Journal

Thoughts, happenings and other things I’d love to share with you

  • March – “Touch”

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    March – “Touch”

    Last month’s theme made me very aware of how much I naturally gravitate towards a dream-like state of mind. Being aware of that, inevitably makes you aware of what is being ignored; the real world. 🙂…

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  • Studio hours #4 and an update

    Studio hours #4 and an update

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    I wasn’t feeling great lately, to be honest. After the up – working with relative confidence on my panels – came the down. Besides my…

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  • Creative experiments #2

    Creative experiments #2

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    My friend Anna and I made some plans for creative fun and unfortunately that meant having to place another order with my art supplier. The…

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  • Creative experiments #1

    Creative experiments #1

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    A few weeks (or was it months?…yikes…) ago I bought a gel plate and some other stuff to experiment with. After an initial surge of…

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  • Starting out with oil painting

    Starting out with oil painting

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    When it comes to oil painting, it can feel like you have to wrestle through a full-time chemistry study before you can make your first…

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  • More figures from my mind, part 2

    More figures from my mind, part 2

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    I did another three figure sketches for you, drawn from my mind, in this new video. I hope you enjoy! As I explained in my…

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  • Drawing figures from my mind, part I

    Drawing figures from my mind, part I

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    Drawing from the mind is an exercise that can help you use previously stored information better. I’ll explain why this works well for me, in…

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  • New (and some old) brushes!

    New (and some old) brushes!

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    My recent venture into the world of oil painting was a perfect excuse to take out my Rosemary & Co catalog and drain my bank…

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  • Studio hours

    Studio hours

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    Recently, I’ve been in search of a way to create content without running into the limitations of my perfectionism. This is an ongoing thing, so…

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  • Experimenting with crackle texture

    Experimenting with crackle texture

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    There was one thing I was looking forward to after wrapping up my class; texture experiments galore! I had a bucket of marble dust sitting…

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