In my efforts to loosen up and trust my imagination more, I decided I need to strengthen my creative intuition, trusting my gut and follow where my imagination takes me instead of putting on the brakes too soon and following the “rules”. I think it’s important for me to...
Apr142017
Foundlings: Strengthening Artistic Intuition
Mar252017
The Unicorn Art Show 3
Only two weeks away! The third Unicorn Art Show will magically appear in Northeast Minneapolis. I will have three pieces in the show this year. My art will be there but I have another commitment so won’t make it to the show. I’m bummed about this because I’ve been...
Mar132017
Art Display – Lodestone Coffee and Games
Gaming + Coffee + Art! Starting this week some of my art will be on display at Lodestone Coffee and Games in Minnetonka, MN. Currently NEW large versions of the four elementals are available for viewing and purchase. For this new limited edition print run of the elementals, I’ve...
Mar112017
Reshaping Brushes
A few of my bristle brushes have splayed out so I experimented on how to reshape them. On most bristle brushes, the hairs have a slight natural curve to them. But with use they get out of shape. In “Painter’s Handbook: Revised and Expanded” by Mark David Gottsegen, he...
Feb242017
Book Review: “Hawthorne on Painting”
I read art books in the hope that I’ll learn something new, or find a new-to-me way of looking at an old tool or idea. I seek out information in an effort to grow as an artist and try to be a more effective instructor. I consider a book...
Feb42017
New Art on Dura-Lar Part 2
Drawing on the polyester film was like running my hands across a length of satin fabric. This was the first time I’ve used it. For the most part I was able to build up fairly rich values, and erase back to a pretty clean surface. However I did manage...
Jan272017
New Art on Dura-Lar
For my most recent project I’ve been drawing on Dura-Lar. It was suggested by another artist who has had excellent results with the stuff. I’m using the .005 matte film. Like with the vellum I used for previous projects, I drew my lines on one side and am building...
Jan122017
Lesson Plans – Organizing Thoughts
I run a color theory class at The Atelier. I’ve been wanting to create a Color 2 class for a while so I created some lessons and took myself though them to see if the takeaway for each one met my expectations of if I needed to make adjustments....
Dec292016
DIY Sculpture Stand
I want to sculpt more but I didn’t really have a good spot to do it. Based on the sculpture stands I’ve seen I created my own. I wanted something with adjustable height, fairly lightweight, easy to move, stable, and something I could make myself. I can’t weld but...
Dec212016
Book Review – “A Technique for Producing Ideas”, by James Webb Young
In continuing to follow my curiosity about creativity, I read “A Technique for Producing Ideas” by James Webb Young, published by The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2003. It’s a very thin book but he gets to the point rather quickly: how to create ideas. His thoughts on the process of creating seems...