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The Time a Monkey Stole My Art Show (and why I’m glad it did)
Ever make something you poured your heart into… and someone completely misses the point? I used to sit with that—wondering if anyone would really see what I saw. Then one…
Dive into the Unknown & Fire Up Your Creative Juices!
I recently interviewed this amazing artist, Jaq Chartier, whose approach to her art is about testing and experimenting. She loves not knowing what’s going to happen. It’s an exciting approach to making art and it got me thinking about mine. Looking at older work, I see more intention and less…
Not Just Any Orange
I’ve been thinking about the colors I use and noticed I tend to work with colors on either side of the standard colors. For instance, I never use a straight orange. Instead, I’ll start with it and add yellow or yellow ochre to make it dirtier and less saturated. Or…
Quick, Cool Shapes!
Here’s a cool way to add shapes and lines to your work easily. I use thick poster board to cut out templates of various shapes such as circles and teardrops. I can then try these shapes on a painting easily by either drawing around them, or scraping lines along the…
