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Just Imagine: Exploring Graphic Markmaking in Sketchbooks

Lisa Cyr

Sketchbooks provide an opportunity for artists to explore alternative mark making. There are creative painting instruments that have been introduced into my artistic process that I would have never thought of or use if it was not for my daily sketchbook practice. In the sketchbook, I am free to play and explore without limits or boundaries. One of the things that I love to do in my sketchbooks is create engaging backgrounds that utilize tools…

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Considering the Crocus

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10 Things…Color

Gregory Manchess

March 22, 2023 -      This is the post that many have asked me to write for a long time. Color is such a personal aspect of painting. I’d thought perhaps my way of painting and using color might not be the right way for someone to learn. It’s definitely not the ultimate way to use color. Why? Because there is no ultimate way to use color. There’s no ultimate palette either. No pigment, no brand, no rules regarding how you use color to make pictures. Or did you somehow miss the past 2000 years of art history? Color for painting is results-oriented. And if the results I get are stimulating for another painter or audience, seasoned or not, the methods of getting there don’t really matter. This is true for any painter and it makes the very…

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