Automatic Drawing for Inspiration
An intuitive drawing process made famous by the Surrealists, and how it can be used as an exercise. This process of drawing, or maybe a...
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Fountain Pens & Dip Pens to Lessen Plastic Waste
Here I share my small collection of fountain pens and dip pens I use for drawing and writing. I initially started looking into fountain...
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Why I Avoid Acrylic Paints
and I want all schools to stop using it, if I had my way :) Acrylic paint is convenient. It covers thickly, dries quickly, and doesn't...
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Easy Dragon Craft with Gelatin Printing
2024 is the Year of the Dragon. Here is the kids' craft activity I did for a local library. Almost every school holidays, I provide kids'...
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Logo Design for Kimono Komono
My process of logo design for Kimono Komono and the importance of good logo and brand identity.
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- 3 min
My Long Case of Creative Block
My long case of creative block and how I unstuck myself with meditation. Plus a discovery that I am mildly synesthetic.
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- 2 min
Gelatine Vs. Agar Plates for Gelli Printing
I tried making a Vegan version of Gelli Plates for printmaking.
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- 2 min
Woodblock Watercolor Monoprint using Mod Podge
Might be of interest especially for experimental printmakers, monoprinters, woodblock printmakers, artists and crafters.
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Mokuhanga / Japanese Woodblock Printmaking Book Recommendations
These are some of the How-to books on Japanese Woodblock Printmaking I use and recommend.
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Process of Making A New Woodblock Print - Landscape
My process of making my woodblock print, from sketching, transferring, carving, making colours, to printing.
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- 2 min
How to wrap Japanese Baren with a Bamboo Sheath
Bamboo baren needs to be looked after, and the skin needs to be changed every now and then. Here is my first time wrapping baren.
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Making Watercolor From Pastels
Soft pastels have high concentration of pigment I love art materials and I love experimenting with them. In traditional Japanese...
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- 2 min
Hilma af Klint
Hilma af Klint was a Swedish female artist who has only recently been discovered as a pioneer of abstract art.
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- 2 min
2023 is the Year of The Rabbit
A little thing about the Japanese use of Chinese calendar and Chinese characters which are pictographs.
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Make Your Own Cyanotype Art
Create a unique cyanotype art using drypoint plate and india ink. Below is my process of experimenting using different tools to find the bes
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