Last April I found myself creatively stuck, so I booked a weekend trip to Chicago in hopes it would jump-start my imagination. After buying my ticket, I discovered that I would be there for the Creative Chicago Expo, which is a bunch of free marketing workshops for artists. I was thr. . . read more
Have you ever stopped by your favorite blog and found that the latest post was written by someone other than the blog owner? Maybe you left wondering why someone would allow another person to write on their blog. . . read more
When you’ve seen one landscape painting, you’ve seen them all, right? Well, probably not. At least, not if the landscape you’ve just laid eyes on is one of Randall David Tipton’s stunning paintings.. . . read more
Winsor & Newton makes both professional and student grade oil paints. In order to get a good sense of how their student grade colors compare to their professional grade versions, let's examine three important colors up close. . . read more
In today's short video tutorial, Gloria Page demonstrates how easy it is to create a simple "mask" for your stamping projects, whether you're working on paper or fabric. As you'll see in the video below. . . read more
Monday in Video Tutorials - Drop in tomorrow for a short (but good) video clip from Gloria Page. She’ll be demonstrating a simple, effective masking solution for both fabric and paper stamping.
Tuesday in Painting Tutorials - Have you ever wondered how artist grade oil paints really. . . read more
Laura Zarrin has been a professional artist and illustrator for nearly 22 years. While raising her children, she put her commercial projects on hiatus, but of course she never stopped drawing or creating. . . read more
You’ll never know how crystal-clear life can be until you experience the photos of Alan Bedding. Self-taught in both photography and digital techniques, Alan reveals a clean, beautiful austerity in some of his images that is very nearly hypnotizing.. . . read more
In today’s video tutorial, collage artist Carrie Burns Brown demonstrates several ingenious techniques (which I believe she developed herself) for creating beautiful textured paper. . . read more
Congratulations are in order for a fellow blogger today. . . Chris Guillebeau’s first book, The Art of Non-Conformity, has been published! You may remember Chris from his Unconventional Guide to Art & Money . . . read more
Monday is Labor Day here in the US, so I won’t be publishing a new article tomorrow. Instead, I’ll be busy putting the final touches on a big new feature for Foliotwist, which I hope to launch for our current artists this week. If all goes well, I’ll post more information. . . read more