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Category: Acrylics

Celebrating Mother Earth Through Goddess Energy

I’m going to be honest here about femininity and things like “goddess energy”. It’s never really been who I am. … More

Collage, Creative Bug, Daily practice, Earth Goddess, Lily Sol

It Ain’t Me, Babe

If you’re old like me, you’ll remember this Bob Dylan classic. “It Ain’t Me, Babe” is said to be one … More

Art Media, Art supplies, Bob Dylan, Collage

More Fingerpainting

I am still quite intrigued by the idea of fingerpainting with oil paints. Surprisingly, I haven’t done much with it … More

Acrylics, Fingerpainting, Gesso, Oil techniques, Textural elements in oil painting, Valerie Berkely, Water-soluble oils

My New Set of Palette Knives

Obviously my attempts at using palette knives in my landscape oil painting didn’t work too well. I had fun playing … More

Abstract Expression, Acrylics, Oils, Palette Knives

Another Winter Landscape

I certainly would never have thought that I’d ever celebrate winter, but here I am, doing exactly that this morning. … More

Painting Snow, Winter Landscapes

Art Therapy: Losing Control

Doing my own “personal” form of art therapy earlier this year helped me deal with a lot of emotional pain … More

Art therapy, Fluid Acrylics, Losing Contol

“This Is How You Become an Artist”

  On last Monday morning, our grandson, Carsen, had a school holiday, part of the district’s extended Thanksgiving schedule. His … More

Acrylics, Children and Art, Nicole Miyuki, Projects for Children

Halloween is Here!

At the present time, I’m not doing any acrylic pourings. Last summer, however, I created a pouring during a “play-day” … More

Acrylic pouring, Colander Technique, Halloween

If…

If I were to ever compile a list of my all-time favorite rock songs, you can be sure that If … More

Acrylic Gouache, Acrylic ink, Gansai, If, Powdered Pigments, Watercolor

There Is Always Something New

One of the most exciting — and sometimes frustrating — facts about art is that there’s always something new to … More

Acryla, Acrylic Gouache, Holbein, Paletteful Packs

Connecting Art and Poetry

Note: Some of you may have seen this post before. I wrote it and tried to post it several weeks … More

Art and Poetry, art journaling, Black-Out Poetry, Frankenstein

Cheap Tricks

In the rock ‘n’ roll world, Cheap Trick is a group that’s been around for a long time. So have … More

Acrylic Inks, Liquitex, Royal Langnickel

My New Goody-Box Is Here!

After being a subscriber to an art-journaling box for nearly a year, I recently cancelled that monthly box. I haven’t … More

Liquitex Acrylic Ink, Marabu Graphix Permanent Markers, Paletteful Packs, Princeton Select Brush, Stonehenge Watercolor Paper, Subscription Box

Art Quiz: The Answer is Acrylics

Yes, of course, you knew the answer. Pigment and plastic. Yep. Acrylics. Acrylic paint is made of pigment suspended in … More

Acetone, Acrylics, Art Quiz, Egg Tempera, Gesso, Tempera

A New Game to Play

Yesterday I was introduced to surrealism. Now, of course, I’ve known about the surrealist art movement and have long been familiar … More

Andre Breton, Intuitive art, Joan Miro, Salvador Dali, Sketchbook Revival, Surrealism, Surrealist Book of Games

Trying Times

My art world right now sometimes seems a bit crazy. I’ve been bouncing around with ups and downs, feeling good … More

Acrylic pouring, Mixed media art, Transforming old paintings

Discombobulated

My abstract art adventure has been interesting. I like learning new techniques for putting paint on canvas, especially in wild … More

Abstract Art Techniques, Discombobulation, Narrative in Art, Poetry, Taping

When Does It Stop Being Art?

Here’s a question for you. When does abstract art stop being art? Maybe that sounds like a silly question, but … More

Abstract Art, Artistic Expression

Connections

I’m beginning a new abstract adventure. As I learn more about design, I’m finding myself eager to work with abstract … More

Abstract Art, Connections, Expression in art, Intuition

When Art and Outer Space Collide

I’m sitting here in the studio shaking my head in wonderment. My cosmos is revolving — spinning in such a … More

Alan Bean, Moon Dust, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Textural elements

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