Like I’ve mentioned before, as artists we’re always looking for ways to connect, improve, and challenge our creative practice. I’ve participated in my fair share of drawing challenges, so I believe I have enough experience to help other artists get the most out of them. With the approaching footsteps of art challenges this autumn ( hello, Smaugust and Inktober) I’ve been thinking a lot about art challenges lately. Namely, the one that I completed last …
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My Favorite Art Drawing Challenges
As an artist we’re always looking for ways to connect, improve, and challenge ourselves in our creative practice. The arrival of social media and subsequent art challenges has fulfilled this opportunity for many of us. Over the following weeks I’ll be doing a two-part series on art drawing challenges to help fellow artists who are looking for a challenge! In the first part of this series I’ll provide just a fraction of an ever-growing list …
The Liminal Space Between Wild & Domestic
While I wait to hear back on whether my piece made it into Manifest Gallery’s Inhabit juried show, I thought I’d share a bit more backstory on my drawing I submitted. The jury process isn’t over until sometime in July so I won’t have to wait that much longer. Fingers crossed! The drawing I created ignited a spark and a new obsession with paint and ink I haven’t felt since college. For years I was …
Tools of the Trade: More of My Favorite Pens!
It’s been a hectic May :/ I’ve been working a lot of overtime at my day job and its been draining my mojo for art-making once I make it home every evening. I’m trying to decide which one is more important, getting a decent amount of sleep or working on my current project into the late hours of the night? Hmmmmm… Anyway, here’s Part Deux of my favorite inking tools. Enjoy and let me know …
Tools of the Trade: My Favorite Pens
Happy Friday! This week I wanted to share a few of my favorite tools of the trade (pens) and what I like most about them. I love experimenting with mediums so this gave me a good excuse to make little swatch cards for each to test them all out (I am not a scientist). I decided on making this a two-parter because I could ramble on forever about pens but I want these articles to …