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This week’s tip is a two-fer since you didn’t get a proper tip last week.  One of the things I have been focusing on during my 5 minute nude series has been foreshortening.  If you’re not familiar, foreshortening is how things look when they are sticking straight out at the viewer.  Imagine the finger pointing…

Hello Peoples! People are beginning to come to the studio on a regular basis now and I LOVE it!  I’ll be honest with you, for a few weeks I was having a bit of a pity party.  No one at the show, no one watching the videos, and no one coming to the studio.  I…

PACKING TAPE! OMG, packing tape can be used for SO many things in your journal and your art.  Beyond the obvious of adhering things to your work or for masking, you can use it for simple transfers and for resist areas when you’re painting.  I’ve been using it to lift pencil, pastel and watercolor off…

Hello Peoples! We had a GREAT Midnight At Oasis art party Friday night.  There were snacks and tunes and everyone arting and having a BLAST!  All told there were nine of us that showed up.  I didn’t have the wherewithal to photograph everyone’s work before they leave.  I won’t make that mistake again because there truly…

Overcoming white page syndrome.  White page syndrome is when you open a journal or canvas and stare at the blank page, afraid to mess it up.  You think that very first mark you make will be there forever and you spend WAY too much time stressing over how to start.  This is where many artists…