Throw Your Work Away!
We have a tendency to keep things in our pictures because we’re proud of them, we worked hard on...
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How To Reference A Murderbot
I’m working to finish up our discussion of chimps and gnats for next month, but since it isn’t...
Defining Locks: Hair As Storyteller
I am in love with hair. All kinds of hair—straight and long, short and spiky, curly and huge,...
A Personal Ink Sketch Challenge
I tend to give myself personal challenges pretty often, art-related or not. They’re just for...
Gor Muldrak’s Value Problem
Up front, I want to tell you that the things I’ll be discussing about this piece...
Toned Paper and Painting
When I was in art school we were given an assignment to draw on sheets of brown paper using only white chalk and charcoal. I’m talking like cheap-ass grocery bags, burned sticks of wood, and chunks of the Dover coast. I had no idea what the point was. Now I do.
This was back before plastic grocery bags were invented… which were later made illegal, so we’d switch to reusable (great!), which then became illegal…
GHOSTS!
Of all the seasonal and year long creatures to be spooked by, for me personally since I was very...
Hallowe’en Treats
Happy Halloween everyone! Today, there are so many things I want to talk about – Working...
Gnats vs. Chimps: A Guide to Community, Part 1
Today I want to start the lengthy process of answering one of the questions I see most: “how do I...
10 things…10 best
Hard to believe it’s been ten years of writing for Muddy Colors. We took an inkling of an idea and fleshed it out into one of the all-time best artist sites anywhere.
That’s what nearly all of these “10 things…” posts are about: building and striving toward success.
It’s difficult to say which posts are best. Instead of listing my personal favorites, I thought of them as a portfolio of posts. Which ones are practical…
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