A sketch can be an idea that stays in your imagination or it can find it’s way to paper. If it finds it’s way to paper it can sit there waiting for years for you to return. Sometimes to follow through with a painting or the final drawing and other times just to remind you of that creative moment. Sketch of woman who had just passed. I was in college and working in a convalescent home in Hermosa Beach. I knew her. It was late at night. The nurse on duty calle...

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We had an exceptionally fun studio visit this weekend with the wonderful Art in Action donor group from Palo Alto, organized by Pamela Hornik and Denise Shackleton. What else do you need on a Saturday but some coffee from coffee bar, great food catered from La Boulange, Mimosas, home made quiche (!) and two working studios full of artists and all kinds of interesting stuff- like Transamerica pyramids made out of Jell-O (it is Gel Wax, actually)? Thanks to my fabulous studio mates  Liz Hickok , Sarah Newton , Sonya Philip , Heidi McDowell , Jon McNeal and Kirsten Tradowsky wh...

Love the look and feel of oil based inks but hate the cleanup? Join us along with artist Rick Kitagawa while he demonstrates these versatile oil based inks. Charbonnel Aqua Wash is a highly pigmented, non-toxic oil based ink emulsion that can be used for etching, engraving, wood block, lino cut, monotype and even letterpress, yet it cleans up with soap and water! Aqua Wash also has an assortment of mediums to achieve the right viscosity...