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Getting Revved Up original ↗

28 Sept 2026

Lesson 3- Getting into Flow State- What I Learned original ↗

25 Sept 2026

Lightfastness Testing- 2 Month Results original ↗

14 Sept 2026

Lesson 1 from The Unofficial Artist in Residency- Desaturated Colors original ↗

7 Sept 2026

Sticky Messy Oil Pastels original ↗

5 Sept 2026

The Way an Art Material is Stored Matters original ↗

2 Sept 2026

Buttery Next Steps original ↗

30 Aug 2026

Matching Materials to Feels original ↗

24 Aug 2026

Feeling Looser with Limited Materials original ↗

17 Aug 2026

Balance, Perimenopausal Musings, and Mental Wellness and Exercise original ↗

12 Aug 2026

Is Lightfastness Important?original ↗

6 Aug 2026

Are These Materials Lightfast?original ↗

5 Aug 2026

Review-ish: Arrtx 24 color full pan Watercolor set original ↗

24 Jul 2026

The Quest for the Perfect Art and Commute Bag original ↗

16 Jul 2026

Skipping a Day original ↗

1 Jul 2026

Review-ish: Seami Art Themed 12 Color Watercolor Sets original ↗

28 Jun 2026

The Sunset Might Seem Like the Most Interesting Thing….original ↗

27 Jun 2026

Art as Meditation original ↗

22 Jun 2026

Watercolor (and other paint) Classifications- Pro, Student and Beyond original ↗

21 Jun 2026

My Stance on AI, with Nuance, I Hope original ↗

17 Jun 2026

Bigger Bolder Marks original ↗

17 Jun 2026

The Process of Art original ↗

10 Jun 2026

3 Weeks of Nearly Daily Art Making original ↗

9 Jun 2026

Art Outside UPDATE original ↗

4 Jun 2026

Budget Supplies for Making Art Outside original ↗

27 May 2026

Lighten My Load original ↗

19 May 2026

An Art Practice original ↗

11 May 2026

Photo Walk/Art Walk original ↗

7 May 2026

Recreating Low Friction En Plein Air Sketching Habit original ↗

6 May 2026

Chine Collé for the First Time original ↗

30 Apr 2026

Taking My Own Advice: Journaling and Slinging Some Paint original ↗

29 Apr 2026

More Printing More Layers original ↗

28 Apr 2026

More Paint Scraping original ↗

27 Apr 2026

Back into Sketching Outside original ↗

25 Apr 2026

Back to Basics: Cozy little Paint Scraping Session original ↗

24 Apr 2026

Mixed Media En Plein Air, Arting Outside with a bunch of Stuff original ↗

22 Apr 2026

I Forgot My Sketchbook at Work original ↗

14 Apr 2026

Replacing the Lost Tools original ↗

10 Apr 2026

Printmaking is Physical original ↗

9 Apr 2026

Table Saws and Cardboard Saws original ↗

5 Apr 2026

Whims of Manufacturing and Marketing original ↗

4 Apr 2026

I Never Really Thought About Sandpaper Like This original ↗

3 Apr 2026

Repetition- Trash Printmaking Edition original ↗

27 Mar 2026

Epic Failure is Just Another Way to Learn original ↗

24 Mar 2026

The Pasta Roller Press- Alternative Presses original ↗

23 Mar 2026

Patches and Alternative Screen Printing original ↗

17 Mar 2026

Trash Printmaking: Basic Tools original ↗

12 Mar 2026

Trash Printmaking: Preparing Plates from Packaging original ↗

11 Mar 2026

Operation Basement and Studio Clean Out original ↗

10 Mar 2026

There are No Mistakes in Art, Just Ways to Learn original ↗

4 Mar 2026

Tetrapak and Other Plastic Lined Trash for Printmaking original ↗

28 Feb 2026

Commercially Made Gel Plate Storage original ↗

23 Feb 2026

Casein, Again?original ↗

21 Feb 2026

Affordable Brayers for Printmaking original ↗

31 Jan 2026

Materials and the Marks they Make original ↗

29 Jan 2026

Making Charcoal for Art original ↗

24 Jan 2026

Recycling T-Shirts into Loom Knit Blankets original ↗

1 Jan 2026

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Papercrete, First Thoughts original ↗

23 Dec 2025

Recycling and Paper Mâché Clay, Papercrete, and Paper Pulp original ↗

4 Dec 2025

Different Tools Different Marks original ↗

27 Nov 2025

A Few Words on AI and Art Therapy original ↗

19 Nov 2025

Continuing with Marks and Mixed Media original ↗

12 Nov 2025

Mark Making Makes Interest in an Image original ↗

28 Oct 2025

Water Resistant Ink original ↗

21 Oct 2025

Walnut Ink original ↗

20 Oct 2025

Poke Berry Ink original ↗

14 Oct 2025

Acorn Cap Ink- Part 2 This Time with Iron original ↗

13 Oct 2025

Hectic Second Week Back at IT original ↗

9 Oct 2025

Thumbnail to Study to Final Art Work original ↗

2 Oct 2025

From Sketch to Finished Piece original ↗

29 Sept 2025

I MUST Confess original ↗

22 Sept 2025

Things I Don’t Miss as I Get Older original ↗

19 Sept 2025

Fodder for Creating original ↗

15 Sept 2025

Vacationland original ↗

14 Sept 2025

Acorn Cap Ink- A First Round original ↗

7 Sept 2025

Master Wood Cut Work Shop original ↗

7 Sept 2025

Fixative for Mixed Media original ↗

30 Aug 2025

I’m in Charge Here original ↗

20 Aug 2025

Pre-Work Sketching Sessions original ↗

18 Aug 2025

More Studio Clean Up original ↗

13 Aug 2025

The Pochade Box original ↗

8 Aug 2025

Thumbnails and Studies original ↗

5 Aug 2025

Studio Clean Up original ↗

2 Aug 2025

Brown Paper or Chipboard and Drawing on Trash original ↗

30 Jul 2025

Values Journaling Check In original ↗

27 Jul 2025

Microburst original ↗

25 Jul 2025

Rust original ↗

10 Jul 2025

Making My Own Pigments- Carbon Black Paint- Lamp Black original ↗

17 Jun 2025

Making Pigments for Paints original ↗

10 Jun 2025

Stalled original ↗

4 Jun 2025

One Hundred and Two original ↗

23 May 2025

Still Learning original ↗

21 May 2025

Hot Takes original ↗

17 May 2025

Balance and Chaos original ↗

16 May 2025

Artist, Capital A original ↗

7 May 2025

Keep drawing original ↗

3 May 2025

Sketchbook VS Sketchbook original ↗

2 May 2025

Car Portraits?original ↗

26 Apr 2025

Then VS Now- ugly middle original ↗

25 Apr 2025

Writing About Art is HARD original ↗

21 Apr 2025