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Sketchbook as Playground with Amarilys Henderson

Sketchbook as Playground with Amarilys Henderson

Episode 478 LIVE on Wednesday, August 28, 2024 at 7:30pm BST / 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT / 8:30am in Hawaii. This week we have a regular guest expert back on the show, Amarilys Henderson. Amarilys’ vibrant watercolor art grace a myriad of surfaces from paper to porcelain. Her works are a playful yet bold […]

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Inspiration in Action with Will Truran

Inspiration in Action with Will Truran

This week we are back with one of my favorite monthly series, Inspiration in Action. This series allows creatives to take us through their career so far and show us who has inspired them and how their work changed because of these artists, designers, illustrators, authors, and experiences. I am excited to finally have my

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Sketchbook Experiments with Steph Fizer Coleman

This week we kick off the sketchbook series where I will be interviewing different creatives on how they use their sketchbooks. I am excited to announce Steph Fizer Coleman, a children’s book illustrator and author, educator, & illustrator will join us this week to share how her sketchbooks became the vehicle for finding new styles

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My Sketchbook Journey Summer 2024

I am hitting some walls. I am repeating some bad habits. I am going to share all about it and walk through my sketchbooks and what exercises have been helping. Anybody else hitting some creative block? I KEEP GETTING IN MY OWN WAY!!!! I had to text my good friend Hannah today and told her

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What I Learned from my Bird Project: Rapid Recharge

That’s a lot of birds. Why geese or ducks? Why flamingos? Why this process? I introduced you to the birds back in February, in the episode called “The Benefits of Side Adventures.” But now I have had time to finish, process it in my mind, and reflect on how to use this process in the

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The Benefits of Side Adventures

As a designer one of the best characteristics I look for in someone I am collaborating with or someone I’m hiring is the ability to stay calm when things get dicey. The person who takes things serious but doesn’t get their panties in a wad. They just don’t get their feathers ruffled.  Things don’t always

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