Yarn is the most interesting prop! It is soft, organic…can strangle, can mend…The colors are endless, the uses diverse. I have been using yarn in my art for the past 9 years, relentlessly. It carried a great amount of symbolism and I find it to be incredibly rich. I can’t wait to see how creative you get with this! If you don’t have yarn, use rope or string instead! I’ll pull some of the art that I see this week…
Hands up if you’ve tried alternative process before! I always thought I had no talent for things like working with my hands. I think a lot of us grow into that perception of ourselves; that we can’t draw and we can’t paint if we didn’t grow up with natural talent. I was nervous about trying something physical. Lately I’ve felt so silly for all the things I’ve been nervous for. Part of what has helped me start trying was becoming…
I’ve been pretty quiet on the video front even though it’s my favorite way of connecting. Travel, working through my art, you know, the usual! But I’m back and creating with you and I can’t wait for you to see this one! The spirit of White Wall Wednesday is being creative in the space that you have. There are three main ways of doing this: 1. Move your subject to a new background by learning compositing. 2. Transform your wall…
“Don’t let what you don’t have stop you from what you could create.” How often are we plagued with the repetitive thought that we cannot create unless we have something more to create with. A better camera, a new tripod, that awesome speed-light, or just a bigger budget entirely? There are amazing photographers out there who are able to spend a lot of cash for every photo they create, and that is a really wonderful thing to have at your…