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Art Hacks: Scanning, Printing and mounting a Drawing on panel.

Scott Fischer

Howdy folks! Bit of a nuts and bolts post here. I get asked all the time how I go about mounting a drawing I've done, to panel. Maybe you've done a drawing and you dig it so much you don't want to paint over it?  Maybe you want to have the original drawing available for a collector? Heck, maybe you want to simply paint bigger than your original drawing? I gotcha covered. Plus, I also…

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English Muffin Theory- Hyper Accents- It’s all about the buttery nooks and crannies!

Scott Fischer

July 1, 2025 - "Hit those accents like the buttery nooks and crannies of an English Muffin." you will often hear me say in SmArt School and in my videos for Muddy Colors. I guess my brain likes having simplified ways of remembering things. But I thought I'd take this post to dig in a bit deeper. Basically what I am saying is... you know when you butter an English Muffin... how the craters are random, and some fill up with little pools of butter, while some of the raised areas- no butter, or at the most a micro-thin coat of melted goodness to give it a bit of shine? (Sorry my vegan and gluten-free friends!) Those craters and raised areas are buttery accents of deliciousness. Sometimes you even plan your first bite on where they are located! In…

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