This weeks Creative Palette is from my “Alone” Digital Mixed Media Graphic Art Illustration. “Alone” Mixed Media Graphic Art If you’re interested in learning how to create backgrounds like this yourself or how to use them in graphic art illustrations, check out my latest Skillshare Class.
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Graphic Art Background Tutorial – Adobe Fresco
Creating a graphic art background in Adobe Fresco is the first step to creating my mixed media graphic art illustrations, but they also become art pieces in themselves. Layer One ~ With the Live Oil Brushes paint in the background. This is a intuitive process…so there is no right or wrong way to lay downContinueContinue reading “Graphic Art Background Tutorial – Adobe Fresco”
Creative Palette – She Found Herself Background
For my Digital Mixed Media Graphic Art Skillshare class I created a ton of backgrounds so I could use them in my lessons. I thought it would be fun to share the color palette’s with you in what I’m calling “Creative Palette”. This background became the jumping off point for my illustration “She Found Herself”.ContinueContinue reading “Creative Palette – She Found Herself Background”
Which song will you sing? Finding the passion that drives you
Each creative must actively wade through the uncertainty that comes with the very act of creating. Whether creating art, music, or the written word…each must explore, question, play and experiment with their subjects and voice in order to find where they sit comfortably and authentically as a creative person. Creatives can’t sit by and waitContinueContinue reading “Which song will you sing? Finding the passion that drives you”
7 Tips for Being a Self-Taught Artist
Being a self-taught artist has brought me both immense joy and overwhelming fear. The joy stems from the freedom to learn my way and to create a style that is truly my own and that reflects who I am and the life I’ve had. The fear seeps into those dark moments where I feel likeContinueContinue reading “7 Tips for Being a Self-Taught Artist”
5 Steps to Finding Your Artistic Voice
One of the most frequently asked questions I receive from students is how they can find their artistic style. It’s followed by how do they find it if they are learning…copying…another artist’s style? Finding your unique style is a matter of finding yourself in the art. It’s noticing the little habits or traits that appearContinueContinue reading “5 Steps to Finding Your Artistic Voice”
Daily Journaling Practice
When I began my daily journaling practice I was hoping to form a more consistent journaling rhythm as-well-as to form a more honest and personal relationship with myself and my writing voice. Up until that point, I found my journaling to be a list of things I did that day or a long winded dramaticContinueContinue reading “Daily Journaling Practice”
My 5 Rules to Live By
I believe we all have a basic 5 rules we live by. The trick is, each of our 5 are not the same. This makes us each unique as we’re guided by these rules. These are the things we filter through as we make decisions and move through our days. Our 5 can be partlyContinueContinue reading “My 5 Rules to Live By”
Gardening Without a Green Thumb
Growing up with a mother who can grow anything was intimidating for me since I wasn’t born with a natural green-thumb. I think us “NON-GREEN THUMBERS” carry that title around almost too afraid to even try. I’ve had many dead plants and more than a few failed gardens, but I never gave up. I beganContinueContinue reading “Gardening Without a Green Thumb”
Couture Tangles Class
When I started creating Couture Tangles I was sitting on the couch watching the Oscars. This was many years ago and during the Zentangle craze. I shared a couple of my drawings on Pinterest and then forgot about it. I was contacted a couple years later by an editor with Walter Foster and asked ifContinueContinue reading “Couture Tangles Class”
Heidi Cogdill 