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I’m opening up a special monthly membership for people who want lots of great high quality art technique tutorials. There

Sketchbook Revival (FREE Online Workshop) Starts on Saturday!

Sketchbook Revival starts this weekend! It’s a free, global online event, hosted by Karen Abend, that’s designed to help you

Today I want to talk about what it means to call a piece of art a “failure.” But, I’m getting

I have been a mixed media book fan for decades. It all began when I started making “junque journals” back

This week, as part of my art practice, I took myself on an artist field trip to the Isabella Stewart

Artists often assume that once a piece is finished, it should stay that way. We put it aside, archive it,

There’s a myth that being an artist is about inspiration. That it’s about the big idea, the finished piece, the

Recently I went down a research rabbit hole learning about the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA), and I wanted

For a long time, I resisted writing an artist statement. Not because I didn’t have ideas about my work, but

Are you an art book collector, like me? Do you have stacks of books that you haven’t read? Maybe only