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How to set up an outdoor booth
At the last Queen West Art Crawl, a neighbouring artist came by to my booth and started looking around. She explained that she wanted to see how we hung up the grids. We explained that we used zip ties, but I couldn’t help but feel sorry for her as I was certainly in a situation…
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Dealing with an artist’s identity crisis
I have many hats I wear, each of which could be at times adopted to be all-encompassing of who I really am. Some of you might know I work in the legal industry. That is even hard for me to write on my own blog, dedicated to my craft as an artist. It’s almost like…
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GIMP Frustrations
I realized this morning that I had not sent a “Save the date” around yet, and so I decided to open up GIMP and get to it finally. For those who don’t know, GIMP is a free open source software that edits illustrations, like Photoshop. The Queen West Art Crawl sends out their social media…
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Learning from the masters
I tried to do a few John Singer Sargent style watercolours to see if I would learn anything new. The first was the “Beaudoins”. What I found challenging was – well, I had not used enough of the canvas (considering the original was larger than mine) so getting the details was hard. But I did…
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Surprise! Nude Models! Making art with live nude models
I was looking at some of my previous drawings, and the fact that I attended some classes with figure drawing. For the uninitiated, figure drawing involves practising on life models, who are often nude. The issue was that no one had ever told me this! Free class and free show My first time drawing on…
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Anime art and its influences on my work
A story about how anime gave me a springboard to create my own art
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How to survive a rainy outdoor art show
I had a fantastic time at the Oakville Art in the Park on August 5, 2024. While the morning was cloudy and rain threatened, the day became hot and humid by the time patrons came by at 10 AM. It was only until about 4 PM right when the day was closing out when finally…
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The Myth about Suffering Artists
There is a myth about how artists make their best work when they are dysfunctional or suffering. It’s a vicious and dangerous concept to imagine artists are those that stay up late at night, or are suffering, and from there they produce their best work. Indeed, there is good work that comes from a transformation…
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Frame for a Gallery, Frame Your Mind
Last weekend, I had to frame my artwork. The Leslie Grove Gallery has particular specifications and this being my first ever indoor gallery exhibit, I wanted to make sure I did it right. Artists are procurement people Queue yet another trek out to DeSerres art supply store. The thing people may not think about being…
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The Experience of a Artistic Mock Jury
The other night, I was fortunate to have my application assessed in a mock jury by the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair. Long story short, my application would have been rejected just under the cut off by an average score of the two jury members. Seeing my work on a huge projector screen in front of…
