[image_with_animation image_url=”11209″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Thank you for the Salish Sea art submissions! My inbox has been pinging with new and interesting artworks from all of you. I welcome all these flora, fauna, maps, and memories. I hear a few of you need a couple more days to get your artworks finished, so I’m …
In a recent V. Note I talked about how artists study works by other artists. Transcriptions are like artist’s notes, recording selected aspects and observations in an artwork. Sometimes they serve as a jumping off point for artwork in completely new direction. Transcriptions are not copies. For a commission, Frank Auerbach transcribed Titian’s ‘Tarquin and …
As a painter, trying my hand at printmaking was a little frustrating. Ink on paper is gorgeous even when I make mistakes, but there was something about every print that drove me nuts. So what is it that’s so frustrating about printmaking? I was talking to Nikki about this. She had a good idea: traditional …
Patterns in indigo textiles are made by tightly binding fabric so white patterns form where the deep blue dye did not reach. Traditional work is done with stitching, sticks, and leaves, but you can see rubber bands and clothespins used in the examples below. Notice that loops and lids have also been employed. Jodi Waltier …
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