Collagraph: Morocco (making a collagraph with mat board and construction paper)
What Inspires Your Art? I’ve always felt riveted by and drawn to the art, architecture and cultural styles of Morocco. Moroccan colors, details and design
What Inspires Your Art? I’ve always felt riveted by and drawn to the art, architecture and cultural styles of Morocco. Moroccan colors, details and design
What is a Monotype Print? Monotypes are a very painterly form of printmaking. There’s no carving into the plate, no materials glued to the plate,
Watercolor Painting for Beginners Watercolor painting for beginners is a challenging medium when you dive into it for the first time. Watercolor painting is famous
Springtime is the beginning of art festival season for me, and I hope you’ll gather art-loving friends and stroll in the sunshine to say hello
Exhibit Your Art If you’re a beginning artist, it’s incredibly daunting to exhibit your art on a blog or on social media for the public to
Painting on a Plane This petite watercolor study was painted while in flight over the ocean, using a reference photo of the sill in my
Flexing Our Composition Muscles While experimenting with the camera on my phone, I snapped a flurry of photos around the house to exercise my composition
Colored Pencils on a Collagraph of a Great Dane Colored pencils provide immediate, no fuss, easy-peasey art making on the fly. Even if you’re traveling,
Checking In How are you doing this week? We’re all hiking through the woods together towards the end of the year. This last stretch is
Loss and Perspective Loss puts a magnifying glass on the concept of time. A sweet, kind, joyfully positive friend of mine died last month. Grief
Surrounded by Shortcuts As a painter and printmaker, I enjoy things that require steps or process. I also like to garden and cook for those
Simplify Before Committing Back in the day, when I quizzed established artists about best practices towards making art full time, the sculptor Ron Pekar gave me
Drawn to the Figure Do you paint or draw figurative work? I’ve been doodling and drawing figures and faces since grade school. I can’t articulate
Painting on a Plane I just got home from Annapolis, Maryland. I grew up in and love the East Coast, and our kids used to
Making Art with Other People Make art more often by joining a group, taking a class or scheduling your creative time with fellow artists. A
Painting Outdoors I have talented friends who paint outdoors in fields, meadows and beaches here in California. I admire their ability to make beautiful art
Nourish your Creative Self Advice for Life Thank goodness brilliant minds take time to document ideas, creations and formulas. Especially these days, with storm clouds
Making Monotype from Family Photos Have you made monotypes from family photos yet? The reference photo for the monotype above was snapped in the mid
Traveling with Watercolors I see lots of great art supplies in the travel totes of my plein air friends and the artists I follow in the
What to Paint Next I snapped a flurry of photos for painting ideas a few weeks ago. When I uploaded them to my computer, the
How Many Times a Week Do You Sketch? Hi y’all, I’ve got some sketch artists for you, to help propel your drawing and doodling inspiration.
Making Art Before we had Books I just finished listening to a book tracing the history of Leonardo Da Vinci’s drawing of Vitruvian Man. If
Take a Camera on your Weekend Getaway We just returned from a whirlwind weekend in San Francisco, where we joined friends from Arizona. The four
Quilted Aerial 12.6 x 9 watercolor on paper (sold) This summer has been a whirlwind of events and family-fun with very little time for painting
Resources for small, affordable printing press alternatives! One of the most frequent comments left on my youtube channel printmaking tutorials asks how to make linocut,
Do You Want to be an Artist? When I first considered leaping into art full time, I didn’t have artist friends to consult. So, I
You Guys Are Awesome! Thanks to everyone who read and commented on the last post review and giveaway from Hahnemühle paper! Five lucky winners have
Testing Hahnemühle Papers Hahnemühle sent me a few pads of watercolor and mixed media paper to test and review in my studio. I’ve heard about
Tools for Painting with Values Did you know Winsor and Newton publishes a series of mini painting-tip videos? (You can subscribe to W&N here.) This
Mixing Greens Now that I’m finished with Spring art festivals and overseas travels, it’s time to sort the studio and plan summer paintings. I’m