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Meander Through Some Sketchbook Explorations


Vanessa Lemen

I recently made this sketchbook compiling a few of the mark-making demos I did in my latest Sketchbook Exploration class. I wanted to share some images, info, and a brief video of the pages in this sketchbook. https://youtu.be/uwlXeKZo05Q?si=BZRPMMQFy5VNUqFH The class was most importantly about exploration, so it was key to really remain open to experimenting and allowing for the new and different, while also gaining some new understanding about tools and materials and the combination…

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Drain vs. Delight


Lauren Panepinto

March 21, 2024 - I have been spending the last 4 or 5 Fridays in a row catching up on my portfolio review backlog, and it means I've been having the same 3 conversations over and over again. Believe it or not, I really only have minor variations on roughly 3 conversations. And they're kind of sorted by experience level. (The list should probably be a series of posts here. Maybe it will be.) For now, I'm going to talk about the most frequent conversation I had come up in portfolio reviews this year so far. It's a problem of success, to a degree, but it can hit folks at any level of experience who have a job where you get paid to make art. They way the topic comes up varies: —When can I find time to work…

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