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Ready to ink your hike? Episode 2 is now LIVE!
Hi everyone! I hope you had fun drawing your hike after watching the first episode of my new series, Storytelling in your art. If you missed that video, you can watch it here. The complete supply list for the series is in this post. For this episode, we’ll be using Don’t forget to post your […]
No reference image? No problem! Believe in your marks!
Why it’s important to use our own mark-making style instead of trying to imitate someone else’s
Storytelling in your art: Drawing a hike
Here’s the supply list and schedule for my latest YouTube series about using classical Chinese painting techniques for your own walks.
Why you should be journaling your creative sessions (+ tips for starting your own journal)
If you record your feelings about your work every time you end a creative session, you’ll soon have a reference to turn to when you feel frustrated, a personalized source of direction that can help guide you into new creative paths.
Inktober is here!
For anyone who’s interested in using the Elegant Writer for tangles, here are a couple of tips: don’t try it on a small paper that has lots of linework, and do use a lot of gold on it. Oh, and yes, salt does work on it in a similar way as regular watercolor, only it brings up a brown color that adds to the jades and pinks you get with the water application.
Cozy Fall Evenings
Today I am sitting in my living room looking out on a wet, cloud covered evening. The maple tree across the street has burgundy and green boughs that are shaking ever so slightly with breezes that waft down the street. I’ve not yet turned on any lights and a gloom has settled over the furniture like a dark gray blanket.
Time for a studio makeover!
I FINALLY made the decision to repaint my studio! Honestly, it was the hardest decision of the project. Once I’d made up my mind that it was okay for me to keep the space as my own as long as I wanted, I no longer felt like I was “making do” with the space. It opened up all kinds of possibilities.
Update 1: The Faith Project
Here’s my first update for The Faith Project! I’ve reached the end of the Ideation and Evaluation stages of the project and am ready to begin creating the “prototypes”, i.e. sketch thumbnails and story outlines. In the update video, I show you a brainstorming diagram that I used to generate ideas, but there’s been a […]
Announcing my new project: an art exhibit about Faith
Imagine walking into a quiet, darkened room. You see empty picture frames on the walls, and as you approach the first frame, an artwork is illuminated within it. You hear a story begin, not a story about the picture itself, but a story that gets you thinking while you look at the picture. The story […]