Last month, I attended a thumbnail sketch workshop, done my Tansy Hargan, of the UK. She did a tour of California, and offered classes from San Diego up to San Francisco. Since I’m a fan, I jumped at the chance to learn from her. If you haven’t heard of her, I found her on Instagram, …
Learning from example
I’m a firm believer in learning from example. I totally love the idea of copying a style or technique until you learn from it, and your own style emerges. Since we are in the middle of the current postcard swap on “home”, I had been looking for some inspiration to get me motivated for creating …
A Craft room in a Google office
Earlier this week I was in a Google office building in Sunnyvale, California, when I saw the neatest thing: a craft room for employees to use whenever they’d like. Is that a strange idea? It makes sense, if you think about it. You might have heard some companies have a gym for employees to use. …
Where do you find vintage ephemera?
When you are beginning in collage art, or when you start to get familiar with it, you often develop an idea of the kinds of papers you’d like to work with. For those of us who like the vintage style, it can be hard to find what you are looking for. Where do you find …
Postcard swap for January 2020
“East, west, home is best”. Have you ever heard that expression? That’s the theme of this first postcard swap of 2020. If you’d like to participate, create up to 4 postcards with “home” as a theme. You can create a home with windows and doors (like the one I did), or create something more abstract …
