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Stepping into the Twenties

Stepping into the Twenties

by Mandy | Jan 8, 2020 | Art, Classrooms, Comic, Gouache, Inspiration, Online Workshop, Painting, Process, Tanka, Visual Journal, Watercolor, Writing | 0 comments

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...
How waterproof are my inks?

How waterproof are my inks?

by Mandy | Nov 7, 2019 | Art Supplies, ink, Tanka, Video, Watercolor | 0 comments

At the moment I’m completely into waterproof ink because I’m drawing and writing a lot of Tanka. It’s something I like to do when I have a lot on my mind. Limiting myself to just a small number of lines, a small number of syllables, forces me to boil...
End of year, Tanka and some neat Inspiration

End of year, Tanka and some neat Inspiration

by Mandy | Dec 23, 2017 | Art Journal, Art Supplies, Blog, Illustration, Inspiration, Live Workshop, Tanka, Video, Vlog, Workshop | 2 comments

Dear readers, we’ve come to the end of this year…already! Time is rushing by so fast I feel its velocity might toss me off the planet sometimes. Gosh…almost 2018 already! High time to review, look ahead and fuel our minds with a little, or no…a...
a Tanka illustrated: #6 every day raindrops…

a Tanka illustrated: #6 every day raindrops…

by Mandy | Nov 23, 2017 | Blog, Illustration, Tanka, Workshop, Writing | 0 comments

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...
a Tanka illustrated: #5 So high…

a Tanka illustrated: #5 So high…

by Mandy | Nov 15, 2017 | Illustration, Tanka, Workshop, Writing | 0 comments

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...
Storytelling with Tanka + Illustrated Tanka#4

Storytelling with Tanka + Illustrated Tanka#4

by Mandy | Nov 12, 2017 | Illustration, Storytelling, Tanka, Writing | 0 comments

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...
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