Tag: art books
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Used Book Inspo
Today I’ve been playing with gel plates, but there’s nothing particularly interesting to show for it, so far. The new mini plate (3×5″) is just so good for my A5 mixed media art journal, I’m in heaven. For the blog, I thought I’d share my book haul from my trip last week. They are all…
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Change It Up Mark Making
I ended yesterday’s blog thinking about a book I need, and acknowledging that I received three new art books for my birthday. One of those books has been carried around with me from studio room to sofa to bedside ever since it arrived. I am smitten. The book is Drawing and Painting People A Fresh…
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Sketchbook Skull
Today’s excitement was the arrival of two parcels that are most of the result of birthday spendies. Birthday cash or vouchers to spend on art supplies is never going to get dull. One of the things that arrived is a copy of a book I’ve had on my wishlist for a while – Facial Expressions:…
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Artist Influence
100 Day Project Day 60 I confess that I got a new book today, or at least new to me. It’s a retrospective of the Scottish artist Pat Douthwaite, an artist I am currently obsessed with. Douthwaite trained as a dancer, then became an artist in later life, which is just absolutely right up my…
Thrummie Bizzum 