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January 2025: Art that doesn't last forever

Almost two years ago, I painted some swatches and stuck them in my window to see how the color would do with exposure to light. I said at the time that I'd check them in 6 months, but I lost track of time and got used to seeing

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December 2024: For fun ✨

One way that I foster a creative-block-resistant practice is to have yearly rhythms to my art. In the spring I paint flowers, in the summer I paint self-portraits for my birthday, in the fall I paint a new series of large pieces to sell around the holidays, and then once

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EDI Live: This Saturday, Dec 28, 12pm PST

Each month, Light Tier members are invited onto a live online painting class where we'll go deeper into the month's practices and ideas. If you'd like to join in, click here. Hello Light Tier friends! Our rescheduled EDI Live is Saturday at 12PM PST.

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Art as a way of listening

Sometimes I use art to express myself, especially when I have a clear idea or feeling that I want to move through me. But other times I use art as a way to encounter or see the feelings in the first place. This kind of art is responsive and observant.

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EDI Live: Today, Nov 30, 12pm PST

Each month, Light Tier members are invited onto a live online painting class where we'll go deeper into the month's practices and ideas. If you'd like to join in, click here. Hello Light Tier friends! Our rescheduled EDI Live is Today at 12PM PST.

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November 2024: Art in times of uncertainty

Dear art friends, Last night I slept about two hours, which has become some dizzying "normal" for me since my insomnia returned the last week of October. It is a first domino (or, maybe a middle one, and I'm still finding the first?) that sends me

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EDI Live Class Reschedule! >> Nov 30, 12pm PT

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tonight - let's paint/hang out (free)

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Materials guide to painting big

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EDI Live: Oct 19, 12pm PST (& a date change for December)

Each month, Light Tier members are invited onto a live online painting class where we'll go deeper into the month's practices and ideas. If you'd like to join in, click here. Hello Light Tier friends! Our next EDI Live will be this Saturday, Oct

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October 2024: Painting big

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September 2024: Inspiration Ecosystem Pt. 3

We're continuing a topic we began last year: looking at inspiration as a resilient ecosystem instead of a finicky lightbulb. To help further illustrate the process, I want to show you an example of how a wide array of idea seeds grew and eventually came together into a

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EDI Live: Sept 21, 12pm PST

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September 2024: Inspiration Ecosystem Pt. 2

Two years ago I shared a post introducing my idea of inspiration as an ecosystem, rather than a lightbulb that can turn on and off. In my experience, inspiration is complex and resilient, not fickle; it's something that thrives or wilts slowly and as the result of many

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Process

Using Color, pt 3: Brit's Abstract Diagrams

I wanted to show you specifically how I apply these concepts of limited palettes, blending and mixing in my open-ended abstract diagram series. I thought it might be interesting to run through some of the pieces I've made over the years and take note of color considerations that

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Using Color, Pt 2: Blending vs Mixing

Let's talk about the difference between blending and mixing color. Here's how I'm using these terms: Blending: to create a gradient or area of mixed paint on your paper/canvas by mixing wet paint into wet paint. The goal of blending is to soften

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Special Invitation: Creative Recovery Group

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EDI Live: Aug 24, 12pm PST

Each month, Light Tier members are invited onto a live online painting class where we'll go deeper into the month's practices and ideas. If you'd like to join in, click here. Hello Light Tier friends! Our next EDI Live will be Saturday Aug 24

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August 2024: Using Color, Part 1 (with video)

I love to work with a limited palette, and often recommend it to artists who are learning to paint, but choosing the colors is only the first step. There are two general approaches that we can take from there: one is to use the colors each on their own, and

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Materials

New Crayons (Part 2)

The Haul I recently picked up some new art supplies and I can't wait to show you. New Crayons! What could be better? One gem is this Kuretake gansai tambi Art Nouveau set. I've had the 36 color set for years – it was one of the

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New Crayons (Part 1)

Even though I wasn't a particularly artsy kid, the magic of a new box of crayons did not evade me. Perhaps that's why I wasn't that artsy: they looked so pretty all new and in a row that I didn't want to

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EDI Live: July 27, 12pm PST (+ updated Aug date)

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July 2024: Looking is Loving

Wendy MacNaughton says that drawing is a way of looking, and that looking is loving. What is being in love, but noticing someone's every detail and adoring it?

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Sketching from photo inspo

Last month we looked at reference photos: abstracting them, taking them, and finding them. Today I wanted to show you how the photos I used as examples have made their way into my representational sketchbook practice. These sketches are one of my favorite ways to consider the world and slow

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EDI Live: Tomorrow, Sat June 15, 12pm PST + updated dates

Each month, Light Tier members are invited onto a live online painting class where we'll go deeper into the month's practices and ideas. If you'd like to join in, click here. Hello Light Tier friends! Our next EDI Live will be Saturday June 15