“We do not always create works of art, but rather, experiments.
It is not our intention to fill museums. We are gathering experience.”
Josef Albers
Student Stories: Gina Axlund
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Gifts for Artists: for Christmas and beyond!
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Making art with a chronic health condition
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7 day series challenge 2019: Participant Art
The 7 day series challenge I run each autumn...
Student Stories: Nicky Oram
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How to develop consistency in your art: a conversation between artists
How to develop consistency in your art is...
How to stop procrastinating and make your art
Wanting to stop procrastinating and yet...
One effective way to make more interesting art
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Swimming lessons for artists {or, what your comfort zone doesn’t teach you}
Swimming lessons for artists. I'm...
10 excellent tools and techniques to loosen up your art
How to loosen up your art - it's a...
The Half Way Point – a free worksheet to check in on your artist year
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4 ways with blind contour drawing
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How to create source material for paintings
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Are some painting mediums ‘better’ than others?
During a conversation recently with...
Wish you were drawing more? Here are some ideas
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Is it art if it took ten minutes?
Recently I received a message on...
One simple tip for developing your paintings
I love this one - it often tends to blow...
How do you know when a painting is finished?
I wrote a post about this six years ago {?!}. In...
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