How to Get Good Ideas for Art
Where Do Good Art Ideas Come From? Steven Johnson illustrates the sequence leading to the birth of a Good Idea in the video below. He
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Painting an Urban Watercolor on Clear Gesso
Painting an Urban Watercolor on Clear Gesso In a previous post, I mentioned an experiment with an urban building facade, painted in watercolor on clear
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Powdered Graphite and Water Soluble Graphite for Drawing and Painting
Powdered Graphite and Water Soluble Graphite for Drawing and Painting Here are some experiments with Powdered Graphite and Water Soluble Graphite used in painting and
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Powdered Graphite Under Watercolors
Have You Tried Powdered Graphite under Watercolors? As an experiment, I used powdered graphite to lay out shapes and a loose value study from a
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Monotype Print Still Life with Colored Pencil
Spontaneous Monotype Still Life Print I’m in the midst of filming, editing, and narrating a video class on monotype printmaking. It’s complex work, and not
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Preserve the Sizing in Fine Art Paper, and Repair Monotype Prints with Colored Pencils
Preserve the Sizing in Fine Art Paper Have you ever soaked printmaking paper and discovered that the sizing in the paper flew the coop? Absent
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5 Tips for Beginner Artists
5 Article Roundup for Beginner Artists Beginning an art adventure that requires some skill-building is a lot easier with instruction. Practical, step by step painting
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Refining Details on Monotype Prints with Colored Pencils
Colored Pencils Enhance Monotype Prints Have you ever added colored pencils to refine parts of your monotype prints? (If you’ve never made a monotype, here
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Miniature Linocut Print of Frida Kahlo
Miniature Linocut Inspired by Frida Kahlo This linocut is smaller than a business card, but it was a spontaneous and fun session of carving a
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Woodcut Print Hand Painted with Watercolor – Artemis (Diana)
German Expressionist Woodcut Prints I purchased Shane Weller’s book (a Dover Publication – you can check out here) on German Expressionist Woodcuts a few decades
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Printing a Collagraph with Full Color Using a la Poupee
Print a Collagraph Using a la Poupee for Full Color This is a mat board collagraph (also known as press board or mont board), printed
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Collagraph Prints from Recycled Paper Food Cartons
Making Art from Stuff at Home After printing drypoint etchings from recycled plastic food containers (see drypoints from plastic in this series), I’m experimenting with
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Watercolor Still Life Paintings from the Kitchen
How Unremarkable White Tiles in a Kitchen Spawned Two Decades of Watercolor Paintings A couple of decades ago, I walked into the kitchen of a
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Reduction Linocut Printed in Four Colors without a Press
Making a Reduction Linocut without a Press As a perpetually Distracted Person, making a reduction linocut was always a wish, but it got suppressed by
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Small Mat Board Collagraph Print of a Cat Sleeping
Printing a Mat Board Collagraph in the Intaglio Style Collagraph printmaking can arise from something as simple as finding a small, recyclable scrap of mat
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Figurative Drypoint Etching from a Plexiglass Plate
Drypoint Etching Intaglio Prints from Life Memories This little Drypoint etching is a nod to a time when my siblings and I lived in a
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Make a Drypoint Print from Recycled Plastic
Make a Drypoint Print from a Plastic Tomato Container Welcome to this series of printmaking posts utilizing stuff around the house as printmaking supplies to
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Painting a Cactus in Watercolor
Watercolor Painting of Cacti I went scouting for painting references at the Los Angeles Arboretum awhile ago. Local outdoor gardens are a good place to bring
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Watercolor Painting Over Pen and Ink Drawing – with a Tutorial Video
What is a Still Life? A still life (plural still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which
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Drypoint Printing at Home without a Press (Part 2)
Drypoint Printing at Home without a Press (Part 2) In the previous post, lots of cross hatching was scribed into a small sheet of clear
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Drypoint Printing at Home without a Press (Part 1)
Printing a Drypoint without a Press I’m delighted that you’re enjoying this series of posts on Drypoint printing at home without a press. (If you
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Drypoint Etching from Plexiglass with Watercolor
Drypoint Etching from Plexiglass Here’s a frivolous little twirl from the studio; the drypoint etching in this post started with a sketchbook doodle (above) during
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How to Ink a Collagraph Print
The Art of Wiping an Intaglio Plate Inking and wiping an intaglio print is almost an art. Watching a master printmaker ink and wipe an
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Drypoint Etching without a Press
Printing a Drypoint Engraving without a Press In this series of printmaking projects using stuff around the house to make art during the Pandemic, we’ve
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How to Make a Drypoint Etching from Recycled Plastic, and Print it without a Press
Drypoint Etchings on Recycled Plastic Sheets So far, I’ve experimented with Drypoint etching print from a Trader Joe’s biscotti container here, and a monotype print
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Floral Watercolor Painting – Finding Inspiration in Small Still Life Arrangements
Prepping to Paint Still Life in Watercolor This post has a series of tips and resource links to help you with preparations and planning on
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Beginner Artist Mindset Tips
Comparing Your Art Skills to Other Artists A direct message on Instagram from another artist about being a beginner got me thinking. Just starting out
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Figurative Linocut Print – Nude Genre Scene
Figurative Linocut Nude Print Exchange This figurative linocut was made a few years ago for a print exchange. The theme of the exchange was The
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How to Make Monotype Prints from a Plastic Blueberry Container
Repurpose Plastic Food Containers into Printmaking Plates Your enthusiasm for this post about converting a plastic cookie container into a drypoint engraving inspired another monotype
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Monotype Print from Drafting Film with Water Soluble Crayons and Watercolors
Make a Monotype Print with Water Soluble Crayons from a Sheet of Drafting Film You can use water soluble crayons and watercolors on a sheet
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