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That’s Where the Beauty Is
Perhaps one of my favourite moments in an art documentary is Margaret Kilgallen’s famous ‘That’s Where The Beauty Is’ from Art21. The section I’ve quoted below is one I love, but the whole video is worth watching. “I think it’s the part that’s ‘off’ that’s interesting…That even if I spend a lot of time…Going over… Continue reading
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Creating Contrast As An Artist
Edge control and contrast are two of the most potent poison’s in an artist’s arsenal. In your reference photo above, you see a dance of… Dark lines versus light lines Thin lines versus thick lines Sharp lines versus dull lines Hard lines versus soft lines That’s the big idea of art… you have to choose… Continue reading
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There is no perfect solution other than to get to work
My carbon paper showed up yesterday, so I’ve been excited all week to play with it, transferring line-art from a photo into a sketchbook, as a basis to paint over. This will save me a bunch of time from my current method, where I’m laying down a light grid on my paper, and another on… Continue reading
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The ‘Van Dyck Z’ and How Art Continues to Inspire Me
Hours and hours are spent ingesting art content – instructional videos, courses, and otherwise – as part of my creative brain’s outlet. I often find myself putting on a 1- or 2-hour YouTube livestream of an artist explaining something in place of music when I have something to do and need something on in the… Continue reading
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New FES 1 interview at The Graffiti Museum Company
Just saw the homie FESTER SDK has a new interview over at the Graffiti Museum Company. As one of my earliest friends in the graffiti scene, he mentions a lot of the same names I came up; it was a real trip down memory lane with one of Canada’s powerhouses in graff. Check it out… Continue reading
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The resurgence of Art & Creativity in a COVID19 World
The art world has been flourishing in the past few weeks, after having been locked up (or locked down, depending on how you look at it) by the COVID19 virus pandemic. Or as your racist friend from high school is calling it on Facebook… the “China virus”. As the days turn to weeks, and the… Continue reading
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A Complete Society6 Product List For Your Creative Projects & Products
Try as you might, it’s hard to find a full society product list, a list of all the available products a creative can make and sell easily at Society6. What is Society6? How to sell art as a side hustle… If you’re an artist who has great art ready to go, but don’t have an… Continue reading
