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…
Filed underCreative Process
The beginning, the end, the middle, the detours, the tangents, the tears, the history, inspiration, destruction, construction and everything else.
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,…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
Notion App for Artists and Creatives
Featured image: Harriet Backer Many roads led me to the Notion app. First, it was Roman Muradov, the illustrator who created Notion’s branding. This app looked so friendly…
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…
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…
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…
The Mystery of Unfinished Projects
Some projects have been in my head for most of my life. They have never even set foot outside my skull. Other projects happened without intention or reason,…