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Art Quiz: Question 47

What an interesting question we have today! In the quarrel of color versus drawing, what are the supporters of the…

Art History, Art Quiz, Color VS Drawing

Your Art Should Make You Smile

I’m not sure if the drawing you’re looking at here will make you smile or not. It might make you…

Art and children, Art Challenge, Art Games, SketchaMoley

Fingerpainting

Do you remember fingerpainting as a child? I didn’t get to do much of that because, for me, it was…

Fingerpainting, Gesso, Molding Paste, Texture, Valerie Berkley, Water-soluble oils

Maybe It’s Time

Earlier this month I mentioned the unexpected visit my husband’s aunt and parents made to our home. At the time,…

Art shows, Awards, being an artist, Participation Ribbons

Subtle Influences in Art

I’ve always had a fascination about influences. I love reading, for instance, that Mary Cassatt was influenced by Japanese woodblock printing,…

Influences in art, Neurographic drawing

Rocky Falls: Rough-In

Perhaps you’ve been wondering what’s happened to my “WIP” Rocky Falls. I’m pleased to say that it’s coming along nicely. I’m…

Color blocking, Competency, Painting process, Rough-in

Art Quiz: The Answer is Joseph Cornell

Joseph Cornell. Who? Nope. Never heard of him. I had to go searching for information, and here’s what I found:…

Art Quiz, Assemblage art, Joseph Cornell

Art Quiz: Question 46

An interesting question today! Which American filmmaker is also known as one of the originators of the assemblage form of…

Art Quiz, Assemblage art, Sculpture

Hello, Spring!

I always look forward to spring. As a child, one of my fond memories was seeing our tulips blooming each…

Pixabay, spring, Watercolor, Watercolor pencils

Whew!

I’m excited about the upcoming Sketchbook Revival 2022. Last year’s series of free workshops was an interesting experience, one with…

Bookbinding, Sarah Matthews, Sketchbook Revival 2022

It’s Starting Soon

I’m definitely excited for the upcoming Sketchbook Revival 2022 workshops. If you haven’t signed up yet — it’s all free —…

Karen Abend, Sarah Matthews, Sketchbook Revival 2022

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

We keep our St. Patrick’s Day celebrations a bit on the quiet side here. No bar-hopping, no imbibing alcoholic beverages,…

Art and children, Art Hub for Kids, art projects, Art with Jenny K, Enchanted Learning, St. Patrick's Day

For Ukraine

Each day we listen to reports of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and our hearts go out to the people…

sunflowers, Ukraine, Watercolor

Ready, Set, Draw!

After discovering the “Mythical Createures” game at Amazon recently, I wondered if there were more “drawing activity” sets available, so…

Art and children, creativity, Drawing Games, imagination, Ready Set Draw

Art Quiz: The Answer is Gisant

I don’t know that I’d ever been introduced to the term gisant before taking this art quiz. For that matter, other…

Acrolith, Figurehead, Gisant, Kouros, Sculpture, Tomb of Cardinal Richelieu

Art Quiz: Question 45

I thought this was an interesting question, but I had absolutely no clue about the right answer. Do you know?…

Art Quiz, Sculpture

Make of It What You Will

“Art Days” with grandsons Madox and Carsen are always fun times around our house. Our most recent Art Day involved…

Art and children, Drawing Games, Mythical Createures

Art Misconceptions

Because I had a very limited acquaintance with art as a child, I grew up with a lot of misconceptions,…

Acrylic ink, Arnold Fletcher, Art Media, graphite, Ink, Kate Berry, Oil, Oil Pastels, Watercolor

My Visit to Futurism

In a recent post on futurism, I compared the dynamics of the art movement to the frenetic energy I feel whenever…

21st Century Art, Art and Authenticity, Chaos, Futurism, Modern Art, Modern Life, Violence

It’s All Been Worth It

Yesterday I wrote about “chipping away at the dots” — my strategy for putting the studio back into order. While…

Determination, encouragement, Motivation, progress

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