These print making days have turned out to be really fun for boy my students and myself. LOVE making prints!
As you can see here, some of my printing plates are repeated patterns. Their assignment is to brainstorm with thumbnails for their own repeated patterns. Can’t wait to see what the students design!
I teach homeschool students ages 9-18 in two locations: www.hisclasses.org and www.ttcclasses.com. I don’t take students mid-year but our schedule for 2020-2021 will be up around the end of April. Here are the links:
On these winter days are you longing for something just a little cheery to brighten your day? Well, these will! Sometimes it’s the little things. You can find my art on all sorts of lovelies at this site:
Did you KNOW? All wall art at Society6 is 40% off for Presidents’ Day sale! https://society6.com/product/raccoon2599068_framed-print?curator=colorcatstudios. That means my adorable Raccoon! You asked for him... here he is in whatever size or frame you want! :)
Still making prints over here. This is a linoleum block. They’re quite easy to carve; a LOT easier to carve than wood! Also with wood you can pull maybe only 100 prints before the wood swells and shrinks too much. These lino blocks can go a long time if you’re careful.
If you want to start easy with print making, you can actually do it on a styrofoam meat tray from the grocery store with a pencil and some acrylic paint. That’s super basic but a good way to get a feel for the process. I always use printer’s ink because it’s the perfect viscosity for all the details. There are SO many ways to print and I love them ALL!
My classes for the next few weeks will be doing print making. Here are some artist trading cards I made in preparation. If you’re NOT in my classes, I’ll still swap; give me a holler. Some of the qualities in art that I find important are layers, texture, color and contrast. Hopefully you can find those things here. If you want to learn a little more, look for my video on these cards which I will post right after this. Once my students get a handle on making prints with some of the elements I just mentioned I’m going to have them make artist trading cards so we can all trade. FUN!
This piece and its mate have been in the works for several weeks. After much planning, careful steps and a mad rush of creativity it’s time for the finishing touches.
Not done yet but these minute finishing touches have taken up my entire day. Getting there!
I am absolutely loving the textures and took a couple closeup shots for you to get the feel of it.
Love these! I’m hoping to have both paintings completely finished by Saturday night.
Now available, all KINDS of lovelies! You can find them and much more of my work at
The bag sports my “Phoenix Rising” painting.
I’ve got my art on all their phone cases now.
And... everyone needs a King...
Cool,huh? I’m really happy about this!
This quote absolutely cracks me up. I put it on a photo of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim dome. We’ve been looking at this impressive man’s work in my art classes. I guess this would be an architect’s advice to ‘measure twice, cut once,’ huh? Haha!
I’ve been showing my art students Frank Lloyd Wright. He’s reputed to be the greatest American architect that ever lived and looking at his work, I believe it! His influence has stretched to the present day. He designed buildings to fit into their environment and opened up rooms so that they would flow together. He did away with the tiny rooms and small windows of your childhood. Not content with just any windows, he designed his own (often with leaded and stained glass) and also designed lamps, furniture - well, everything inside the buildings as well!
And Mr. Popper’s Penguins? They cavorted in the Guggenheim in NYC, Frank Lloyd Wright’s design. Cool!
This cute little fellow is now available! Long sold, I’ve found a place that makes really nice acid free giclees on cotton rag paper. These are well made and beautiful. You can also order him as posters, phone covers, stickers, cards, etc. at this site: https://society6.com/product/raccoon2599068_framed-print?curator=colorcatstudios
Color Cat Studios on Society 6
These are Artist Trading Cards (ATCs). They must be a certain size, signed on the back and traded, never sold. I’m doing them with my students in my classes. There are all kinds of places where you can trade and lots of online trading groups. When I need inspiration, going through my ATCs can put me right back on track. My students think THEY have a lot of homework; I have to make one card for each student! Fun work, though. :)
