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Color notes
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Color notes

I learned to mix colors by trying to match little swatches to things around me: leaves, rocks, shirts, book covers. It's a calm and meditative practice built on noticing, which is a core ability for both mixing color and living a life.   So, here's something to try. Grab some paints,
May 19, 2023 3 min read
Ways to use a journal
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Ways to use a journal

I wrote to you earlier this month about how using a notebook helps me as an artist. In this post I'm going share a few ways I've learned to use it as a tool for processing and cultivating creative ideas. Bullet Journal Method Ever since I first came across it
Mar 1, 2023 6 min read
Try It: Water Control
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Try It: Water Control

So much of water control is a hand feel, a sense that develops with lots of experience, where we know how much we can ask of our paint and when to sit back and trust it to do its thing. Here are four swatching exercises I'd recommend to get more
Feb 22, 2023 4 min read
Surprising myself: Painting the forest after the fire
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Surprising myself: Painting the forest after the fire

Dec 21, 2022 4 min read
Mixing your media
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Mixing your media

Dec 15, 2022 6 min read
Swatching 2.0: Layers
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Swatching 2.0: Layers

Here's something to try. It's like swatching in layers, but flows differently across the page.
Feb 1, 2022 1 min read
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