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The Value of Knowing Your Values

Winona Nelson

  Think about what your dream life looks like. If you picture it, placing no constraints on yourself to keep it humble or realistic, what would your fairy tale best life be?     In mine, I am a celebrated author and illustrator. I increase representation of Native American people, queer people, women, and other marginalized groups, and make them feel bigger and more powerful. I spend my days in a beautiful house and make the…

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Sophie, The Orange Cat

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“Nettle Warlock” UnderPainting Process

Justin Gerard

March 18, 2025 - This month I have a brief little underpainting process guide to share with you! I'll be starting with a tight pencil drawing before transferring to a panel, sketching in ink, and adding two layers of oil color to establish my underpainting. I've had this drawing of a "Nettle Warlock" on my desk for some months now, and it has been daring me to paint it. So this seems like an ideal time to take a stab at it!  To begin, I did a quick carbon transfer onto a gesso-primed panel: The carbon transfer is fairly straight-forward. I trace over a print-out of my drawing with a sheet of carbon paper underneath to transfer down onto a gesso-primed panel.  You will notice that I changed some odd bits from the original drawing here as well. The…

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