I started wondering if I could do something a bit more visually structured , that still had energy to the surface. I reached back into my textile design roots to create this. It started with rolling out color on the base level, mushing it around, then adding the surface texture. This one is created with [...] Click to continue reading »

Vi Hart has been making videos about the relationship between doodling and math by drawing fractals in a variety of shapes and forms. They are amazing, and I immediately wanted to go off with my sketchbook and rulers to map out all sorts of things I could them spend may hours coloring in a variety [...] Click to continue reading »

I’ve been thinking a lot about the way visuals activate different parts of the brain. Exploring ideas around seeds the portals that open up that offer a new possibility. As I play with the iPad, I find imagery related to these ideas are flowing out. I think I’m just playing with a new art app, [...] Click to continue reading »

This starts my playing with another app, Art Rage. It has a real world media metaphor, which makes it easier to understand what the various brushes might do. This one uses the oil paint quite a bit, and the palette knife to mush it around. I’ve also started using a Stylus Sock Pro. Makes a [...] Click to continue reading »