Foldouts and other Ephemera at the Grolier Club

On Friday I attended two wonderful shows at the Grolier Club at 47 East 60th Street in New York (www.grolierclub.org). The first exhibition, “Rooms of Wonder: from Wunderkammer to Museum, 1599-1899” closed on Saturday, Feb 2nd. It was a show … Continue reading

The Altered Page offers an Alternative Giveaway

The Altered Page Seth Apter of the wonderful journaling and art site, The Altered Page,  has reviewed Alternative Art Journals and is offering a giveaway! Leave a comment on the link above by December 16th to be entered to win … Continue reading

New Workshop DVDs from Artists Network TV and North Light Books

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

Alternative Art Journal Book Review and Giveaway

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

Alternative Art Journals Book Giveaway!

                        Book Giveaway At Quinn Creative!                   Coptic Bound Sketchbook with Plexi cover and inkblot butterflies Quinn McDonald at Quinn Creative … Continue reading

A Fotomat booth employee, a famous racehorse trainer or an artist?

                    (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

Getting Comfortable with Roughs

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

Book Giveaway!

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