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Playing with Markers in Backgrounds
There are a gazillion ways to use wide tipped makers for backgrounds on your artwork. Typically you see me put backgrounds on some of my portraits AFTER I’ve drawn the portrait. I like cutting around the figure with the wide tip. It’s just fun. You can’t really see the edge of the portrait all the […]
Ink Only? Paint It? Or Let It Go?
Everyday we make choices in our journals. The simplest for me is stop at ink only? Paint over the ink (opaquely or transparently)? Or leave the texture alone all together? We get to make a different, individual decision every time we turn a page in our journal. Long ago I was more strict in my […]
Spray Varnish on Paper Collages?
Today’s image is not a collage, and it has not been sprayed with varnish. I use as little varnish (or as few fixatives) as I can because all of them result in respiratory issues for me. I’d love to work with soft pastels, but if I did that in my journals I’d have to spray […]
Short Projects for Holiday Schedules
Everyone knows I love projects. This is a video post, but first you need some context. Update 11.25.24: Please note this post got long and I didn’t cover different types of finishes to use if you’re working with watercolor. I will have suggestions in a blog post on Tuesday. If you’re framing these pieces under […]
White Pens for Journaling and Painting
Last fall I was involved in a little grid project (rather a series of projects I was sharing and am sharing with my Patreon subscribers) I ended up with a lot of little collage squares leftover. And some blue paper squares leftover. And, as is apt to happen when you have squares of color paper […]
Clearing Up Some Confusion About Gouache
After Monday’s post on the Stoneground Gouache Pans I want to clear up some confusion about gouache—a question I have received a lot over the years. Question: I am writing to ask if you know of any gouache that doesn’t have acrylic paint in it? I’ve developed super sensitivities to chemical odors, can’t use […]
Textures Class Registration Opens Today and Other Online Class News
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Always Be Playing: Try Different Approaches with the Nearly Same Media
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Acrylic Painting—Some Books and Materials Recommendations
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Blast from the Past: Sketch in Any Moment
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