Yesterday was my last post for my Collage365 project. Wow, I made it through a whole year! Was it worth doing? If you’re thinking of starting (or quitting) a daily art project, here are some thoughts to keep in mind. Accomplishment This is your carrot. While you can achieve some of the other points here…
Tag: process
Hear This: Podcast Interview
I stepped out of my visual comfort zone to record a podcast session – click the logo to hear me! A good friend and his buddy had a great idea: a mashup of creative people and role-playing characters. Being a Dungeons & Dragons player from way back, I was happy to let my nerd flag…
Technique: Collagraphs
As I’ve been working through a year of collages, I’ve been wondering what to do with all the results. Some of these exercises in composition have NOT been frame-worthy, but what if they could still be used? When I filled up my first sketchbook, I was willing to try. First, I scanned the sketchbook and…
Work in Progress
So, what DOES one do with a year’s worth of collages? I am more than halfway done with my daily collage project, and my thoughts are turning to what’s next. Here is my pile of sketchbooks, getting harder and harder to lie flat. I have been planning to scan the images, and convert them into digital…
Goals in the Mist
It’s been very foggy here in the Pacific Northwest, and it’s the same with my goals. Often, as I described last year, I focus on changing habits rather than setting goals. That meshed nicely with Kesha Bruce’s Ten Easy Steps: make more art! But maybe it’s time for some actual goals. Every source I read,…
Oooh, Shiny! A New Surface Option
A print that takes advantage of high-gloss finished aluminum.
Emerging as an Artist
On a lovely Sunday afternoon, my critique group was comparing notes on how our art was progressing. While we’re all emerging artists, from a professional point of view, we are at very different points on the spectrum, and have lived through other careers and life events. Our lives are redefined, evolving as our art emerges. What came…
Goals? Or No Goals?
I’m seeing lots of year-end reviews and goal-setting articles, all very inspiring. Carolyn Edlund at ArtsyShark has this one, for example: 10 Resolutions for Artists The folks at Creative Nerds recommend this post from 1st Web Designers: 20 New Year’s Resolutions for your Career I even found a list of things NOT to do, from…