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Jack Unruh Retrospective Show
I don’t draw attention to many upcoming shows, typically I just go to a show and then maybe write about it—like when I go to a show at Mia. But Jack Unruh is one of my all time favorite artists. His use of pen and watercolor is stunning and quirky at the same time. He […]
How Does Roz Write A Love Letter? Part 2
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Art With A Bark Opens June 25
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Crop Art Show
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Sketch to Print: Turning a Journal Sketch into a Finished Silk-screened Print
Left: the final French Bull Dog print is 5.5 x 6.5 inches. Print Gocco screen print on Folio paper, green and navy inks. I left the deckle edge on as many cards as I could when I cut down the paper. See the deckle at the base of this card. The wording on the print is from the fortune cookie fortune that was stuck to the journal page where I did the sketch. I tried out other options, but this seemed too perfect. Click on the image to view an enlargement.
MCBA recently sent out an art call—None of the Above. I wanted to participate and started planning something about the State Fair and birds, of course. But I was caught up in my fake journal and didn’t get right to it. Then I was working on my dog portrait series and did a preliminary sketch of a French Bull Dog that I quite liked. (See a scan of the original journal page in my post on Superstition #6, here.)
In an instant things changed. I decided that I would make a print of that sketch instead. And here, step, by step, is how I turned that journal sketch into a print.
Profile: Linda Koutsky—Bold Art Jewelry with Found Objects
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Mail Art Call: Art on Ice
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Richard Crammer: into the forest of flowers
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Profile: Dean R. Koutsky, painter
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James Michael Lawrence: An Unusual Retrospective
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