By: Melanie Rosato Let me introduce you to Jon Carsman, a print maker and native of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Beginning his career as a painter in the mid-1900s, Carsman exemplified American Realism in his subject choices and use of materials. The artist later translated the aesthetics of his paintings into screen prints, which allowed for distinctive line qualities and color separations to occur. The artist incorporates … Continue reading Meet Jon Carsman
By: Staci Srebro I feel like an important part to drawing is to make your own characters. It’s nice to draw inspiration from movies or cartoons you like, but to have your own characters is a different creative experience. You have free reign to do whatever you want with your own characters. This is a drawing I did about a year ago for my own … Continue reading Original Characters
By: Staci Srebro In a previous post I made, I began the process of making my own book full of illustrations. Well, this week I finished my book! This is my completed accordion book. As you can see, this type of book can stand up on its own, and is made up of multiple folded sections. Accordion books can be made up of any content. … Continue reading Illustration Book
By: Melanie Rosato Meet Lorien Stern, a ceramicist based in Inoykern, California, a secluded town in the Western Mojave Desert. In an interview she states, “I love the Internet and Instagram for this reason. I can live in the middle of nowhere and share stuff and connect with people all over the world. I love that we are living in a time where it’s … Continue reading Meet Lorien Stern
By: Staci Srebro This week, I redrew an old drawing I posted on this blog here. Sometimes I like redrawing old art because it’s fun to see how much your art can improve even over a few months or so. I began this drawing in a similar way as the Totoro drawing I did using Blick Markers. I started by sketching out the image very lightly in … Continue reading Redrawing Older Art
By: Staci Srebro This week, I’m showing a preview of a book I am making called an accordion book. The content inside of it will be all hand drawn cat characters I made, and eventually they will all be shaded with colored pencil. An accordion book is named after an accordion because the book folds into itself flat but can be opened up in one … Continue reading Book Drawings
By: Courtney McCreary Hi everyone! This week I’m featuring a mixed media piece by Jessica Maietta. Jessica is a visual arts major at Keystone College concentrating in drawing and painting. She is currently exhibiting work in her senior show. Although this piece in particular is not included in the exhibition, it gives you a pretty good example of her style and medium. This is Jessica’s … Continue reading Mixed Media by Jessica Maietta
By: Jeremy Cannon ~Hello and Good Monday Everyone~ This week I went on a nature hike to a natural spring near my house. This spring has been my favorite spot since I was a child and I love returning to it every spring to see how it has changed in small as well as large ways while I was stuck inside all winter. I’ve taken … Continue reading Nature Photography
By: Sarah Wiltshire There are two different ways you can abstract a print. The first way is to start off with an abstract image and just continue to use that to make your final product. The second way is to start of with a realistic image and to simple use repetition and overlap until it becomes abstracted. In my own work I am drawn to … Continue reading Abstraction In Printmaking
By: Staci Srebro This week, I will be showing another animal drawing for my animal series. I’m going to do a series of at least a dozen animals, if not more, but this will be the final drawing of my animal series I will post on this blog. I always start with a pencil drawing, and go back over it with sharpie to make the … Continue reading Animal Series: Cat
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