmoon.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Moon over Spirit Mountain (not actually a mountain) at Camp Lake Louise, Boyne Falls, MI</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-07-31T00:37:06+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://erinbartels.com/2016/08/05/summer-was-made-for-nights-like-this/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/secondsunset4.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sunset over Lake Michigan</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/secondsunset3.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sunset over Lake Michigan</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/secondsunset2.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Sunset over Lake 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MI</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-08-05T12:34:38+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://erinbartels.com/2016/07/08/sun-room-to-smoke-room-progress-report/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/in-progress.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2016-07-08T15:14:36+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://erinbartels.com/2016/07/01/digging-up-the-dead-when-what-youre-writing-hits-too-close-to-home/</loc><lastmod>2016-07-01T20:03:41+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://erinbartels.com/2013/08/26/surprised-by-sand/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130823_050344_095.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130823_035914_063.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130823_041924_088.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Erin on the Dunes</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130823_041847_087.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130823_041626_084.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130823_041117_073.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130823_040755_068.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130823_034921_049.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130823_034417_040.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130823_033817_021.jpg</image:loc><image:title>OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-06-27T00:17:50+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://erinbartels.com/2016/06/22/a-90-degree-walk-in-the-marshlands/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p6180031.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Great White Egret at Tobico Marsh, Bay City, MI</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p6180030.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p6170028.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p6170027.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Saginaw Bay</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p6170025.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p6170024.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p6170023.jpg</image:loc><image:title>A Path to the Saginaw Bay</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p6170021.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Lily Pads at Tobico Marsh, Bay City, MI</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p6170020.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p6170018.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2016-06-22T15:29:37+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://erinbartels.com/2016/06/16/theres-no-such-thing-as-too-many-books/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p6130536.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p6130534.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p6130535.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p6130546.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p6130540.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p6130552.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2016-06-17T11:55:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://erinbartels.com/2016/06/14/summer-is-for-roses/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p6130526.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p6130524.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p6130523.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p6130522.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p6130521.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p6130519.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2016-06-15T15:50:02+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://erinbartels.com/2016/06/10/kicking-and-screaming-my-way-into-the-21st-century/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/13408894_196130480787085_923022127_n.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2016-06-10T19:14:34+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://erinbartels.com/2016/06/02/time-the-great-motivator/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/p5200323-copy.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/daledonnazoo-copy.jpg</image:loc><image:title>DaleDonnaZoo 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MI</image:title></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p5200378.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p5210422.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p5200371.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p5200374.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p5210420.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2016-05-23T12:54:01+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://erinbartels.com/2016/05/15/upon-rediscovering-a-childhood-favorite/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p5150154.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p5150153.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p5150150.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p5150152.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p5150146.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p5150145.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p5150148.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p5150144.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/p5150143.jpg</image:loc></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/dogsearch.png</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2016-05-16T00:40:45+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://erinbartels.com/2016/05/08/this-is-alistair-beckett-hes-a-canary/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/alistair.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2016-05-08T20:42:22+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://erinbartels.com/2016/05/04/why-we-read-sad-books/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/books2.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2016-05-04T15:46:16+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://erinbartels.com/2016/04/26/creative-waiting/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/swatches.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-27T12:17:17+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://erinbartels.com/2016/04/27/gifts-from-the-yard/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/grapehyacinth.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2016-04-27T11:52:09+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://erinbartels.com/2016/04/22/welcome-spring-were-so-happy-youre-here/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/p4220052.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Pond 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Center</image:title></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-24T16:43:08+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://erinbartels.com/2016/02/20/on-the-death-of-artists/</loc><lastmod>2016-02-20T19:46:05+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://erinbartels.com/2016/02/16/for-when-life-feels-like-its-one-big-long-dreadful-february/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/podcast.jpg</image:loc></image:image><lastmod>2016-02-16T16:23:15+00:00</lastmod><changefreq>monthly</changefreq></url><url><loc>https://erinbartels.com/2016/02/13/painting-the-self-portrait-step-by-step/</loc><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/watercolor-10.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Watercolor 10</image:title><image:caption>Side by side, I can see where I went a little astray with the eyes. But, all in all, not too shabby, I think!</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/watercolor91.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Watercolor Portrait Progression 9</image:title><image:caption>Here is the final product. I kept going back in and adding more shadow to counteract the dark background. Not sure I'm quite happy with the way the hair darkens and blends with the background, but overall it did turn out better than I thought it would. And with watercolor you have to be careful of not going too far. You have to quit while you're ahead sometimes.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/watercolor8.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Watercolor Portrait Progression  8</image:title><image:caption>Now we start to get the background color and the shirt color. With such a dark background, you can see the flesh tones started to look too light, so I had to go back in and darken them.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/watercolor7.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Watercolor Portrait Progression  7</image:title><image:caption>Here's where I really started thinking this would not work. The hair just didn't feel as nicely rendered as the face, though I knew most of it would get swallowed up by the black background eventually. The reddish brown tones in my hair are done with burnt sienna. The darker the color the less water I mixed in.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/watercolor6.jpg</image:loc><image:title>Watercolor Portrait Progression  6</image:title><image:caption>Now for the hair. Lay in the lighter warm highlights first. I used raw umber for mine. 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heading home to my boys, but vowing to return as soon as possible to Albuquerque.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/0927150855-00.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0927150855-00</image:title><image:caption>The hotel itself was the only obstruction to the pure blue sky, but a lovely obstruction it was.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/0927150854-00.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0927150854-00</image:title><image:caption>This is where I ate most of my meals.</image:caption></image:image><image:image><image:loc>https://erinbartels.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/0924151138-00.jpg</image:loc><image:title>0924151138-00</image:title><image:caption>Friday night's BBQ dinner was set up 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