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PrintInktober 2023: Days 16-22

I have finally found the words for what I'm doing this month: improvisational printmaking. In case you don't know, this

Hello! My son had a birthday party about a month before his actual birthday because he is a Thanksgiving baby.

At first glance, you may think that the title of this post, "Why is Creative Block," is either a grammatical

I'm currently participating in a critique group and we had to introduce ourselves to each other with a short (5

My current #PrintInktober project is to use my Art Foamies Bauhaus Set… …for all 31 of my prints. I've set some

I'm so pleased to share that I was the guest on Kellee Wynne's most recent episode of the Made Remarkable

Artists, like me, have long loved Golden's Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold for several reasons: Vibrancy: Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold is

My current #PrintInktober project is a riff on my unfinished 2020 #PrintInktober project. Back in 2020, I wanted to use

What’s a monotype and what’s a monoprint? And why does it matter? Monoprint Defined Monoprints start with a matrix—a surface

As you might have guessed from the title of this post, I have brand new Art Foamies I designed to