Collage composition. We're talking about the rule of thirds, value blocks, focal points, and a little visual tension.
Make simple moving paper toys with your kids: pull-tabs, spinners, thaumatropes, and crank toys you decorate yourself.
Explore pen and ink drawing techniques like cross hatching, stippling, gesture, texture, and choosing the right nibs and pens.
Build a late-summer watercolor palette of sunlit neutrals with pigment codes, swatching, and mixing tips from Art Supply Center.
Extend the life of your blades, sharpeners, and cutting mats with simple maintenance. Safer cuts, smoother points, longer-lasting tools.
Level up your bookbinding with accordion books, tunnel books, and sculptural paper forms with approachable paper engineering.
Masking fluids, wax and crayon resist, tape, rubbing alcohol, and stencils. How does each one work with your medium of choice?
Learn texture techniques for mixed media and collage with lace, foil, and found fabric scraps. Masking, printing, and layering!
The wild history of purple. From Tyrian purple made of sea snails to modern violets like Dioxazine and Quinacridone.
How to paint on wood, metal, plastic, and fabric. Surface prep, priming, and which mediums work best so your art actually lasts.
