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Wax Pastel and Watercolor

Winona Nelson

I've been doing a lot of experimentation with watercolor and combining it with other materials, after finding that I love the wildness and difficulty watercolor brings. It's invigorating working in a medium that hits a point at which trying to finesse it will spoil the beauty. But sometimes I want a little more control over details. I used resist crayon in the background of my previous cover for a Cut Flowers chapter. Now that Chapter…

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10 + Ways to Help Refocus The Art Spirit

Ron Lemen

September 29, 2025 - James Gleeson As creatives, we internalize a lot of information on a day to day basis, processing it into something meaningful and inspiring for others.  We store up emotions that would otherwise be ignored or physically distracted with mundane tasks, (not to demean mundane tasks), and channel them into our practice as fuel for our next great work of art.  Sometimes, this can all fall apart and the build up can flood our inner being and nearly drown our spirit. I have found myself growing more and more distracted by these internalized feelings, emotions, and notions, and I have found my creative center off-kilter and in need of a severe course correction.  I have to trick myself into finishing my work, finding new, creative ways to reconnect and reengage with it, which has never really…

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