by Mandy | Jan 8, 2020 | Art, Classrooms, Comic, Gouache, Inspiration, Online Workshop, Painting, Process, Tanka, Visual Journal, Watercolor, Writing |
Stepping into the Twenties When I say ‘the Twenties’ I’m reminded of “The House of Elliott”, the Charleston, Art Deco, sleek and ornate knee-high party dresses and half short hairdos that were flat over the head and then curled back up...
by Mandy | Dec 30, 2019 | Art, Art Supplies, Blog, Contemplation, Illustration, Inspiration, Painting, Process, Video, Vlog, Watercolor, Writing |
Everything in life comes in seasons. Everything comes and goes. Literally every single thing. I’ve known this for as long as I can remember. But I only truly began to understand when one day along the shore I found hundreds of dead serpent stars,thousands, even....
by Mandy | Sep 10, 2018 | Art Journal, Blog, Inspiration, Journaling, Writing |
Have you ever reread your old diaries? A gruesomely hot and long summer is behind us. And I’m so glad. How did you get through? The Viking blood I must have in my veins was seriously uncomfortable in the heat and I did little more than read 21 books. I’m...
by Mandy | Nov 23, 2017 | Blog, Illustration, Tanka, Workshop, Writing |
Summer has fallen and my Tanka couldn’t but follow… English translation of the Tanka: every day raindrops on the map – it’s sunny now beckoning me out but I find my feet frozen in the work I have to do The skies have turned a dull kind of heavy...
by Mandy | Nov 15, 2017 | Illustration, Tanka, Workshop, Writing |
I’m still working on my series of illustrated Tanka. I searched for a way to combine writing poetry with my art work for years and now it feels like I’ve found it. The more I write, the more ideas are growing, the harder my fingers are itching. I made some...
by Mandy | Nov 12, 2017 | Illustration, Storytelling, Tanka, Writing |
English translation of the Tanka: four paws are walking to the horizon with me I never get there no matter how much concrete slides past under my two feet Storytelling is majorly important in art Without a story, art is basically just a pretty (hopefully!) picture or...
