February 2011

Work Monsters Aren’t Much Fun

February 8, 2011

We’ve been beset. The Work Monsters, who are much less forgiving and much less cute than our regular Studio Monsters, have set in en masse this week.  (We almost went there with the Demon of Deadlines, but thought that might be a little disturbing to younger readers.  All those heads and a few extra teeth [...]

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On Edible Ink and Making Stuff

February 4, 2011

Before we begin today, the artist would like to make a public service announcement. Someone found the Wishkeepers site today by searching for “will ingested papermate pen ink kill you?”.  And while we applaud this fellow creative’s…uh…creativity, we feel we should mention that no, papermate ink probably won’t kill you.  However, we also don’t think [...]

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82 Card ATC Challenge #002 – Time

February 2, 2011
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We’re a little pressed for time this morning, but wanted to remind you that the daily creative prompt is over there in the sidebar, perfect for artists, art journallers, orcreative souls to play with today.  (And since the Artist has no REAL apples in the house, the green apple timer got picked up for this [...]

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82 Cards ATC Challenge: It Begins

February 1, 2011

We admit it.  We were a bit excited about the start of the 82 Card ATC Challenge.  The Artist wasn’t going to stay up late last night, burning the midnight oil and painting little cards with gesso, but, well, uh… It’ll probably be another couple of days before there’s another card from here, but we [...]

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SAVE THE UNICORNS! (or: buying art supplies without robbing a bank)

February 1, 2011

I know it’s tempting. One good bank heist and you’d have all the Copic markers ON THE PLANET.  You’d have sheets of watercolor paper made out of the hides of unicorns.  (They regenerate them, you know.)  You’d have gel medium that not only gelled things, but also turns everything into the Mona Lisa, like a [...]

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