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  • WELCOME
    • Brevard Partners
    • Instagram Hello
    • A Peek Inside the Studios
  • LEARNING
    • Learn & Play w/ Us
    • Read w/ Us
      • Book Groups
    • Write with Us
      • Quick Write Club Info + Reg
      • Quick Write Club FAQs
    • Retreats
    • WORKSHOPS
    • MAPP’G PAST MAYBE™
    • MAPPING MY FUTURE™
  • SUBSCRIBE
  • RESOURCES
  • Shop Etsy
  • Art,  Creative Curiosity,  Humor,  Process

    Underpainting in Art & Writing, 2023

    March 3, 2023 /

    Fact: Underpainting Adds Depth Is underpainting part of your art process? While many contemporary artists use this technique, underpainting was the ‘standard’ among the masters. Underpainting is defined as the first coat of paint, especially the initial painting on a canvas. The major areas, tones, colors, and forms are indicated in mass.…

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  • Art,  Creative Curiosity,  Instruction,  Life,  Process,  Stories from the Art

    Bit by Bit: Creative Elements and Life

    August 25, 2019 /
    a handcrafted "life" journal

    It’s been a while since I cobbled words into a blog post. Nine months give or take. Where does the time go? To be sure, I’ve been writing plenty since then – filling writing notebooks before sunrise, building words into my art, and making notes in the margins as I…

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  • Art,  Creative Curiosity,  Humor,  Process

    Underpants and the Art Studio…. {a Little 411 Fun}

    February 10, 2017 /

    Artists call it underpainting: a layer of paint that goes on first, as a base coat, to provide a foundation for finished work, adding depth and tonal qualities to later layers in acrylic and oil paintings. Colors vary. I’ve read that some contemporary artists use this technique, though it was much more common by the greats before them.…

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READS & LISTENS

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones, James Clear

Hello Monday Podcast with Jessi Hempel

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, Susan Cain

The Crossroads of Should and Must: Find and Follow Your Passion,  Elle Luna

The She Book, Tanya Markul

 

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