Tell Us About Yourself !
Tell us about yourself! Where do you live, what kind of art do you do? Are you formally trained or self taught or somewhere in between?? Tell us about your studio/work space, too.
I'm Diana, and I paint in acrylics and encaustic. I live in Washington, D.C. for most of the year, and in Maine during the summer. I've been working (encaustic) outdoors lately, but will have to go inside when it starts getting colder. I don't have a studio per se, but i have work spaces throughout my house -- an encaustic "nook" off the kitchen, a workbench in the basement, an art table in my office, and the dining room table whenever I can.
I'm also a writer and musician - with three bands - country western/60s girl group/ and protopunk.
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Permalink Reply by heather noye on -
Hi. I'm heather and I'm an A.D.D. Artist. I started painting in acrylics and sculpting in clay. It's all snowballed from there. I now paint in oils, watercolor and gouche when the mood strikes me and sculpt in metal clay, recycled metal, paper, joint compound and found object as well. Or a combination of "all of the above". This year I also started working in encaustic. It's the smell that sucked me in. Lol. I just love to learn new techniques and see how I can incorporate it into what I'm already doing.
Oh, and making books. I LOVE book binding.
I live in rural North Georgia in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains. I have 2 studios on our property. one is in the bottom half of our barn. That's where my kiln is and the overflow of all the found objects that will eventually find it's way to assemblage. Lol. I paint in our library-turned-studio. I have an easel and a 6 foot work table for working on a flat surface. But you know what? More than half the time I work in the living room on the coffee table.
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Hello everyone is sooo cool. hi! Well I'm Stephanie but most people call me steph or stephy. Any who I'm a college student studying Fine Arts/Graphic Design. But hoping to transfer to art institute to major in graphic design. I one day dream to have my own design firm. I love making art on the computer and off the computer. I love making messy art with pastels, acrylics and charcoal. I love making books and working in my art journal. I'm also a musician and play the keyboard.
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Permalink Reply by Mini Arora on -
Looks like I fit right in. I love all the experimenting and that's why this website sounds great to me. I did put in a little about myself in another section (didn't know this one existed). So please look it up in art critique and websites under newbie so I don't have to repeat. Cheers.
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HERE ARE 2 LINKS to TWO of my youtube videos talking and demonstrating about this amazing product:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIc02QBihJQ&feature=share&list=UUM6N5AOYoyg6eAkbcDWpNFg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zAPZn5TEyM&list=UUM6N5AOYoyg6eAkbcDWpNFg&index=41
So once i have my image printed onto transparency film, I take my Ezscreen silk screen which has been coated in light sensitive emulsion (These sheets come pre-coated so they are ready to use). Place it onto a black board, then place the transparency image on top (this part needs to be done in a dark room with no direct sunlight). I take it outside and expose it for 1 minute and 40 seconds (but time varies depending on time of day and strength of sunlight). After i have exposed the image i place it into a tub of water for around 5 - 8 minutes. Then i rinse the screen out under fast running water until the unexposed area (the black) washes away. I then expose the screen to the sun for a further 20mins to completely harden the light sensitive emulsion.
And this is the completed screen ready for printing. I simply use an old credit card to spread the ink over the screen making sure i do one complete full stroke across the screen (holding the credit card at a 45 degree angle). I immediately wash the screen out under fast flowing water and pat dry. I use fabric screen printing ink which washes out in water (which makes the process easy).
I love this product, their website is http://ezscreenprint.com/ (for full instructions and details on how to purchase this awesome product).
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