– Does this look weird? View it in your browser (where it will look awesome).- Chromophilia I’ve been running into conflicts about color most of my life. When I was eight I begged my mother to paint my pale yellow bedroom blue instead. She insisted that our tiny ranch house couldn’t have both bedrooms be…
Looking for some spring inspiration and new ideas? On March 21–25, Metalwerx is hosting its 2022 Virtual Spring Symposium! There are educator and student discounts as well as full scholarships available. The Love of the Craft At the final session of an online course I took on Turkish illumination techniques, one of the students asked the instructor…
Featured Products Get Glorious Relief The Eastern Repousse II. – Rings & Cuffs workshop begins September 12, 2022 Are you ready? This Eastern Repousse I class will get you there Click here to watch the video in your browser An insightful student recently commented on the musicality in my artwork, its rhythms, syncopation and fugue-like…
Upcoming Online Workshops Click on each image for a short video highlighting these classes Rich Textures Having at least partially satiated my need for color by painting more miniatures in the last couple of years, I notice now that I am increasingly drawn to textures. That might sound like a no brainer for someone who…
The thing I said I wouldn’t teach online For a Limited Time Only In this special, online workshop hosted by the Craft Guild of Dallas, Victoria will demystify the technique of Russian filigree (filigrana) from the basics of traditional fabrication to the intricacies of her own ground breaking, sculptural work. Students will create several pieces…
Toward the beginning of my serious calligraphic studies, I took both of Reggie Ezell’s year long workshops. Veteran calligraphers had long dubbed Reggie’s year-longs as trial by fire via dip pen and ink (and dry pigments, watercolor, gouache, gold leaf, gum Arabic, real vellum, etc.). As a total newbie, I kept my head down and…
What I Never Learned in Study Hall In junior high and high school, the only good thing about study hall was 56 minutes of not having some ranting teacher boringly lecture at me. On the other hand, it wasn’t art, history, or any interesting literature either. Usually, it was time for me to cram for…
