Balzer Designs Blog

The Beginner Mindset for Artists

The first cycle we ever did at My Art Practice was about being a beginner. That was not accidental. I

This is part of my blog series sharing a bit about what’s going at at my monthly membership site: My

This is a mixed media collage that I put together in almost no time at all this week: Putting it

I’m starting a new blog series today! Each month, I’ll be sharing a bit about what’s going at at my

I want to talk about how I improvise when making art, but first I need to chat a bit about

I’m currently working on an online class all about Tetra Pak printing (a form of intaglio printing) at home using

Today I want to share a super simple technique that I use to unify little scraps of collage paper in

Every artist makes mistakes. That sounds obvious, but I think a lot of us secretly hope that the goal is

My art journal is a tool for artistic growth. And, man, has it helped me to grow over the years!

I first tried Tetra Pak printing back in 2024 when I took a collagraph class at Concord Art. I had