Head outside to find your nature muse! On Tuesday, June 8 at 7:00 pm I will show how the natural world, its colors, shapes, and scale influences all of my artwork. Become a close observer of nature by examining and printing leaves and fish and learn to
This is a complete guide to watercolor painting supplies for beginners and pros alike. Here is an overview of what you’ll learn in this new guide: · Best watercolor paint for beginners and advanced painters · Watercolor paint brands · Choosing paint
Kids in school, kids out of school, where to have school…when the world is full of uncertainty, meditation can calm everyone, even children. I know you’re thinking, “My kids are too lively to sit quietly for anything!” My experience as a teaching artist has taught me a few tricks for
A new advanced class, Gyotaku Hawaiian Style, is coming together for late fall 2020. If you’ve taken the first class, come on back and learn how to add color to your prints! The beginning Gyotaku: the Art of the Japanese Fishprint class, and Nature Monoprints on Fabric will will also
Into the Woods: Families Making Art in Nature was just released on two more platforms, the Barnes and Noble Nook and the Rakuten Kobo. Just the right size to tuck into a bag or pocket, the paperback version is available on Amazon. Look to the right on this page for
PAPERBACK IS OUT! • KINDLE RELEASE JUNE 3: PRE-ORDER ON AMAZON • APPLE BOOKS release date: JUNE 10 • Discover your family’s inner artist in the great outdoors! Into the Woods includes 12+ chapters of family-friendly games and art activities designed to engage the senses and get your family in
Here are a few photos of hand-printed clothing that was to have been (using that verb tense a lot these days!) in the Marblehead show. I had planned to exhibit a selection of women’s shirts, canvas bags, and black aprons. I printed most of what you see here last fall
My book, Into the Woods: Families Making Art With Nature will be out by the end of May! It will be available as an eBook and also as a paperback. You and your family can learn how to hand print fish and leaves, how to contour draw and keep a
102 years ago, WW I ended. People wore surgical masks as they danced in the streets on November 11, 1918 because the Spanish flu was at its height in the United States. In San Francisco, it took a year for life to return to normal. As we wait for our
What a difference an eye makes! I printed these ocean perch on silk and painted in the eye with a brush afterwards. You too can learn to print with fish and leaves at two nature printing workshops right now at the Smithsonian Associates art studios here in Washington, DC.
The Sketchbook Habit: The art of everyday life
Jan. 22, Feb. 5, Feb. 19, 2022
10 AM — 1 PM
Gyotaku: the Japanese art of printing fish
Gyotaku II
… returns April 23, 2022.
White-line woodcut
…returns May 7, 2022
Fabric printing with natural materials
…returns May 21, 2022
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