Alternative Art Journals with Margaret Peot and Alternative Art Cards with Margaret Peot These two new DVDs are workshops on disks–step outside the traditional ways to make a mark and start being creative on a daily basis. Art Cards shows … Continue reading
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UK Artist Sue Bulmer has reviewed Alternative Art Journals on her blog: http://suebulmer.blogspot.com/2012/11/book-review-alternative-art-journals-by.html She says: “Alternative Art Journals provides you with ideas of ‘how’ to collect elements which inspire new ideas for your work. This section I really enjoyed as … Continue reading
(Appaloosa Rocks, from Alternative Art Journals: the bottom … Continue reading
Book Giveaway At Quinn Creative! Coptic Bound Sketchbook with Plexi cover and inkblot butterflies Quinn McDonald at Quinn Creative … Continue reading
(a Fotomat booth, originally uploaded from Roadsidepictures from Livejournal (thank you!)) (I really, REALLY wanted to work in one when I was a child–that little sweet house, filled with little … Continue reading
Sometimes when we are drawing, we can get obsessed with the perfection of the thing we are doing, forgetting about the purpose of it. These tumbling rough drawings by Masters, made as preparatory sketches, or as studies, are often the … Continue reading
createmixedmedia is hosting a giveaway of Alternative Art Journals: Explore Innovative Approaches to Collecting Your Creativity. Follow the link (paste it into your browser if it is not live), respond by Sunday night, and you will be entered in the … Continue reading
This is one of the nicest quotes I have ever read about making art. I think everyone should be engaged in making art of some sort–think what an awesome world we would be in if everyone were idly turning about … Continue reading
Rives BFK is my favorite go-to paper for every purpose. It is has a gorgeous, buttery surface, it is a wonderful printmaking paper, accommodating relief (in a press) as well as intaglio. I love to draw on it, with pencil … Continue reading
Beautiful jellyfish at Coney Island in the NY Aquarium–gorgeous–I could have watched them all day. But how to draw them? They are so delicate looking that even setting about them with a pencil seems wrong. Perhaps water color. The color … Continue reading