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
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
What’s a Monotype? A few posts back – the one about printmaking ink I accidentally left on a monotype plate for several weeks – I
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.
Painting Interior Spaces with Watercolor This watercolor was inspired by a reference photo taken in Florence, Italy a few decades ago. Old world charm, wrapped
A Buoy of Kindness Thanks for all of your generous responses to my last post. The artist-blogger community never fails to surge forward with kindness after
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
Making a Small Still Life Etching This etching is from an artist’s proof in an unprinted edition. (An Artists’ Proof is a test print, and they’re
There are so many artists sharing art on Facebook, the affirmation that beauty is a necessity scrolls down my feed in an avalanche of encouraged inspiration.