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Vintage Hair—Mixed Media and Palette Organization
Today it’s a photo step-by-step and not a video as I paint a mixed media portrait with a vintage hair style. Since I’m not teaching currently I sometimes turn the drawing table camera on for my own benefit to look at how I progressed through stages. But sometimes I simply take photos at various stopping […]
What Filling a Grid in Our Journals Tells Us
I’ve been sharing a bunch of journal grids lately on the blog. Let’s get right to it—filling a grid in your journal tells you at a glance what is catching your eye in the world. For me, in this grid, it’s obviously noses. Now if you look at one of your grids and you see […]
In Context: Doodling, and Keeping Track of What I Know
A page spread on which I scribbled some Uni Posca markers became the perfect container for brush pen doodles on newsprint and quotations I wanted to remember. Sure it’s always fun to have backgrounds on which you can paint portraits or elements from your day, but don’t limit yourself on how you might use them. […]
Sometimes I Get Too Excited When I Start to Sketch
The title of today’s post pretty much says it all. Sometimes I am so excited to start a sketch that I immediately “fail,” in some way I would have avoided if I had simply taken a breath. Happily I don’t count these moments as “fails,” I count them as opportunities to remind myself to take […]
Sit Down and Work
I’ve frequently written about the need to sit down and work even if you don’t feel you have the creative juice to do so. Lately physical issues have been sapping my energy. But I have a not-so-secret weapon to combat lack of energy—a life-long art habit. It might not always feel comfortable or even […]
Let’s All Enjoy Dog Noses Together
Life interrupted my blogging plans. The series I’d hoped to finish didn’t get organized. While I reorganize I think it’s wise to suggest we all enjoy something we love—and I love dog noses, maybe you do too? If not why not? Have you looked at a dog’s nose? I mean really, really looked at a […]
In Context: I Love a Bit of Marigold
In a scribbly mood. But it wasn’t enough, I still had to move some paint around. Uni Posca Markers scribbled down, black brush pen on top, and marigold gouache (Holbein, because I like to use it for backgrounds). Handbook 140 lb watercolor paper, in the 5 x 8 inch (or so—it isn’t in front of […]
How I’d Like To Paint All the Time
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Looking Back at Prepping for the Minnesota State Fair
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