Monday in Art Tutorials - Kim Carver shares how to create decorative “angels & snowflakes” hanging ornaments using a wood-burning tool and a small gourd.
Tuesday in Featured Artists - This week’s featured artist is Elisha Dasenbrock, a watercolor painter and talented portrait artist. Drop by to see her work on Tuesday, and feel free to submit your own art as well.
Wednesday in Painting Tutorials - Lori McNee explains exactly what you need to know about water-soluble oil paints, based on her 10+ years of working with them.
On Thursday and Friday EmptyEasel.com will be enjoying Thanksgiving. :)
Last week’s articles on EmptyEasel:
Unmotivated in the Studio? Start Creating Positive Work Habits Today!
How to Draw a Realistic Portrait of the Head (by H. Edward Brooks)
Anthony Garratt Paintings: Dramatic Skies and Landscapes
Cleaning Ornamental Gourds for use as Christmas Tree Ornaments
Minimalist Artist Websites - Now Available from Foliotwist
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Finally, my "big project" is finished! It’s been a crazy day with a lot going on, but foliotwist.com is finally live and online! Since I’ve kept it a complete secret up until launch, here’s a quick (mostly visual) overview of what it does. . .
read moreIn my previous article I shared several important tips for safely carving gourds. With those tips in mind, let’s get started on a gourd or two! Today, we’re going to clean and prep a couple of gourds for our next project—making Christmas tree ornaments. You may find that you already have every. . .
read moreIf you need a fun art project you can do with your family on a cold winter day, keep on reading—I'm going to show you how to turn small, ornamental gourds into little holiday snowmen that the entire family will enjoy. What you'll need: First, you'll need a small, ornamental gourd (dried and cl. . .
read moreAs many of you know, in addition to EmptyEasel I also run foliotwist.com, which is a web-based service that provides easy-to-manage websites for artists. Today we're rolling out one of our biggest updates ever, so of course I wanted to announce it here, first. If you don't have a website for y. . .
read moreGourds are incredible natural canvases for art. Many cultures around the world have used decorative gourds in one form or another for hundreds of years. Some believe that gourds possess magical properties; others simply use them to make vessels, musical instruments, ceremonial masks, jewelry, . . .
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