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Meet the Sidekick Sketchbook
Meet the Sidekick Sketchbook
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How to make your own textured art canvases
How to make your own textured art canvases
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5 easy ways to repurpose your Instagram art posts
5 easy ways to repurpose your Instagram art posts
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How to find focus for your new creative business
How to find focus for your new creative business
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What do you...? Reader's Questions Answered
What do you...? Reader's Questions Answered
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How to use Instagram Stories: 10 ideas for artists
How to use Instagram Stories: 10 ideas for artists
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How to Stay Focused When You Have too Many Creative Ideas
How to Stay Focused When You Have too Many Creative Ideas
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The Journey Home
The Journey Home
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How to infuse your personality and story into your online world
How to infuse your personality and story into your online world
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Common fears to sharing your art online
Common fears to sharing your art online
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Should you turn your craft into an online business?
Should you turn your craft into an online business?
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My thoughts about the creative process after completing The 100 Day Project
My thoughts about the creative process after completing The 100 Day Project
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Create a gift of your art to share with the world!
Create a gift of your art to share with the world!
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Play hide and seek with an artistic photo collage
Play hide and seek with an artistic photo collage
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Altered Calendar, The Mixed Media Way
Altered Calendar, The Mixed Media Way
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5 ways to deal with criticism as an artist
5 ways to deal with criticism as an artist
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Vintage Vibe Tag Book Tutorial
Vintage Vibe Tag Book Tutorial
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Be inspired by these easy to make mini diptych canvases
Be inspired by these easy to make mini diptych canvases
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Layered and stitched inspiration art cards video tutorial
Layered and stitched inspiration art cards video tutorial
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Stay creative every day with these productivity tips
Stay creative every day with these productivity tips
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One everyday object. Different pens. Different pencils. Different approaches. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Turns out a simple clothespin has a lot to teach. ✏️ Sketching lesson with @susanyeatesartist I loved this...so fun. ❤️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Day 6: 100 Days of Creative Drif
I’m really enjoying starting with a blind contour as a warm-up. There’s something about not looking at the page that loosens everything up and quiets the overthinking. The first sketch (bottom right) began with a Uniball broad pen blind
Bubble tree sketches with pen, pencils and watercolor. I learned this fun technique from @viola.artstudio. 🌳 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Day 4: 100 Days of Creative Drifting: a Sketching Practice @dothe100dayproject
Every day “art” objects sketched with pen. 🖋️ I decided to add the reference so I took a photo, printed and glued into my sketchbook. It will be nice to look back and recall what I was sketching. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Day 3: 100 Days of Creative Dr
Sketchbook practice with pencil, pen, and a touch of watercolor. Exploring blind contour drawing, loose contour lines, and simple value studies. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Learning how to draw a cup from observation is trickier than it looks, but that’s the p
And we’re off! The 100 Day Project started today. My theme is 100 Days of Creative Drifting: a Sketching Practice. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Decided to start with a blind contour drawing and then a contour drawing of the same image. 🖋️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Practice, pr
You know that feeling when you watch another artist create and suddenly think, “Wait… you can DO that?!” Like when you realize fabric can live happily next to paper. Or that stitching isn’t just for quilts - it can hold a wh

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