A New Adventure: Artist Mentorship I’m pleased to share that I’m offering artist mentorships through Mastrius.com. Mastrius helps motivated artists accelerate their creative journey by
Adjusting Watercolor Paintings with Colored Pencils Colored pencils can transform a watercolor that missed the mark, got a little muddy, or craves a bit of
Pencil Sketching Practice Pencil Sketching Practice has been rhapsodized for eons. But that doesn’t mean we all commit to a regular habit of sketching (right?)
Gelli Plate Monotype Portrait Print Experiments with gelli plate monotype portrait prints have been underway in my studio, and they are FUN! The first test
Figurative Watercolors – Sand Castle Princess I took a pause from my fun Mokulito printmaking experiments to work on this small watercolor of a sand
Wood Lithography (Mokulito) Prints with Watercolor I’ve been experimenting with the use of watercolor to print full-color backgrounds on mokulito (wood lithography) prints. Applying tube
Color Tetra Pak Collagraph Print I veered off the Mokulito (Wood Litho) printmaking trail to take a little hike with Tetra Pak prints this week.
Wood Lithography (Mokulito) Printmaking – Anacapa Island Arch Experimenting with Wood Lithography (Mokulito) Printmaking continues in my studio. I really appreciate all the feedback and
Mokulito (Wood Lithography) Printmaking Printmaking mash-ups appeal to my experiment-loving, nerd-artist’s heart. In a previous series of blog posts this season (like this cat and
What is a Trace Monotype Print? Trace monotype is a form of printmaking created by drawing on a sheet of paper thats been laid on
Carborundum Collagraph Print This carborundum collagraph print was made with mat board, acrylic gloss, and carborundum (fine sandpaper grit). The plate was inked and wiped
Print Day in May Reduction Linocut and Drypoint Combo Tuxedo Corsage is a Reduction Linocut and Drypoint print combo still life of my studio pal
Mixing Relief and Intaglio Printmaking Methods This mix of relief and intaglio printmaking methods was the second one I worked on last Fall. The project
Drypoint Etching and Relief Print Mash Up This is my fourth mash-up of reduction linocut print and dry point etching. I worked on it intermittently
Making Art to Manage Grief After a four-year battle with cancer, my beautiful, talented, kind stepdaughter – and Muse – Melanie Ham died a few
Mixed Printmaking – Color Linocut and Drypoint Engraving This is the third in a series of posts showing methods to make mixed printmaking mashups. (You
Linocut Print and Drypoint Etching – Printmaking Mashup In the last post – I dabbled with an experimental printmaking mash-up. For that still life print,
Reduction Linocut and Drypoint Print Mix Snacking Geometry is a Reduction Linocut and Drypoint print still life, created for a print exchange. Printmakers Connect is
Nude Figurative Portrait Collagraph Print This nude figurative collagraph print was part of a series of carborundum tests I experimented with over the summer. More
Painting Portraits in Watercolor Painting portraits in watercolor is ambitious. Figurative watercolors are some of my favorite subjects to paint, but they’re never easy (for
Traveling with Watercolors Have you assembled a watercolor painting travel kit to take with you, outside your usual painting space? Here are some tips to
Still Life Watercolor Ideas, and the Grid System Several times a year, I set up still life vignettes to photograph and use as reference material
How to Print a Monotype without a Press Monotype printmaking is the “painterly print” option. This printmaking process is accessible to everyone, and it doesn’t
Monotype Print Still Life – adding Colored Pencil to your Art I spent a foggy afternoon transferring printmaking inks from leaky containers to new ones,
Making an Intaglio Drypoint Print from Recycled Paper Cartons While walking a freshly emptied carton of frozen Mango & Cream bars to the recycling bin,
Watercolor Still Life Painting Subjects from Your Own Things Pretend you’ve been given a watercolor painting assignment to paint two small still life arrangements. For
Make a Monotype from Things Around the House This was a quick experiment to see if I could pull a monotype print – without a
Can You add Watercolor to Collagraph Prints? Yes, you can, as long as the ink you used to print your collagraph dries permanent, and the
Acrylic Gloss Varnish Sealer on Mat Board Collagraphs When you make a collagraph plate from mat board (also known as mount board), the front, back,
Figure Composition in Watercolor This is a figure study for a watercolor of my friend Aimee. I loved the composition the moment I saw it.
