Starting an art practice can be daunting. Here are my best tips and ideas to help get you set up for a sustainable practice. Make time to make time. This is second in my series on How to Create Your Art Practice.
Making Time to Make Time
Art AV Club: Robert Rauschenberg
This week’s Art AV Club: Robert Rauschenberg explores his contributions to art, our discussions about it, and how his work impacts mine.
Start Where You Are
Starting an art practice can be daunting. Here are my best tips and ideas to help get you set up for a sustainable practice. Start where you are. This is first in my series on How to Create Your Art Practice.
Art AV Club: Lee Krasner
In this Art AV Club we take a look at two videos of and about Abstract Expressionist painter Lee Krasner. Krasner’s own words are captivating.
How to see
I’ve started this new series here on the blog called Art AV Club. And it’s led me on a merry adventure into videos about various artists on YouTube. In my…
Art AV Club: Helen Frankenthaler
I fell down a YouTube rabbit hole recently, like you do. I took an online class and one of the bonus materials was a video about Cy Twombly. After I…
My Stay at Home Art Journal
The story of my Stay at Home art journal starts like a lot of my other journals. I bought it used so I could pull out the illustrations use them…
Using my art journals as wall art to enjoy and celebrate
What do you do with your books when they are finished? This question comes up a lot. I let people look through them whenever possible. I take them to shows…
Art Reflection Questions
I was recently listening to the Art Juice Podcast and the episode was titled “Is your personality in your art?” It’s a great episode over all but at about the…
“On Paper” and the magic of a museum show
One of my books is currently on display at the Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center! They have been doing an outstanding job on their Instagram account showcasing the works in this exhibit.
Be gentle with us 2021
This year was a hot mess. I know you are well aware but when I look back on my 2020 plans I made in 2019, I have to remind myself…
Common Grounds: Studies with Coffee, Tea, & Paint
What if I painted with coffee and tea? That’s the question I was asking myself as I started this series. It’s a little bit of collage and a whole lot…
My activism and my art
Some version of this post has been rolling around in my head for a while now. I’ve struggled with how to articulate what I need to say. The deep things…
You know what? My work last week was awesome.
The push and pull of posting work online is that there is the feeling that greater intrinsic value is assigned to work that gets more likes. Even as I know…
Why do I art journal?
A friend asked me this question on Facebook last week and I loved it so much I wanted to share it, and my response (which I’ve expanded with pics and…