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Best Classes for Learning Digital Art with Analog Feel

Do you have an iPad with Procreate installed? If you do, you might have begun the wonderful journey of digital art.
Creative Process Luisa Fernanda April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 Comments 0 2 min read
large sketchbook depicting different landscapes in Wax Pastels

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…
Creative Process Luisa Fernanda December 2, 2020January 13, 2021 3 min read

17 Unique Gifts for Artists

Maybe this happens to you, but when I go to the art supply store to buy a palette, a brush holder, or some other accessory for my studio,…
Creative Process Luisa Fernanda November 6, 2020November 6, 2020 1 min read

Painting With Acrylic Inks

Long before I ever held a brush or even bought a sketchbook, I had a Tumblr where I collected my favourite things. During the Tumblr days, I came…
Creative Process Luisa Fernanda October 14, 2020November 17, 2020 4 min read
Accordion book on wooden table depicting abstract art

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…
Creative Process Luisa Fernanda September 25, 2020October 28, 2020 3 min read
Digital Watercolor Portrait of Black Woman

Painting Watercolor in Procreate

I’d never dared to paint black skin before. I didn’t want to fall into the trappings of my eye telling me that black skin is a certain color.…
Creative Process Luisa Fernanda September 3, 2020September 11, 2020 3 min read
Oil Pastel Landscape Caran d'ache

Building Colour Palettes: More Instinct than Science.

I sit here in my studio/office, surrounded by a mess. I have so much stuff. It’s genetic you see, my father is a “collector,” and his studio is…
Creative Process Luisa Fernanda August 1, 2020October 12, 2020 3 min read

Terrible, Heavy Creative Block.

I’ve never heard of a tropical storm in Montreal, but we are getting one today.With a tropical storm on the horizon, the pandemic, and the insane amount of…
Creative Process Luisa Fernanda July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 5 min read
Notion for Artists

Notion App for Artists and Creatives

Using the Notion App for artists and creatives and Notion Mastery Review
Creative Process Luisa Fernanda July 7, 2020April 12, 2021 5 min read
Sketching pastries

Different Mediums, Different Satisfactions

My favorite art materials. What a task it was to decide! I have a board on Pinterest where I collect images from people’s studios, as well as my…
Creative Process Luisa Fernanda May 31, 2020June 18, 2020 4 min read
A head view of the printed Pencil Dogs zine

Saying yes to your ideas

I’ve wanted to make a zine for the longest time, but as usual I have been “waiting for the right time, the right topic, the skills, the tools…
Creative Process Luisa Fernanda July 31, 2019March 25, 2020 3 min read
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Art in Unexpected Places

Follow my blog on Bloglovin I was hard at work painting a dog, a Shiba Inu to be precise which has been so challenging. They tend to look…
Creative Process Luisa Fernanda July 15, 2019July 31, 2019 1 min read

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Do you have hang-ups about certain drawing practic Do you have hang-ups about certain drawing practices? I watched a documentary about decoding how Vermeer worked. It claimed that he used a very sophisticated contraption to create his masterpieces.

I've been in a rut lately. I have made a lot of preparatory sketches but I haven't moved past them so I decided to just make some simple, semi-realistic drawings to pass the time. I'm a great fan of @joannaconcejo's work. I have Spanish versions of some of the books she's illustrated, so inspired by her, I wanted to make a graphite drawing. But to achieve the tonal range, I needed to work slowly and I decided to use the grid method.

I always thought the grid method was also an artifice and meant you "couldn't draw", but it is in fact, a tool to help you see and it is a method that absorbs you so much, I dare say it's more effective than meditation. 

I think I'm going to make more of these because I'm definitely languishing (as the article in the NYTimes mentioned). I had a high of energy two weeks ago and now I can't bring myself to think about doing the dishes YET AGAIN.

I'd love to hear from you, what is the most meditative art practice you've encountered?

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The last hour is mine. The title of the next #inf The last hour is mine.

The title of the next #inflowartresidency is: The premise is presence.

We will be present for our art, our practice and the elusive muses.

Sign-up for the waitlist and learn more on the link in bio and the story highlights!
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I’m not much of a selfie-taker. But there are mi I’m not much of a selfie-taker. But there are milestones one achieves from time to time.

For me it’s being able to do my hair in two small buns instead of one big one. 

I’m proud of this new hairdo. Sometimes I still get hung up on what is age appropriate. Does this look good on me or does this look silly (for my age)? Then I shake my head and remember, hey it’s precisely the luxury of age that allows you to NOT CARE.

So hi, I’m Luisa, I’m an artist and a part time OBM for a bookstore  I started to make art way back in 2014 with the help of #sketchbookskool. Then I went off on a thousand tangents, valleys and mountains to wind up where I am right now: drawing the things I like. Using the mediums I like and feeling happy about it.

Last month I ran the #inflowresidency with ten wonderful artists. I participated along them and I finished with a piece that I will share soon. I never thought I would get to the point of finding my own workflow and finishing a larger piece. I wouldn't have been able to do it without the small group of artists that came along with me for the experience.

I will run another residency next month, so if you want to know when doors open, please do sign up on the link in bio.

I’m reworking the content, adding one week, starting directly with a co-creation session and gathering new resources and inspiration. My aim is to make each residency different, not just a rehash of materials. Though some are too compelling not to share again! 

Take a look and reflect if four weeks of focus on your art is something you would want to give yourself. 

If you have questions don’t hesitate to DM me!
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Come for the chatty sketchbook tours where you see Come for the chatty sketchbook tours where you see the funny and the ugly and the occasional breakthrough, as well as drawing demos on #patreon 
I recently adjusted my tiers to give access to more videos. 
There are a lot of posts in there and if you enjoy my newsletter you might like the things I share backstage. I've sort of been experimenting in public, but not so public!

Do check it out, link in bio or type patreon.com/flowarte

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I'm in #printmaking mode these days. It's a satisf I'm in #printmaking mode these days.
It's a satisfying, addictive, rewarding process. Especially when I am still marinating the next version of the Online Artist Residency. 

One thing was clear from the participants, three weeks was not enough so I'm between adding one and two weeks. 
I think about it as I slather paint on my plates, as I rub and remove, or add things. As I learn to think 'in reverse'.

I dream of the next project. Will it be another big drawing? Maybe even bigger?
If you are interested, do sign up to my newsletter. You can find it in the link in bio.

Now back to this piece that I feel can benefit from a few more printing experiments!

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We are expecting a cocktail of snow and rain tomor We are expecting a cocktail of snow and rain tomorrow so in a mild protest I decided to plunge into the relaxing world of flower drawing after my monoprinting frenzy from Monday. 

I'm preparing the newsletter to send later this week. Quite a bit to share about getting feedback, where Flowarte is headed, curated links and videos and an invitation to the recently adjusted Patreon tiers. You can sign up through the link in the bio!

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