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The Magic Ingredient I Add to My Acrylic Paint

As a former oil painter, acrylic paint has two frustrating qualities to me, it’s thin and it’s slippery, making it hard to build texture or draw into. A simple studio…

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How does self-love relate to your art?

Welcome back to the Art2Life Vlog! I’ve been hiking with my daughters in Colorado! This has given me a lot of time to think. There’s something that’s been on my mind recently, and that is self-love and how it relates to our art. Giving this art-making experience to ourselves, and…

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I’m finding my way as I go.

Welcome everyone, especially those of you who are new to this vlog! I’m just loving the conversations we share. Thank you for being here! This morning, I thought about how scary it was for me to start the Art2Life Podcast. I knew I wanted to do it, but I didn’t…

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Try This New Painting Surface!

I was looking at old artwork and remembering I used to paint on a joint compound. It’s a material generally used with sheetrock found at any hardware store. I think of it as white mud. You can apply it to wood, and what’s so cool is that it has a…

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