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  • January Artist of the Month: Berthe Morisot

    January Artist of the Month: Berthe Morisot

    When I decided to do the Artist of the Month project, Berthe Morisot was one of the first artists I thought of. Her talents as an artist could have easily been…

  • New Year, New Projects!

    New Year, New Projects!

    Happy New Year! Whether celebrating or sleeping through it, I hope we get an amazing start this year. The bar may be low, but we can clear it! Now that the…

  • Promptober was a Success!

    Promptober was a Success!

    Success! We did it! Every drawing done on the day! Not one missed! Considering past years where I’ve ended up several days behind (or the one year where I dumped over…

  • Prompt, Draw, Ink!

    Prompt, Draw, Ink!

    Inktober. Drawlloween. Promptober, Prompt O’Ween! (Wait, what??) The season is upon us! It’s time for the best drawing challenges of the entire year and I’m 100% on the bandwagon. Not only…

  • Inktober is Almost Here!

    Inktober is Almost Here!

    The lists are out!! That’s right kids, Inktober (and Drawlloween) are less than a week away! Last year I combined the *official* Inktober list with Mab Grave’s Drawlloween list to make…

  • Bookbinding Doesn’t Take that Long

    Bookbinding Doesn’t Take that Long

    Well, it shouldn’t, but it did for me and not for the reasons you might think. I started my handmade sketchbook adventure back in January when I decided that I wanted…

  • Body Kun Alternatives?

    Body Kun Alternatives?

    Over on my YouTube channel I posted a review video of some knock-off Body Kun figures and later another for the most recent run of Figma Archetype figures. Someone commented on…

  • My First Yupo!

    My First Yupo!

    Yupo paper is pretty amazing. It’s a synthetic (read: not made from trees), waterproof, recyclable paper that comes in white and translucent finishes. Because of that, you can’t treat Yupo paper…

  • Stuff I Learned from Inktober and Drawlloween

    Stuff I Learned from Inktober and Drawlloween

    Like I said last week, October went by fast. That’s partly because it was a busy month, but also because of our beloved Inktober and Drawlloween events! Last year was a…

  • Shifting Art Gears

    Shifting Art Gears

    October has just flown by! After the past few weeks of doing Inktober and Drawlloween and staying (roughly) on track, I realized that I haven’t done anything with jewelry, painting, or…