Category: Creative Practice
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Why You Should Make An Art Process Journal
An art process journal (APJ) is a record of how you develop your artwork or project as well as your development as an artist. It may contain collected images, drawings, and even small paintings; printed or written text; research; color palettes and material swatches; samples of pen and brushwork; different designs, media, and techniques; and…
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Creating is a Process
Teaching myself to paint with gouache has been a series of near wins and a lot of misses. I attempted this because I’m traveling in a few weeks and I want to paint at locations I’ll visit. Using gouache has practical advantages over oil paint that I’ve used for years. Gouache is easier to transport,…
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Should Artists Keep Art Journals?
Originally posted on Sharon Leah ~Artists Thriving~: I have journals and notebooks scattered all around my home. I love them. And I love to write in them. I’m just not very consistent about when I write or what the purpose of my writing should be. So sometimes, often, I have two or three journals going…
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Why Paint in a Tradition
Originally posted on Sharon Leah ~Artists Thriving~: Pierre Bonnard, The Dining Room in the Country, 1913 I’m a plein air landscape artist and I do some still life paintings when the weather is bad or it’s just too cold to stand outside for three hours. I live in Minnesota. Today, I can say that I…
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Day One: A Crash Course in Navigating South America
Originally posted on I SPY BLUE SKIES: When the airplane touched down on the runway at Rio Galeão airport in Rio de Janeiro, I stared out the window in a state of disbelief. After planning this trip for nearly a year, I had finally arrived, and I didn’t want to get off the airplane. I…
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Make art with heart
He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist. ~ St. Francis of Assisi
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