Looking back on the art I’ve been making for the past few months I’ve done quite a bit of digital work. I started really delving into Procreate when we went on Vacation earlier this year, and I haven’t stopped exploring the possibilities since. While planning for our vacation in late February and early March of his year I opted to take only my camera and iPad. No knitting, no sketch book, no art supplies. This was the first time I’d ever taken only my iPad, with the intent of creating art while on a vacation. I had a plan to limit my supplies and challenge myself to only using procreate. My plan worked, I learned a lot about procreate and I enjoyed to process. The biggest thing I learned was how very freeing being able to sit on the couch or the porch at night with just an iPad and a pencil was. There was no figuring out where to put supplies, or how to juggle a sketchbook on my lap, or being confined to the table. The other bonus ...
Hello Inky Admirer, New adventures are beginning. I’ve talked off and on about creating art in my little corner of the universe. I’m venturing into a new commitment of developing an art practice. I’ve had some false starts in this direction, but I feel like I’m finally ready to commit. If you follow me on Instagram you might have noticed a bit of a shift in card style. Through my exploration of abstract art, I’ve created several collections of cards using Yana Smakula’s one sheet dry brush technique . Using this technique, I create several 9 x 12 or 11 x 14 inch sheets at a time. Once my sheets are dry I cut them into panels to use for card creation similar to the one at the left. Prints using a gelli plate are another magic way I’ve been exploring new card styles. The card at the right was created by applying acrylic paint to the plate and pulling the print with an old book page. Once the print was dry, I used Archival Ink to stamp th...