Inspiring Other Poets “I want Poet Tips to be so successful in helping people connect meaningfully to the language arts that I don’t have to overhear the phrase, I don’t get poetry ever again.” Interview with poet Robert Peake How did you come to writing poetry? The creative arts were always encouraged in my family; I…
Poetry as Film
Visual Poetry By Robert Peake A film-poem by Valerie Kampmeier and Robert Peake. Text of the poem and process notes available here: See his poetry in Vol. IV #5 of The Woven Tale Press
Art, Coffee, Tea and Blogs
By Donald Kolberg This post I’m taking the second item from the title, Coffee. Up first is an interesting site. For over a decade, Angel Sarkela-Saur and Andrew Saur, have pioneered an art movement by creating fine art using coffee as the medium, Coffee Art®. There site is coffeeart.com and I think I’ll let the work do the…
What is Encaustic Monotype?
Encaustic Method and the Art of Painterly Prints By Pamela Caughey See her work in WTP Vol. IV #5 and WTP Vol. VI #3 Not too long ago, while pondering what to do with all the excess encaustic wax that was scraped away from my paintings on panel, I came across a wonderful DVD by Paula…
PaletteArt™ | Lisa J Levasseur
Wheels of Change Recycled Acrylic I created PaletteArt™ because I couldn’t bear to throw away dried up old paint. It then became more of a scientific project. Basically I had to figure out how to get paint to do everything it isn’t designed to do. I can use any form of wasted paint, but it…
Evolution of the Ferris Wheel
Applying Photographic Effects By David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 An annual event here in Milford, Ohio, Frontier Days follows the Memorial Day holiday as a kick off to summer. There is always a parade on the first day of the festival with three days of festivities over the week-end. We…
Retreat West
Creating the Writing Retreat I Wanted by Amanda Saint [dropcap]I[/dropcap]t all started when I went a bit mad. London life had got to me. Insomnia for two long years, extortionate rent, no proper darkness, endless noise. So when I flipped out one day over a minor issue–we’re talking wailing, screaming, throwing and kicking things (very…
either | savannah brown | video poem
Poet and Content Creator my name is savannah brown and i’m a nineteen-year-old poet and content creator originally from ohio, but i’ve been studying in london for the past two years. i’ve been on youtube for more than five years, performing my original spoken word poetry and making videos dealing with topics like sexuality, gender, mental health,…
Art, Coffee, Tea and Blogs
By Donald Kolberg This month I thought I would use the title of my blog as an index for some very interesting sites. First off there’s Art so let’s take a look at some Stolen Bacons Spanish police have made seven arrests in relation to the theft of five Francis Bacon paintings from a private home…
Two Painters in One | Rose Masterpol
Between a drawn line and a painterly stroke By Peter Frank [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n her work of the past three years, Rose Masterpol has been oscillating between a drawn line, animated by color as well as its own flagellating trail, and a more painterly stroke that provides given expanses with texture as well as hue. The drawn…
Art Spotlight: Allison B. Cooke
Allison B. Cooke discusses her paintings [dropcap]M[/dropcap]y paintings celebrate the interplay of past and present, imagined and tangible, that which is lost and what remains. I have always been drawn to the physicality of aged surfaces that reveal the endless and shifting remnants of time. The patinas that build up where mankind and the atmosphere…
Improving Style
Seven Steps for Developing Your Signature Artistic Style By Seth Apter [dropcap]W[/dropcap]e all know artists that have a signature style. When we see their work, we can immediately identify it as theirs and theirs alone. This is true for the great Masters, many well-known contemporary artists, and a host of people in our mixed media…