ALA Annual Conference
I’m at the ALA Annual Conference in Philadelphia PA. This is the big event of the year for picture...
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Month: June 2025
Sketchbook Meditation + Exploration Series: Lolly Owens
Last year, I embarked on a Sketchbook Meditation and Exploration journey with a group of artists...
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JIM HENSON PRESENTS NO. 3 – FRAGGLE ROCK
Over the years, I’ve chronicled my affection for and work within the worlds created by Jim Henson...
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Color Roughs
Color roughs are something I put a lot of value in. Colors set the mood. They tell a story as much...
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Forge Ahead
When I start to write these articles here on Muddy Colors, I am often stricken with this strange...
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How to Make Your Own Wet Painting Carrier
Over the years, I’ve had to carry a LOT of wet paintings around. Lots of times I do demos at...
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Convention Observations
We’re well into convention season, when many artists get out of their studios to show their work...
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Broligarchs, AI, and a Techno-Authoritarian
Recently Jon Stewart spoke with journalist Carole Cadwalladr on The Daily Show about the dangers...
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Research Images Like a Pro
I just did a spurt of portfolio reviews (it’s fresh graduates season!) and a topic seemed to...
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Back to the Moon: Designing the Artemis II Mission Patch
The latest mission patch for the next flight to the Moon has been released, and I’m glad to say I...
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IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU
It’s fairly self evident, like one of those little cards on a new broom you plan to buy,...
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Contemporary Inspirations
I was recently looking through one of my collections of inspiring artists and artworks. Once again...
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Library Love 2025!
About a year ago I posted about my local Library, and how I had been doing the Summer Reading...
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Steering a Career: Your Changing Flow State
Many of you have heard of Mihály Csikszentmihályi’s work studying the “flow...
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