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 my courage was thwarted
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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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