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To Be an Artist at a Tiny Scale
Four weeks have gone by.Four weeks since we left Montreal to be in a remote region of Quebec. Fortunate to have spent all this time by the water, in open spaces, without seeing road advertisements or litter on the streets. No renovation work, loud noises, garbage trucks roaring daily. No people, or hardly any. I […]
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You Don’t Need to Find Your Style
As artists and illustrators, we constantly talk about style. It seems the most coveted aspect of our practice. We consider it the most important goal when we want to be known or recognized. Well-known artist’s portfolios are cohesive and consistent. We rarely see the steps it took to get there. It’s advantageous, no doubt. A […]
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Lessons from Five Years of Making Art
You know when you think you’re putting all your efforts towards something but then that something wasn’t the right thing? This has happened to me over and over. As a good student/citizen etc. I wanted to follow the rules, work hard, get results. I would research like mad, take courses, make lists, plan, etc. But […]
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Visual Journal, Sketchbook, Art Journal or Studies?
Very few of us know consider the different functions of each. If we did, we would probably make better use of our resources and clarify our practice. This is my classification of these different “containers” as I understand them, but by no means you have to keep them all! Sketchbooks A sketchbook isn’t supposed to […]
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Creating a Zine: A Domestika Project
The first class I bought from Domestika was Design and Illustration of a Fanzine with Violeta Hernandez. For most of my life, handmade books have had a special place in my heart. Whether they are sketchbooks or small publications. In the 90s, I used to dream I was part of the Riot Grrrls just to […]
