Hyper-realistic colored pencil [dropcap]M[/dropcap]y drawings are hyper realistic: they capture minute details of the subjects that I portray, but they are only an illusion of the actual reality. I became obsessed with drawing branches and tree trunks by looking at them through magnifying glasses that allowed me to peer deeper into an astonishing world of…
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Online Marketing
Four Artists Working the Web By Cory Huff founder of The Abundant Artist In 2009 I started The Abundant Artist website (TAA for short) as a way of teaching online marketing to my artist friends who were asking me for help. Since then, I’ve helped dozens of artists go from never having sold anything to…
Art Spotlight: Pam Erickson
Lintscape —assemblage & sculpture using non-traditional media, by Pam Erickson [dropcap]P[/dropcap]am Erickson’s assemblage and sculpture employ a wide range of non-traditional media. Some materials being quite personal: early family photos, hair from her cats and dogs, the shed skin of a pet iguana and bones from chickens fed to family and friends, etc, etc. Perhaps…
Printmaking
How I Make a Monotype by Barbara van Buskirk See her work in WTP Vol. IV #3 Who can say wherein lies the charm of a monotype— that unique print from a painted plate, which stands in the half shadow between painting and printmaking? … Its spontaneity and freshness, its directness and freedom place it apart…
Art Spotlight: Federico Uribe
Not to Draw or Paint on Canvas — But Vibrant Images After years of struggling to be a painter, I realized that my calling was not to draw or paint on canvas, but instead to mold inanimate objects into vibrant images.” —Federico Uribe Visit Federico Uribe’s gallery web page. More from Federico Uribe in The…
Tatiana Rivero Sanz | In Her Own Words
Sculpture, Dance, Performance— A Photographer’s Personal Journey By Tatiana Rivero Sanz [dropcap]T[/dropcap]atiana Rivero Sanz is a photographer who creates her own indoor props for her photos and incorporates sculpture and performance. Prior to this process, she primarily photographed out in nature, until she had a bad fall on one of her excursions: I had just…
Tatiana Rivero Sanz and Satoshi Aki | Video
Composer & Photographer— A melody inspired by her photos… Tana Onceuponatimetana’s 150205—a collaboration between American photographer Tatiana Rivero Sanz and Japanese composer Satoshi Aki. [dropcap]M[/dropcap]y photos grow from an elaborate process, which involves a whole installation. In my own studio I first paint the walls, then I create one or two sculptures that represent a dilemma,…
Tin Jewelry | Video
By Annariitta Saarelainen Watch her make jewelry from tin… [dropcap]H[/dropcap]ere is my latest video, about making tin jewelry. It is a way to make smaller things as opposed to working in iron or bronze. I was trying these as an experiment so that I could do some casting at home, where I could easily achieve…
Printing on Feathers
Always seagulls calling overhead By Rebecca Jewell See her work in WTP Vol. IV #3 [dropcap]I[/dropcap] work almost every day, printing in my studio at the Chocolate Factory in London. Although it is in the heart of Wood Green, there are always seagulls calling overhead. Dipping and diving, they remind me of Cornwall where I…
WTP Artist: Denitza
A Constant Experiment with Space, Lines, and Shapes By Denitza [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he featured pictures are the making and the final result of the painting “Lazurite,” 26 × 26 inch acrylic/enamel on canvas. The work was painted with all blue-tone acrylics on canvas, and was meant as a central piece for the fall edition of the Affordable…
WTP Artist: Judy Stone
“Beyond control” — the art of enameling Evidently, you are one of a small group of people worldwide who call themselves enamelists. What is it about enameling that perhaps makes it so difficult to master? There are really several answers to this question but the initial fallacy is that the medium is hard to master. It…