Learning Color and Composition from Bonnard
Look Around You Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) was a french painter inspired by the rooms in his home, his yard and the people in his life.
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Graphite, Watercolor and Colored Pencil Portrait: Once Upon a Time
For the Love of Words Have you ever staged a painting based on a series of images? I have a collection of inspiring art saved
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Watercolor & Pastel – Gold Line in Little Tokyo
Using Photos from Friends in Art I’m fortunate to have very generous family and friends when it comes to artists’ visuals. My tribe sends me
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Finding More Time to Paint
Incremental Art-Making Painting in short increments can solve your Not Enough Time to Make Art quandary. I talk about this in my free course Six
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Fighting Art Perfectionism
Productive over Perfect Fact: Perfectionism crushes creativity. An effective way to recover from perfectionism is to start creating. That might seem counter-intuitive, but it follows
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Painting Small Portraits and Figure Studies in Watercolor
Painting Faces and Portraits in Watercolor Do you enjoy sketching and doodling faces in watercolor? I know some of you do, since I follow your
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Making a Silk Aquatint: The Captain’s Cabin
Silk Aquatint Print Instructions What’s a Silk Aquatint? This previous post covers the mechanics of how silk aquatints work, and some of the materials used. And Sue
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Practice Small Drawing and Painting Studies
Small Drawing and Painting Studies After last week’s post, you sent some lovely emails questioning the definition of a small drawing or painting study, and
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Using a Grid to Sketch Small Watercolor Studies and Improve Drawing Skills
It’s a New Month Happy January! Hopefully, in between holiday clean up, and taking stock of the year from the rear view mirror, you’re also
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Light Field Color Monotype Print – Monterey Retreat
What’s a Monotype? A few posts back – the one about printmaking ink I accidentally left on a monotype plate for several weeks – I
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Dealing with Artist Jealousy
When Artists are Jealous I overheard two artists making sharp, envy-driven comments about another artist’s beautiful work at an exhibit. Jealousy is an ugly cloak.
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What Happens When You Leave Printmaking Inks on the Plate too long?
What Happens When You Leave Akua Printmaking Inks on the Plate too long? Have you ever rolled Akua printmaking ink out on a plate and
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Printing with Drypoint and Collagraph on the Same Print
Experiments in the Art Studio Experiments in the studio are important, because that’s what we should be doing with art supplies, right? We keep things
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Watercolor Sketchbook Art and Art Studio Clean Up
Art Studio Prep for Winter Projects The obstacle course that is my studio has to be dealt with. I’ve been cleaning in here for a
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Figurative Monotype – and Being a Gifted Natural vs a Determined Student
A Gifted Natural – or a Determined Student I attended a piano recital my grandkids played in last night. The performers ranged in age from
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Watercolor: New and Notable – and Skill Building in Figurative Watercolors
Seeking Beauty to Fix a Slump When I need a boost of double-shot inspiration, I look at some of the amazing figurative watercolor artists posting
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Sketchbook Practice – programming motivation with mini-successes
When You Used to Make Art I loved everything about art as a kid. My excitement for creativity followed me through my teens, and I
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Watercolor – Bunny’s Tutor – and What’s the Best Size for Paintings?
Does Painting Size Matter? What size do you make your art? I paint watercolors and build printmaking plates in small format. Every piece of art
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26 Painters to Follow, and Printing a Monotype of a Cat
Making a Painterly Monotype Here are some process photos for making a painterly monotype with non-toxic inks from a sheet of acrylic or plexiglass. If
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Best Gift Ideas for Watercolor Artists
Best Gift Ideas for Watercolor Artists If you are adamantly *not* an artist, and you have a creative friend or family member who would love
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Watercolor – Italian Door – and encouragement to photograph your life
The Power of Your Own Photos in Art and Life I’ve been fortunate to travel in Europe with my watercolors and a camera. I worked
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Figurative Watercolor Sketching
Figurative Watercolor Sketching – Redirect your Focus I live 15 miles from the Hill and Woolsey Fires burning now in southern California. After our experience
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Gift Ideas for Beginner Printmakers
Gift Ideas for for Beginner Printmakers When I started posting printmaking tutorials on my youtube channel, I got a flood of emails asking where one
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Pen and Ink Drawing for Inktober – Secret Sanctuary (Flowing)
Finding Time for Inktober The challenge of sketching an ink drawing in a sketchbook every day for 30 days can be overwhelming when you already
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Mat Board Collagraphs – and finding your Art Cheerleaders
Who’s Cheering in Your Corner? Did you catch this blog post about how you are the average of the five people you spend the most
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Silk Aquatint Printmaking: Library Cat
Silk Aquatint Portrait This post features another silk aquatint , with colored pencil, based on a quick cell phone snapshot of my trusty studio assistant, Scout.
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Inking Tutorials for Collagraph Prints in Single or Multi Color Prints
Mat Board Collagraph Versatility Have you ever made a mat board collagraph? If not, and you want to try it, visit this post for a
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Helpful resources for Entering Art Shows
Entering Art Shows Are you juggling family and jobs while squeezing slivers of art-making into your busy world? How often do you apply to art
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Figurative Watercolor Painting – Recharge – and Building Your Own Art Photo Reference Library
Building Your Own Art Reference Photo Library In the last post, I described scheduling your own photo sessions to create a still life painting art
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Linocut ideas – Arranging Your Own Images as Reference Material
Linocut Ideas for Beginners Have you ever made a linocut print? Linocut ideas can be hard to come by if you’re not sure where to
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