Category Archives: Art Notes

The Last of the Handmade Markmakers – for Now

Posted on October 13, 2021 by AnnIsikArts

Here’s two mark-makers, out of one. It was originally a sponge roller. The sponge had deteriorated a bit. I took it off and replaced it with rubber bands. I cut notches into the sponge and now I’ve a sponge stamp … Continue reading →

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Even More Home-Made Paintbrushes

Posted on October 3, 2021 by AnnIsikArts

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them as an artist.” Pablo Picasso

Posted in Art, Art Notes, Creativity, Drawing, Printmaking | Tagged Found Object Stamp-Making, Home-made Paintbrush, Mark-Making, Mark-Making Tools, Stamp-making | Leave a comment

Tubes and Triangles

Posted on September 23, 2021 by AnnIsikArts

“A house that has been experienced is not an inert box. Inhabited space transcends geometrical space.” ― Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space I haven’t had much time for art this week. I was determined yesterday to grab some, were … Continue reading →

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Oak Leaves, a Storm, the Pond

Posted on May 14, 2020 by AnnIsikArts

The pool Glows at her feet, and all the gloomy rocks Are brightened round her. (Wordsworth, The Excursion) A little experiment with oak leaves on cotton fabric. The leaves arrived on the high wind, blown over the hedge, a little … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Art Notes, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Monoprinting, Nature Journal, Printmaking | Tagged Oak Leaves, Print on Cotton, Wordsworth The Excursion | 11 Comments

Still Taking the Anti-Dote (to the Poison of Chaos) And an Art Note

Posted on February 17, 2020 by AnnIsikArts

When all is done and dusted (pardon the pun) I’ll blog about what Jordan Peterson’s Clean up Your Room edict has revealed and changed. (Clean up Your Room comes from Dr Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life: An Anti-Dote to Chaos). … Continue reading →