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My Artquest – Drawing everyday for a whole leap year. | Making Art

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Using your own original ideas. Who I am and what I think. My Artquest – Drawing everyday for a whole leap year. I have embarked on a new project [because I wasn’t busy enough…]. An Artquest. Everyday for 366 days [next year is a leap year] I will do at least one very small drawing. I was inspired to do this by seeing the David Lynch exhibition at the Queensland Gallery of modern art. In the exhibition he had loads of tiny drawings he had done on matchboxes, or old ticket stubs, anything at hand. I only h...

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Time: Your Most Precious Resource | Making Art

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Using your own original ideas. Who I am and what I think. Time: Your Most Precious Resource. I have a funny thing I like to do where I break down the elements that make up an artwork. I started to do them like little equations. Technique skill = Artwork. Then I figured you must havean idea, as that’s even more important than skill. Idea medium = Artwork. Maybe it’s even more elaborate. Medium skill idea studio = Artwork. Some artists change their medium with every piece, and others are tied to one medium...

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Who I am and what I think | Making Art

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Using your own original ideas. Who I am and what I think. Who I am and what I think. It’s all about making art. The Making Art blog and website are about helping you to hear your own ideas and using them to make art. The website focuses on helping you to generate ideas, sift through them and make art following those threads and to help you get into the creativity habit . The blog shows you this journey in progress. One thing you will not find on this blog or on the Making Art website. I have been to art ...

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Making Art | Using your own original ideas. | Page 2

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Using your own original ideas. Who I am and what I think. The Great Art Hustle. Today’s post comes to you today inspired by a quote from Frenchy/American writer Anaïs Nin [February 21, 1903 January 14, 1977]. Good things happen to those who hustle. Nin was a … Continue reading →. November 22, 2013 · 2 Comments. How making art makes me feel. October 27, 2013 · 1 Comment. My beautiful studio – not. My three studio wish list items. August 30, 2013 · 5 Comments. Sometimes ephemeral art is the most satisfying.

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Artquest | Making Art

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Using your own original ideas. Who I am and what I think. An Artquest is a commitment to making some art for a certain length of time, or frequency. It’s a great way to kickstart your art making. You can choose to make some art every week or every day if you are brave enough. Sounds easy but it can get tricky when you get busy. If you are into drawing you could opt to draw something everyday. If you are into making 3d objects you could choose to make a small object everyday. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.

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I am writing a book! | Making Art

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Using your own original ideas. Who I am and what I think. I am writing a book! I am excited to tell you that I am writing a book about making art. But my excitement is tinged with sadness because today I have also closed off access to the content at the full Making Art Website. The content had been up for 3 years, with free and open access to all my ideas and I decided that it was time to use my content in another way. What will be in the book? In other words: you will become an artist. It will build you...

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Art & Money: the Elephant in the Room | Making Art

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Using your own original ideas. Who I am and what I think. Art and Money: the Elephant in the Room. There’s a big, pink, decorated, swirly elephant in the room. Yep it’s the topic of making money from your art. You’ve probably noticed I prefer not to talk about it. Maybe it’s because I don’t sell nearly as much art as I would like too. Maybe it’s because I have to do other less exciting jobs to make money so I can go and make art. Or probably its a mixture of all of the above. Australians like design obje...

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A New Studio = Permission to Play | Making Art

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Using your own original ideas. Who I am and what I think. A New Studio = Permission to Play. I moved a little while ago to a new studio. And for the first few days its just felt… odd. A bit like you are sitting in someone else’s lounge room making art. Luckily I already know quite a few of the other artists and the lovely chap who runs it so it’s not entirely weird. It is kind of daggy which is good, it’s not oppressively glamorous. [You can read my thoughts about fancy studios here]. This is how it went.

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I’m Running a Workshop! | Making Art

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Using your own original ideas. Who I am and what I think. I’m Running a Workshop! I’m very excited because in November I will be starting a two week residency and running a workshop at a fantastic local arts and future ideas organisation called Frontyard in nearby Marrickville in Sydney’s Inner West. It will be my first time being an artist [and author] in residence. The book is about discovering and hearing your own ideas to use in art making. The focus is upon curiosity and exploration. The details wil...