Flower Delivery
I've been looking forward to the new spring season of flower deliveries from a local flower farm, Boone Fox Farm. The first bouquet of delicate peach and purple flowers arrived…
A small (2x2") detail of a journal page
Design Ideas
Sometimes when I want to start a blank journal page, I refer to my library of art books. Most have exercises to teach art concepts and inspire creative thinking. This…
Journal Page
8.5x11"
Graphite, ink, and collage
©2023 Lucinda Howe
Facing the Blank Page
If you are thinking of starting a visual journal, you may find that it’s hard to know where to start. You may feel that a blank page is intimidating. You…
Lenten Garden #2
12 x 12 inches
Monotype collage on paper
©2020 Lucinda Howe
How to Feel More Creative
In recent discussions about art practice, I’ve heard several friends say some version of “I want to feel more creative”, “I wish I were more creative”, “I’m not as creative…
Word and Image
How do you feel about drawing? As a visual artist, I often start a journal page with a drawing and add words. That seems natural to me. But sometimes…
Almost finished?
Almost Finished
This week I've added more layers of paint to my coneflower painting. I darkened the stone wall and added a pink sky. I covered some of the white spots in…
Work in progress. Adding pink and yellow to the flowers.
Working in Layers
This week I'm adding layers of collage and paint to my large piece. My actions are mostly intuitive in this part of the process while staying with my basic design…
More Folded Paper Masks
After folding paper to form 6-pointed snowflakes as masks for gelli printing, my mind was spinning with other ways to fold and cut paper. I folded the paper in accordion…
Two color print using snowflake masks
Freezer Paper for the Win
This week I continued working on the June module of A Year of Gelatin Printing. It focuses on manipulating paper as a printing tool. We were making masks from folded…
Gelli print made with torn paper masks
Torn Paper Printing
The June module of A Year of Gelatin Printing focuses on manipulating paper as a printing tool. Torn paper is used as a mask to create shapes with undulating edges.…