Art

I am still working on the artist date project from this week. I went to the Goodwill with my Uncle on Monday and bought a few pieces of art to transform. Nothing crazy. Just practicing hand lettering. It’s just not finished yet. Today, I found out I can download my […]

Artist Date

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This is the beginning of a new series titled That Face When... The moment I saw Ms. Clinton make this face, I knew I wanted to do a series of powerful women with "that face." The face women make when they just have to sit there and let a man get it out of his system.

New Work

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It seems every artist has read this book. It’s been on my shelf since college. 9-11 years.  I haven’t read it. Well, I’m trying to get into the habit of the Miracle Morning routine. I love it. But I also love laying in bed and looking at Facebook until Gunnar […]

The Art Spirit

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[ecwid_product id=”80819109″ display=”picture title price options addtobag” version=”2″ show_border=”0″ show_price_on_button=”0″ center_align=”0″] 10″x8″, watercolor on board, ©ElishaDasenbrock2017 When even Mother Nature isn’t cutting you any slack. “I could raise a family in that mess you call hair.” “Girl, I know you aren’t planning on going out like that.” For birds, they […]

The Judges

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I didn’t want to leave you hanging after yesterday’s post. If you want something more specific for art and activism, I recommend checking out The Center For Artistic Activism. They have webinars and podcasts (although they haven’t done one in awhile. I have no room to judge).  They are a […]

What’s Next?

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So, now you know your primary, secondary, and tertiary colors. Now, it gets good. Complementary Colors Oooooh yeah. This is why the color wheel is not arbitrary. Other than the fact that every color leads to another and it shows you which colors make the other colors, but whatev. Here’s […]

Basic Color Theory: Part 2 Complementary Colors

 in Behind The Curtain  tagged Art / color mixing / color theory / color theory is legit / complementary colors / Painting / when you diss color theory you diss yourself by
What’s the big deal about color theory? Thank God, somebody finally asked me. I’ll tell you.   That right there is a color wheel.  It shows your Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary colors.  When I picture a color wheel, my reds are to the left and blues to the right, but […]

Basic Color Theory: Part 1

 in Behind The Curtain  tagged Art / blue / color theory / color wheels aren't arbitrary so shut up / colors / fun times / green / orange / Painting / red / violet / yellow by
[I met  artist Cindi Zimmerman through an art group on Facebook because she shared some paintings and I fell in love immediately. I had to have them and finally convinced her I really wanted to buy them. We hit it off immediately and she kindly let me interview her for […]

Artist Interview: Cindi Zimmerman

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