By Keith Skinner Perhaps Cuba’s most memorable patriot and National Hero, José Martí was born in Havana in 1853 and spent twenty-four years in exile. The José Martí Memorial that dominates Plaza de la Revolución in Havana’s Vedado district, aside from being the tallest structure in the city, has a story as long and complicated as Cuba itself. As…
Category: on art
The Painterly Print
By Donald Kolberg I have been providing lessons on how to create a Strappo and realized that I have modified the technique in a natural progression that I thought I would explain here. Briefly, Strappo’s are a monotype from a dry acrylic transfer. An acrylic painting is developed and painted in reverse on a clear…
Steel Mesh Sculpture: A New Medium
By Donald Kolberg The variety of mediums used to create sculpture has expanded in the last century. Yet the traditional methods of reduction and addition still dominate the creative process. This includes carving, modeling, welding, casting and collage. Within the art community there is a new process confined to the manipulation of the surface of…
Kenneth Cole Buys From Jo DeSerio Jones
By Jo DeSerio Jones Feeling fortunate, feeling overwhelmed, I just had to share the incredible news I just received. The great American designer Kenneth Cole purchased 2 pieces of my art this weekend at the Rolando Chang Barrero fine art gallery in Lake Worth. These are the pieces he bought. They are images from my…
Floral Art
By Amy Duncan It’s about this time of year, when the holidays are long over, when winter just seems so unwelcome to say the least… So seeking floral inspiration, I recently discovering a stash of vintage seed package labels that have fueled my inspiration. Let me walk you through it: Step one: Rejoice in the fact that…
Travel Art Journaling Tips
By Seth Apter One of the pleasures of travel for me is creating a journal that celebrates and documents my adventures. It is a time commitment for sure, but one that I have found to be worth the time and effort. Years later, when I page through my journals, I am immediately transported back to each of…
Drawing on Moleskine
By Jean Edwards On Saturday 6th September I went along to an Urban Sketching event at the Moleskine shop in Covent Garden. I went to workshops led by urban sketchers Adebanji Alade and Olha Pryymak and was also lucky enough to get a free Moleskine sketchbook to try out. In the morning Ade shared his…
The Power of Pictures: An Invitation
By Lisa Kramer “A picture can tell a thousand words, but a few words can change it’s story.” ― Sebastyne Young In the world of P.O.W.ER, since they are deprived access to the written word, women create a secret visual language through which they can communicate. If I had the time and the talent, I…
Sculpture and Safety
By Gerry Aldridge After having a less than satisfactory experience in an international sculpture school, I decided to leave and teach myself how to work with stone. I think the nail in the coffin came when the teacher told me my ideas were too complicated to produce in sculpture, and that I should consider painting as…
The Creative Curse
By Gerry Aldridge The drug of creativity is not a need. It is a part of who I am. # The constant transitioning from writer to sculptor is metamorphic every time. And though I say constant, there may be months and even years between each transition. I have two passions, which I must vent, but I cannot give 100%…
Why Make Fan Art?
By Patrick McCuen The question of “Why make fan art?” crossed my mind, as I was, not coincidentally, making fan art. As for me, I decided to fulfill a months-old promise to make fan art for one of my favorite webcomics, Scaredemy by Jack Slade. This brilliantly executed comic takes the best of school-aged (and school located) themes and…
7 Ways to Stop an Artist Block
By Seth Apter Very often when struck by a loss of inspiration, artists will begin to over think and over analyze. The following strategies may help you to reconnect to the more creative side of your brain. Seven quick exercises to… break through an artist block, silence the inner critic, tap into your right brain,…